VA Tech 大屠殺事件
最少33人被射殺死亡﹐傷者最少22人... 而狂徒行兇後最後亦自殺身亡。
兇徒的身份還未能被確認﹐因為面部已被自己用槍打得稀巴爛﹐而且身上也沒有任何可供確認身份的證件。
兇手身份不明﹐行兇原因也自然無法估計。
實在難以想像一個人竟然可以瘋到這地步﹐難道整個classroom building的人都與他有仇嗎﹖
受影響的當然不只死傷者﹐VA Tech的學生和教職員不知要多少次的心理輔導才可以從這恐怖事件的陰影之下走出來。
其實原先早有兩人在7﹕15am在宿舍房間內被槍殺﹐但Campus Police卻認為這只是個別事件﹐所以只打算在數小時後對校內發出警告﹐並沒有採取任何應對措施(例如封鎖校園﹐或者至少即時通知學生)。結果兩小時後就釀成這次慘劇。
當然﹐事件已發生了﹐再講甚麼也只是事後孔明。但是實在感到很遺憾。
兇徒的身份還未能被確認﹐因為面部已被自己用槍打得稀巴爛﹐而且身上也沒有任何可供確認身份的證件。
兇手身份不明﹐行兇原因也自然無法估計。
實在難以想像一個人竟然可以瘋到這地步﹐難道整個classroom building的人都與他有仇嗎﹖
受影響的當然不只死傷者﹐VA Tech的學生和教職員不知要多少次的心理輔導才可以從這恐怖事件的陰影之下走出來。
其實原先早有兩人在7﹕15am在宿舍房間內被槍殺﹐但Campus Police卻認為這只是個別事件﹐所以只打算在數小時後對校內發出警告﹐並沒有採取任何應對措施(例如封鎖校園﹐或者至少即時通知學生)。結果兩小時後就釀成這次慘劇。
當然﹐事件已發生了﹐再講甚麼也只是事後孔明。但是實在感到很遺憾。

5 Comments:
At 17 April, 2007 10:06,
Anonymous said…
oh, it's hard to imagine when the students went to college for peaceful study, and then they faced this tragedy. how tragic and shocking! I wonder how can we go from here? it seems that it is quite easy to get a handgun ge?! I think we should enforce gun control and have a strict rule for obtaining gun licence oh. May the victim's families find the comfort nay~
At 17 April, 2007 11:31,
Scallion Boy said…
gunman has been identified as Cho Seung-Hui, a South Korean and a senior in VA Tech...
info from NY Times
is this going to start another racial discrimination against Asians?
it worries me
At 17 April, 2007 15:22,
Scallion Boy said…
A hero of the VA Tech Massacre:
Liviu Librescu: Holocaust survivor
Liviu Librescu, 75, a senior researcher and lecturer in engineering, was a Holocaust survivor. He had immigrated to Israel from Romania with his wife Marlina, also a survivor, in 1978. He was an expert in aeronautics at Tel Aviv University and the Haifa Technion before moving to the United States in 1984.
The couple’s elder son, Arieh, lives in the town of Ra’anana, near Tel Aviv. Joe, the younger son, splits his time between the United States and Israel, where he was when news of his father’s death arrived.
According to media accounts quoting students, Mr. Librescu and the class heard shooting in a nearby room. The students said their professor blocked the door to prevent the gunman from entering while some students took cover underneath desks and others leaped out from windows.
Reached by telephone in Ra’anana today, Ayala Librescu, one of his daughters-in-law, said the family “had no time to deal with the loss” and turned down requests for interviews. She confirmed that family members were making plans to fly to America Tuesday night and that they would be bringing Mr. Librescu’s body back to Israel for burial.
Earlier today, Joe Librescu told Ynet, the website of the Hebrew daily Yediot Aharonot: “I understand from friends that my father was a hero. By blocking the door with his body he saved all the students who were in the classroom. Joe Librescu studied at Virginia Tech from 1989 to 1994, according to Israeli media reports
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R.I.P.
At 17 April, 2007 21:58,
Anonymous said…
this is such sad news...hard to imagine how one can have so much anger and hatred...
At 18 April, 2007 20:14,
Scallion Boy said…
yeah... the gunman was said to have suffered from depression... and was always a loner in school, very quiet
i guess he felt left out and was not able to fit in... and became bitter towards others
i'm really worried that this tragedy will fuel further racial prejudice against Asians (not only Koreans)
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