From the Fort Hood Tragedy, An Unlikely Friendship Emerges

KUT 90.5 | By Nathan Bernier

Published February 19, 2013 at 5:29 AM CST

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The daughter of a man killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampageis now friends with the cousin of the accused shooter.

Kerry Cahill lost her father Michael Cahill at Fort Hood in 2009. Now, she's working with Nader Hasan, cousin of alleged shooter Nidal Hasan the alleged shooter, on Nader's effort to speak out against extremism through his organization, the Nawal Foundation.

Listen to our conversation with them by clicking the player above.

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Nathan Bernier

Nathan Bernier a KUT reporter and the local host during All Things Considered and Marketplace. He grew up in the small mountain town of Nelson, BC, Canada, and worked at commercial news radio stations in Ottawa, Montreal and Boston before starting at KUT in 2008.

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