Virgina Tech: A Tear Shed for Those Lost, 2007, by Seabird111
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Who: Seabird111 What: The Virgina Tech Massacre When: 4/16/07 Where: The Virginia Tech Campus
It was a dark, dark day, the day when everyone didn't know what to think. Cho Seung Hui took out his pistols and killed 32 of the campus's students. In between, he snapped pictures of himself in Splinter Cell-esque poses. Stephen King couldn't have written anything more terrifying, as Cho came into one of the 1st floor rooms and shot students who were in the room. An anonymous student said that, "He came in, and he shot a kid. Then we all got on the ground, and he shot at us on the floor."
It has been said that he was depressed, and that he thought that the people there had emotionally done this to him. It has been said that he is a monster, which he was, until he commited suicide after 32 students had been killed. Many things have been said, and they are true. Things have been said a lot. And we still see coverage on it on CNN. Which isn't a problem, but, I think that we could use more time to heal from this event.
Cho had written plays, which were oddly disturbing. He wrote about deaths of innocents, suicide, demeaned rich kids, and hated alcoholism. He was an oddly disturbing individual, saying lots of things he said in the videos he sent to NBC. He hated the rich kids who supposedly had done this to him. He compared himself to Jesus Christ, saying he was doing this to cleanse, and also said that he did it for his children.
I don't think we will ever fully understand the true meaning of his actions. Even though he gives us a general idea of why he did it, it still leaves a lot of unanswered questions. There isn't a reason he did it, but even so, he may have believed he did it for a reason. He was chronically deppressed, and kids actually tried to help him. But to no avail. I say to you, a tear has been shed for the lost, the 32 innocents who were killed, and, Cho Seung Hui, a man who lost his way, and had no intention of continuing his life.
