Julia Wilson

“Personally, I do want to be there,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson said she wants to attend Hasan's execution in person.

“Too bad we can't kill you 13 times over.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson expressed frustration that Hasan cannot be killed once for each of the 13 people he murdered.

“I had several things go through my mind. You know, they say that you have fight, flight or freeze. I kind of had all three. ”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson described her mental reaction as gunfire erupted during the Fort Hood shooting.

“Why would people want to see that?”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson reacted to the military's decision to livestream Nidal Hasan's execution by firing squad.

“And that healing cannot start until the situation is fully rectified, until there's full justice.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson said healing cannot begin until the situation is fully rectified and there is full justice.

“Yes, I'm glad that it's moving forward. No, I…don't ever want to see another human being die.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson said she is glad the execution is moving forward but does not want to see another human being die.

“I don't know why anybody would want to actually see something like that happen.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson questioned why anyone would want to watch Hasan's execution.

“But in the same fold, an eye for an eye.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson expressed support for the death penalty as retribution for Hasan's attack.

“I do want to look him in the eye to let him know, ‘Look, I may have been your victim that day, but I'm not your victim anymore. I survived you. My child survived you, a lot of us survived you. You didn't do as much damage as you thought you were going to.'”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson said she wants to look Hasan in the eye at his execution to show she survived him.

“It's time for healing,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson said it is time for healing and has written a letter to Trump seeking reclassification of the shooting.

“Unfortunately, some children may end up seeing that, that don't need to see something like that,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson feared broadcasting the execution could expose children to violence.

“You did what you did,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson spoke about Hasan's attack and her desire for his execution.

“I don't really know how to feel about that.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson reacted to the plan to televise Hasan's execution.

“Eventually he came back for me and I figured, ‘Okay, maybe… I'm a little bit out of the chaos.’ No, absolutely not,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson recounted entering the readiness center building after initially taking cover in her car.

“They left this as workplace violence. They never declared it domestic terrorism because it was all about, ‘Hey, we need to be politically correct and watch out for his rights.’ Well, what about my rights? And what about me? And what about my family? And what about those that were murdered? And what about those that were injured?”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson called for the shooting to be reclassified from workplace violence to domestic terrorism.

“As far as the execution, I have a lot of mixed feelings on it, to be quite honest,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson expressed mixed feelings about Hasan's upcoming execution.

“We've been betrayed by the government for 17 years,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson criticized the federal government's handling of the Fort Hood shooting classification over 17 years.

“I'm kind of shocked that they're going to go so far as to televise it,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson expressed reservations about broadcasting Hasan's execution to the public.

“Before I got the chance to shut off my engine and really get out of the vehicle, that's when the gunfire started,”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson recalled the moment gunfire began as she arrived at the Fort Hood readiness center parking lot.

“Seeing my soldiers murdered that day, that was the first time I've ever seen anything like that. And I can never wash it out of my mind.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson described the lasting trauma of seeing soldiers murdered during the Fort Hood shooting.

“I get into my building. Desks are tossed everywhere. It's a total wreck. There's blood on the wall, blood on the floor, people working on people. And I just kind of locked up.”

Julia Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-12

Wilson described the chaotic and bloody scene inside the center building after the shooting.