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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- San Francisco’s Market Street was awash in red, white, and blue Sunday as spectators turned out to watch the annual Veterans Day parade.
The procession began at Market and Second streets and headed up Market to City Hall.
The parade each year honors the veterans who serve our nation, but the recent tragedy at Fort Hood was very much on the minds of the people at the event. Many expressed sadness at the thought of so many lives lost in a senseless act.
Thirteen people were killed, 29 others wounded at the Army post in Texas Thursday when military psychiatrist, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, reportedly went on a shooting spree.
KCBS’ Ron Naso Reports
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.
Sen. Joe Lieberman says he wants to determine whether the shootings constitute a terrorist attack. He says he also wants to find out whether the Army missed warning signs that Hasan was becoming extreme in his Islamist views.
The Connecticut independent says if Hasan was showing signs of becoming an Islamist radical, the Army should have shown "zero tolerance" and discharged him.
Lieberman appeared on "Fox News Sunday."
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