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NY native is among wounded at Fort Hood

SIDNEY, N.Y. (AP) — The father of a soldier wounded in the rampage at Fort Hood says his son was shot while he knelt trying to help a wounded comrade.

Carl Cooke of Sidney in southern New York says his son, 30-year-old Matthew Cooke, had emergency surgery Thursday to repair wounds in his abdomen and back. He told the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin his son was awake and alert in his Texas...

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