Virginia Tech 枪击事件

发信人: lorry (老瑞),
信区: Virginia
标 题: From Haiyan Cheng (Fw)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Apr 17 13:45:56 2007), 站内

It was April 16 2007，a cold and windy morning for Blacksburg. I have class to teach at 9:05 AM. It is “CS4414-Issues in scientific computing”, a class for senior student in CS and Math students. Whenever my advisor went to conference, I would take over the lecture. I went to my office in Torgerson Hall at 8:50, checked email, left my cell phone charging, (last Friday there was the bomb threat that made us evacuated immediately, that time I remembered to take my cell phone and laptop, but forgot the charger) and left laptop in the office and went to Norris Hall to teach. One of my colleagues asked earlier where is my classroom. I told him Norris 204 or 205 (the first classroom on the left hand side at the second floor), I’m not sure. So the first thing I went to the second floor, Norris hall, is to check my room number. It is indeed 205, 204 is across the hall, I took a quick look at the classroom, about 20 students were sitting there, an old professor with white hair was taking his teaching material out of his briefcase.

At 9:00 am, I went into the classroom, everything was as usual, the window opened a little bit, we can feel the breeze. I started the “Numerical solution of ODE” lecture. I covered analytical solution, discussion on existence and uniqueness, there was about 15 minutes left till the end of the lecture, it was about 9:40. Several loud “Band, Bang, Bang”came from outside of the classroom. They were really loud. I was not sure where it came from, but it seemed very close to us. We all thought it was some kind of construction. Then it stopped for 5-10 sec. I was about to start another topic on stability analysis. Then the sound came again. Teresa, the female student sitting close to the door stood up and went to check. I followed her , with the lecture note still in my hand. We were standing at the door, sticking our heads out and checking what happened. The sound came from room 208, the room across the hall, to the left of our classroom. The door is closed. I gazed at that door for 2 seconds. Then the door opened, a guy walked out, I only saw him 1 sec, but the most shocking thing is that he’s holding a black handgun. He wears black, his face is square (roundish). Both I and Teresa came back in immediately, the gun shot right besides our ear. My ear is hurting by the loud sound. The first thing wehe hall, I took a quick look at the classroom, about 20 students were sitting there, an old professor with white hair was taking his teaching material out of his briefcase.

At 9:00 am, I went into the classroom, everything was as usual, the window opened a little bit, we can feel the breeze. I started the “Numerical solution of ODE” lecture. I covered analytical solution, discussion on existence and uniqueness, there was about 15 minutes left till the end of the lecture, it was about 9:40. Several loud “Band, Bang, Bang”came from outside of the classroom. They were really loud. I was not sure where it came from, but it seemed very close to us. We all thought it was some kind of construction. Then it stopped for 5-10 sec. I was about to start another topic on stability analysis. Then the sound came again. Teresa, the female student sitting close to the door stood up and went to check. I followed her , with the lecture note still in my hand. We were standing at the door, sticking our heads out and checking what happened. The sound came from room 208, the room across the hall, to the left of our classroom. The door is closed. I gazed at that door for 2 seconds. Then the door opened, a guy walked out, I only saw him 1 sec, but the most shocking thing is that he’s holding a black handgun. He wears black, his face is square (roundish). Both I and Teresa came back in immediately, the gun shot right besides our ear. My ear is hurting by the loud sound. The first thing we came back in the classroom is telling everyone down, an Indian student said, let’s block the door with table, so he can’t get in. 4 guys in my class moved the big table next to the podium and blocked the door. (There’s no window and no lock on the door. When there’s lecture going on, usually we left the classroom door wide open.) While we were doing this, the gun shot keeps firing outside of the classroom. I and another girl were behind the podium. The other 2 girls were at the back of the classroom. 4 guys are lying on the ground in front, pushing against the desk legs. After about 1 minute shooting in the hallway, the gunman approaches our classroom. He was trying to open the door, but those students push really hard, then he began to shoot the door. The bullets came through the door, woodchips and metal pieces are everywhere. One bullet even hit the podium. Two of my students at the back underneath the desk were calling 911 with their cell phones, and talking to the police, they told the police there were 11 people in classroom 205, the gunman is still outside shooting. After the gunman tried several times, he gave up and began to shot somewhere else. The gun shot keeps going, “Bang, Bang, Bang”, all I can do is knee down there and pray to God “Please stop him, please stop the gun fire, please…” Then we heard the police car siren from outside. One student asked that if we should jump out of the window. It’s only the second floor. But we all thought that we should stay here, until things are clear outside.

