Fort Hood survivors praise Trump for scrapping Hasan execution livestream: ‘We’re not barbaric’

Survivors of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre praised President Donald Trump's decision not to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, after warning that broadcasting his death could turn the execution into a spectacle and hand terrorist groups a propaganda tool.

Hasan is still set to be executed by firing squad on Dec.

3, 2026, and Trump said the immediate families of his victims will be permitted to witness the execution in person.

But it will no longer be broadcast to the general public as previously announced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times by Hasan during the attack nearly 17 years ago, told Fox News Digital that Trump's decision is a "positive move." "It proves that we are a better people, a better nation, and that we're not barbaric," Lunsford said in immediate reaction to the walk-back by Trump on Thursday.

"We don't glorify such actions." VETERAN SHOT 7 TIMES IN FORT HOOD MASSACRE HAS A WARNING FOR AMERICANS PLANNING TO WATCH EXECUTION Lunsford said he supports Hasan's death sentence and execution by firing squad but drew a line at broadcasting it to the public.

"For it to be made a spectacle for everyone to witness how they're gonna do a tailgate or, 'Hey, we're gonna have a cookout and we're gonna watch this man be put to death.' No, it's not about that," Lunsford said.

"It's not a spectacle.

It's not a pay-per-view event or a WWE wrestling match or even a boxing match." He also warned that footage of Hasan's execution could be seized upon by terrorist organizations.

"You don't want that to be used as a tool for ISIS or al-Qaeda to recruit and say, 'Hey, this is what happens to you if you do this against the infidel,'" Lunsford said.

Julia Wilson was a civilian employee at Fort Hood when Hasan went on his rampage.

She was nine months pregnant during the attack, which was carried out on her due date.

FORT HOOD SHOOTER SHOULD BE EXECUTED '13 TIMES OVER' — BUT NOT ON LIVE STREAM, SURVIVOR SAYS She was slammed against a wall amid the chaos of the shooting and has said that it was only by the grace of God that she and her then-unborn daughter survived.

Wilson was already against the livestreaming of Hasan's execution because she didn't want others to be traumatized like she was during the deadly attack.