Sergeant John Grimsley and his wife Teresa, both from Blenheim, were in the building where 13 people were shot and killed by an army psychiatrist in Fort hood on Thursday.
Teresa Grimsley says they got out of the building about ten minutes before Nidal Malik Hasan went on a shooting rampage.
"It freaked me and my husband out and more than you know. That could have been us. My kids could have been left without their family," said Grimsley.
Back in the Pee Dee, Teresa's mother and grandmother were startled to watch news of the shooting on television, but are thankful their family is alive.
“When I walked in and flipped it to TV 13, they was telling about the massacre at Fort Hood and my granddaughter and her husband's at Fort Hood and my great grandbabies are at Fort Hood and I almost had a heart attack because it really scared me, so I called my daughter,” said Betty Pruitt.
“I feel for the ones that have lost family members. I really do. I mean it's a sad situation that they have to go through this,” said Mary Ann Byrd.
Grimsley says security is still tighter than ever at Fort Hood and many families are still upset about the shootings.
“Right now, we have a lot of grievances going on. One of the guys that got killed there happened to be a friend of our friends that worked with my husband and was in Afghanistan with my husband,” said Grimsley.
She says it's been difficult to explain the news to her children and assure them they'll be safe.
“You're home base is supposed to protect you from the outside and when it starts happening on base where else are you supposed to go,” said Grimsley.
Teresa says she wants her friends in South Carolina to know she's ok and to pray for the families of people who did not make it and the ones who are still injured.
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