By James  Nye In a powerful, open-letter a soldier whose life was saved by a brave colleague during the Fort Hood shooting has described the desperate attempts of his fellow brothers-in-arms to resuscitate him after he had been fatally wounded. In the letter posted to Facebook, First Lieutenant Patrick Cook hails the ultimate sacrifice of Sgt. First Class Daniel Ferguson as he barricaded closed a door that wouldn't lock - crucially keeping shooter Spc. Ivan Lopez outside. In one horrific passage, Cook recalls how one week on he can still 'taste the blood' of Ferguson in his mouth only to then rage and demand the 'God-given-right' for soldiers to be armed on base to prevent another massacre happening again.
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First Lieutenant Patrick Cook posted letter to Facebook which describes the heroism of Sgt. First class Daniel Ferguson
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Ferguson stopped shooter Spc. Ivan Lopez from entering room and shooting 14 soldiers
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Ferguson, 39, was fatally wounded barricading the doors - but held on until Lopez had left
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His colleagues tried to resuscitate him for 20-minutes - but to no avail
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Cook claims another tragedy will happen again if soldiers are banned from being armed on military bases
Outlining how he found himself 'trapped in an enclosed room with fourteen of my fellow Soldiers, one of whom was barricading the door against a madman with a .45 pistol when he was fatally shot,' Cook reveals @placeholder to be a hero.