A survivor of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre has voiced a desire for the shooter, Nidal Hasan, to be executed multiple times over, while also expressing reservations about the military's plan to livestream his death penalty execution.

Nidal Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, is scheduled to face execution by firing squad on December 3, 2026. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently announced that the execution would be made available for public streaming. Julia Wilson, who survived the shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others, questioned the necessity of public viewing.

"Why would people want to see that?" Wilson asked in an interview with Fox News Digital. Wilson stated her personal wish for Hasan to be executed, and as a victim, she wants to witness it and confront him.

Hasan was sentenced to death on August 28, 2013, following a military court-martial. President Donald Trump approved the death sentence on October 2, and Hegseth subsequently announced the livestreaming plan.

"Personally, I do want to be there," Wilson said. "I do want to look him in the eye to let him know, ‘Look, I may have been your victim that day, but I'm not your victim anymore. I survived you. My child survived you, a lot of us survived you. You didn't do as much damage as you thought you were going to.'"

She added, "You did what you did. Too bad we can't kill you 13 times over."

However, Wilson expressed concern about the decision to broadcast Hasan's execution to the public. "I'm kind of shocked that they're going to go so far as to televise it. I don't really know how to feel about that," she said. Wilson fears that broadcasting the execution could expose children to violence they should not witness.

"Unfortunately, some children may end up seeing that, that don't need to see something like that," Wilson explained. "Seeing my soldiers murdered that day, that was the first time I've ever seen anything like that. And I can never wash it out of my mind."

Similar concerns have been echoed by lawmakers. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., posted on X, "Hasan should face the death penalty, but making his execution public and streaming it? Beyond disgusting. Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America."

President Trump has stated he will make the final decision on whether to livestream Hasan's execution. Vice President J.D. Vance also expressed uncertainty about the federal government livestreaming the event and indicated he would not personally watch it.

Wilson was nine months pregnant and at Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center on November 5, 2009, when Hasan opened fire. She recalled the chaos upon returning from a lunch break, describing desks overturned, blood on the walls and floor, and people attending to the wounded.

"A wounded soldier came in the door opposite of me and said, ‘He's in the building, he’s shooting, get the f–– out of here,'" Wilson recounted.

Wilson also criticized the federal government for classifying the shooting as "workplace violence," advocating for it to be reclassified as an act of domestic terrorism. "We've been betrayed by the government for 17 years," she stated. "They left this as workplace violence. They never declared it domestic terrorism because it was all about, ‘Hey, we need to be politically correct and watch out for his rights.' Well, what about my rights? And what about me? And what about my family? And what about those that were murdered? And what about those that were injured?"

Wilson has written a letter to President Trump requesting the reclassification of the shooting. "It's time for healing," Wilson said. "And that healing can not start until the situation is fully rectified, until there's full justice."