Saturday, 7 December 2019

The 2 US Navy sailors being hailed as heroes in the Pensacola shooting were fresh out of military training

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  • Two slain US service members who have been hailed for their perseverance during the mass shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida recently finished their introductory training in the Navy.
  • Family members of two of the reported victims, Joshua Watson and Mohammed Haitham, say they were notified that the men tried assisting authorities during the shooting.
  • Both service members had recently graduated from their respective introductory training stations.
  • A previous incident during a mass shooting in Florida bore some semblance to the victims Naval Air Station incident.
  • Fifteen-year-old Peter Wang, an aspiring US Army soldier in the school's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program, was killed in the Parkland shooting after he held open a door to help dozens of classmates and school staff members escape.
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Two slain US service members who have been hailed for their perseverance during the deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, recently finished their introductory training in the Navy, paralleling another story marked with bravery from an aspiring troop wishing to serve in the armed forces.

The Navy announced the men's identities on Saturday. They also confirmed that a third man, an airman apprentice named Cameron Scott Walters, was also killed.

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