Ft Lauderdale airport shooting.

[naughtybear]

What is wrong with people.

[busymom]

At first they were reporting one dead. Now they're up to 3 people who have died.

I'll echo your phrase, "what is wrong with people?"  Terminal 2 is on lockdown.

[taz157]

They've halted all flights going out.  Not sure about going in (didn't hear about that before I had to turn it off to work).

[busymom]

The current count is 5 dead, 13 in the hospital. And, now they've got police running to the parking garage because someone thought they heard a gunshot.

[movingforward]

Totally depressing

[Kolt!]

Five dead, eight injured. :/ this is so sad.

It's sad for the victims but to be honest I'm also sad to think that this man put his life on the line for the United States, to keep us safe. He was discharged from the Military with honors four months ago. Clearly, something was mentally wrong with him and stories like this..not that go as far are sadly common for Military people. 

The man from American Sniper was killed by a former Military Man. 

I don't think we have enough health checks for Military people that come back. 

I hate hearing about this kind of stuff. :/ I've always thought airports were now one of the safest places with all the checks they do.. but just not the case. :/

[ken a.k.a OMK]

 The vets that come home and seem normal don't get needed attention. Look for mood changes and depression. I don't think anyone with PTSD recognizes it and asks for help.

[wvugurl26]

Some don't recognize it and some do. I know someone who tried to get help. He was told that he was fine by the Army. Only when his commander had to come bail him out of jail after he tried to choke his girlfriend to death in his sleep did they say there was a problem. And their solution was to discharge him and make it the VA's problem. I'm not sure he was really getting the help he needed from there either. It just pissed me off. The Army saw fit to deploy him to Iraq and Afghanistan three different times and mess him up and then they threw him out like it was nothing. Use them up and throw them out like garbage. That's another reason many don't get help. They fear getting discharged.

[moon/Laura]

Went are we starting duplicate threads on both ym and current events? Can we just have one?

[naughtybear]

I just forgot. I put the one up on current events then figured more people may see it here. I just forgot to go back and delete. It certainly was not on purpose that both stayed.

[moon/Laura]

Not just you, really. I've been seeing a lot of duplicate threads lately. If people used the "recent posts" link on the menu bar to see if there's already a thread on their subject, it would be awesome.