Yesterday, 33 people were killed in what's being called the "deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history". This took place on the university campus of Virginia Tech. What a senseless & unexpected tragedy for the victims & their families. I just hope that others will not copy this incident on other college campuses.
I was shocked to hear that the shooter was a Korean student. This is what I learned from various news articles. He was a 23-year-old senior majoring in English. His name is Cho Seung-Hui. He immigrated to the U.S. in '92 & grew up in the suburbs of Washington D.C. He was an extreme loner & rarely responded when people talked to him. In his writing classes, his work was so violent & disturbing that he was referred to the university's counseling service. Before the shooting, he left in his dorm room a rambling note that was several pages long. In the note he spoke harshly against women & rich kids. In the note he even said, "You caused me to do this".
I know that Virginia & the Washington D.C. area is saturated with many large Korean churches & campus ministries. I wonder if other Korean people tried to reach out to this obviously-troubled person. And I wonder if there wasn't more that people could have done to help him.
2 comments:
Just great. Another reason to hate Asians.
Don't hate me because I'm asian. In all seriousness though, I wonder if some parts of the country will experience a backlash.
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