Good Morning everyone, and welcome to another posting of HomeworkTracker. Today, I am not posting about homework but about something else rather more serious that has just happened that involves the school of Virginia Tech - There was a mass shooting that took place in which devastated the whole country and is now known as what to be called a massacre because of how many people lost their lives on that day. It was April 16th, 2007 when the first shooting occurred at 7:15 AM at West Ambler Johnston Hall, which housed 895 students. The shooter named Cho Seung-Hui stormed into the building and killed Emily J. Hilscher and Ryan Clark.
Two hours after the initial shootings began, shots were reported to be fired at Norris Hall, which was an Engineering and Science building that housed classes for these subjects. An eyewitness had reported that the gunman killed 19 people in the classroom including the professor that was teaching the class of the German language. Only 4 people emerged out of the classroom unharmed. Student Nikolas Macko described to BBC News his experience at the center of the shootings. He had been attending a math class (near the German class) and heard gunshots in the hallway. Three people in the classroom barricaded themselves inside the room using a table. At one point, Macko said, the shooter attempted to break down the door of the classroom and then shot twice into the room; one shot hit a podium and the other went out the window. The shooter reloaded and shot into the door again, but the bullet did not penetrate into the room. He stated there were "many, many shots" fired.
So, who was Cho Sueng-Hui? What caused him to do these shootings? These questions will be answered Right here, Right now: As of April 18, 2007, Cho's motives for the killings remain unclear.
Early reports suggested that the killing was the result of a domestic dispute between Cho and previously alleged girlfriend Emily Hilscher, who was later revealed to have no prior relationship with Cho.
When police investigated Cho's dorm, they found a note describing how his life was hell and his plan of suicide. In a note left in his dorm room he laid out a list of grievances in which he railed against "rich kids" or "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus. Another sentence on the note read "you caused me to do this." The words "Ismail Ax" were found written on his arm in red ink.His roommate told reporters that Cho had a normal expression on his face just two hours before the killing spree.
Lucinda Roy, Cho's former creative writing professor, and former English department chairperson, says she was disturbed by the student's behavior and writing to the point of warning campus police and other officials about him, but was told they could not do much as no direct threat was involved, and they did not wish to violate his rights of free speech. Roy told ABC News that Cho seemed "extraordinarily lonely — the loneliest person I have ever met in my life." She said he always wore sunglasses and a cap inside, spoke in a whisper, and took cell phone pictures of her. Deeply concerned, she arranged to work one-on-one with Cho, and asked him to go to counseling, but he apparently never went.
The website The Smoking Gun has obtained a copy of a play by Cho titled "Richard McBeef." The short play mentions graphic topics such as pedophilia, violence with chainsaws, and ends with the title character delivering "a deadly blow" to his thirteen year old stepson.[29] Cho also wrote a second play, entitled "Mr. Brownstone"; the play is named after a Guns N' Roses song and contains lyrics copied verbatim from the song.
An unnamed professor who taught Cho characterized his work as "very adolescent" and "silly," with attempts at "slapstick comedy" and "elements of violence."
Early reports suggested that the killing was the result of a domestic dispute between Cho and previously alleged girlfriend Emily Hilscher, who was later revealed to have no prior relationship with Cho.
When police investigated Cho's dorm, they found a note describing how his life was hell and his plan of suicide. In a note left in his dorm room he laid out a list of grievances in which he railed against "rich kids" or "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus. Another sentence on the note read "you caused me to do this." The words "Ismail Ax" were found written on his arm in red ink.His roommate told reporters that Cho had a normal expression on his face just two hours before the killing spree.
Lucinda Roy, Cho's former creative writing professor, and former English department chairperson, says she was disturbed by the student's behavior and writing to the point of warning campus police and other officials about him, but was told they could not do much as no direct threat was involved, and they did not wish to violate his rights of free speech. Roy told ABC News that Cho seemed "extraordinarily lonely — the loneliest person I have ever met in my life." She said he always wore sunglasses and a cap inside, spoke in a whisper, and took cell phone pictures of her. Deeply concerned, she arranged to work one-on-one with Cho, and asked him to go to counseling, but he apparently never went.
The website The Smoking Gun has obtained a copy of a play by Cho titled "Richard McBeef." The short play mentions graphic topics such as pedophilia, violence with chainsaws, and ends with the title character delivering "a deadly blow" to his thirteen year old stepson.[29] Cho also wrote a second play, entitled "Mr. Brownstone"; the play is named after a Guns N' Roses song and contains lyrics copied verbatim from the song.
An unnamed professor who taught Cho characterized his work as "very adolescent" and "silly," with attempts at "slapstick comedy" and "elements of violence."
If you would like to read the play that he had created, please, follow this link ***THE PLAY CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND EXTREME LANGUAGE, READER'S DISCRETION ADVISED***
Our prayers are in the hearts of the families of Virginia Tech's lost ones, and they will always be remembered. Thank-You for taking time to read this, and have a nice weekend.
(Above: Map of where shootings took place)
(Above: Candlelight Vigil Held for Virginia Tech)
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Awesome post Peter!
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