The female West Virginia National Guard member critically wounded in an ambush by an Afhgan refugee Wednesday had volunteered to work that day so others could spend Thanksgiving with their families.

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was identified as the second West Virginia National Guard member critically wounded following Wednesday afternoon’s attack which also left 24-year-old, Andrew Wolfe critically wounded.

🚨BREAKING: Both of the National Guard soldiers who were shot in DC have made it through surgery, and are with their families. PRAY!

🚨 The two have been IDENTIFIED as Sarah Beckstrom (20) and Andrew Wolfe (24), of West Virginia.

“They both came through surgery. I’m not going… pic.twitter.com/RejPRuk4b9

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‘She volunteered to be there on Thanksgiving — working today — she volunteers, as did many of those guardsmen and women so other people could be home with their families,’ US Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News early Thursday.

‘Yet now, their families are in hospital rooms with them while they are fighting for their lives.’

Both Beckstrom and Wolfe had undergone surgery and were in critical condition.

Both Beckstrom and Wolfe were ‘sworn in’ less than 24 hours before they were shot said U.S. Attorney General of the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro during a Thursday press briefing.