Some high school memories last a lifetime. For three Marble Falls High School Juniors, theirs are etched in history.
"They want to be in the Air Force. I want to be in the Marines," Krystofer Harber said of classmates Austin Sellers and Hannah Walker.
They were part of a student group visiting Fort Hood last Thursday for the school's job shadowing program.
"We were going to go to their hospital and the aviation center to see the Apaches and just watch them work on it. But we didn't get to," said Sellers.
"We just got done eating and they were directing us the opposite direction. We went back to the central office, and they were like we're on lock down," said Walker.
Despite being just a block and a half away from the shooting rampage at the Processing Center, they didn't hear or see the shootings. But they did see emergency vehicles and roadblocks.
When they finally realized exactly what was going on, they took out their cell phones and started taking pictures. By then, they had moved to an Officer's Club. They, along with soldiers, watched television coverage of what was happening not far away.
"Some of the office people were kind of crying a little bit," said Harber.
"It just made me sad to know that they were hurting," added Walker.
They were on lock-down for about six hours, unable to leave; unable to walk next to the doors or windows. But they were allowed to call their parents.
"My mom freaked out," said Harber.
"My mom didn't," said Sellers.
"My mom was just like, as long as you're safe and you know nothing is going to happen to you," said Walker.
Hampered by heavy traffic, the group didn't get home until late that night. They say their experience only strengthens their resolve to serve their country.
"After something like that happens, it just makes me want to do it more so like later I can like help out and stop it," said Sellers.
