They raised their right hands just a day earlier, promising to protect the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hours later, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe lay gravely wounded on a D.C. street,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
their uniforms soaked in blood, their futures suddenly uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As doctors fight to keep them alive, their families cling to hospital bedsides instead of Thanksgiving tables,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
grappling with a reality too cruel to comprehend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities say 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal drove from Washington state to D.C. and deliberately targeted the Guardsmen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
turning a politically charged city into the backdrop for a chilling, personal act of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal officials now weigh first-degree murder charges as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to flood the capital with even more troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the middle of it all are two young soldiers, suspended between duty and tragedy, while a stunned country watches and waits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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