U.S. army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who passed away on Thanksgiving Day, and U.S. air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolf, who remains in critical condition, still fighting for his life. This was a deliberate and senseless act of violence, an attack not only on two individuals, but on the very values and the country that they took an oath to protect. These young soldiers put on the uniform to protect all of us. And on Wednesday, they were ambushed and attacked because they were US Service members, because of that sense of duty that led them to serve their country. (00:50–01:04)
CLAIM
Asserts that the attack was deliberate and targeted the values and country the soldiers swore to protect.
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