The gun shot sounds further and further. But still not stop. Before we went out to check, we already heard about 20, after we came in, we heard about 30 -40, or even more than that. It was terrible. We waited and waited….We heard several unclear shout from outside “show me your hand, show me your hand” etc…but we are not sure if that were police or not. Until finally there was the knock at the door. Those guys made sure they were police, and we opened the door. The police had a gun in his hand, asking us all hands up , and go to the back of the classroom. He asked if anybody got injured. We told him no, then he asked us to sit down, keep calm. Then he was about to leave. One student asked him to close the door, since we thought they might still be searching the gunman. He said we were safe, and called another police officer to come at the door, 1 minute later, the police officer told us to stand in a line and run after him, leave our personal stuff behind. I was standing close to the podium, so I quickly grabbed my key and coat, running with the police. I saw the clip on the floor right outside of our classroom. We try not to step on the blood and run quick. I didn’t even look at the other classroom, but Lisa running right behind me started to cry , I turned around, held her hand, we run together out of the Norris hall and into the Randolph Hall, while still shocking, the first thing I did is borrowed a laptop from another student and sent an email to my husband and our research group, telling them I was safe.

I am so proud of all my students, they did a great job. We did the right things to save our lives. I am so sorry about those students and professors, I can’t believe 1 hour ago, I saw them all sitting in the classroom.

So far, my cell phone and laptop are still in my office in Torgerson hall, since the building is closed, I’m almost disconnected from the outside world. All I did is using my neighbor’s Internet to reply some messages that concerned about my safety. It was a terrible tragedy for Virginia Tech, for Blacksburg. Please pray for those families that lost of their loved ones. Let’s all cherish every minute of our life.

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中國強大了為何會被人敵視,
除了是恐怕中國會影響國際政局外,
還有會是什麼呢?
為什麼在不知情下不估計是日本人,韓國人呢?
這點我們要細心留意一吓!
我不相信只是因為懼怕中國強大而己!

youtube見証實了是韓國人後,把那些煽動仇恨的留言刪除亦是無可厚非的，
因為留下來只會做作没完没了的吵鬧吧！

至於傳媒操守着實愈來愈差了，
只求賣紙不理真偽，
尤其是國內一些傳媒，
不理消息的真確性便無限上線，
這是中國傳媒的悲哀！

[...] hell out of China 海市蜃樓：Bloodbath in Virginia 血洗弗吉尼亚 徘徊在玻璃之城：Virginia Tech槍擊事件 [...]

1.美国媒体对Virginia Tech的报道。

-CNN比较尊重事实，从事发当天到第二天新闻发布会之前，一直坚持Asian male的说法
，而且整体报道的重点不在枪手，而是受害学生和社会 群体的心理状况，包括美国和
维吉尼亚州的持枪法规等。

-Fox和ABC抓不到第一手材料，为争夺收视率，拼命猜测枪手身份，其实他们不care到
底是谁，只要公众看他们的channel而不是别家的报道就好。

-三流媒体，类似Chicago Suntimes，虽然曾获得八次普利策新闻奖，也不免采用各种
小道消息，说是中国人等等。但大家注意Michael Sneed的报道里措辞是很巧妙严谨的
，都是"a source said","it is speculated",所以公众很难就这种未经确实的报道去
起诉媒体。

-国内媒体，我都不忍心说，此事暴露了新浪、搜狐等对美国及其他国际大事报道的消
息渠道，美国随便什么报纸的新闻，拿来翻译了事，尤其是措辞不严谨，不注明消息来
源，把原文中的猜测翻译成了事实和新闻头条。

2.美国宪法对新闻媒体的保护-利弊兼有

好处是至少美国新闻媒体可以在不妨碍司法进程的前提下随便报道，不像中国一有类似
事就封锁消息渠道，统一口径。坏处是媒体的报道可能给未擒获犯罪分子提供当前线索
，影响司法调查，或造成社会公众的猜测（但美国法律assume公众有自己的判断力，报
纸又没有逼着你相信他们）。
First Amendment says, in part, that "Congress shall make no law… abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press…" That protection from control by
the federal government meant that anyone --- rich or poor, and regardless of
political or religiou***eliefs --- could generally publish whatever he or she
wished

3．中国留学生如何看待美国媒体
首先不要受中国国内十几年教育的影响，以为美国媒体代表国家的声音或者能代表公正
（虽然中国多数商业媒体也不能，但中国至少有《人民日报》和新华网这种官方媒体）
。任何一家美国媒体的消息都有可能是不确定的，要仔细读英文字里行间的限制词，以
免轻听轻信。

其次，可以充分利用美国媒体的自由，写信打电话等等，注意可以抨击政府，但是不可
以攻击个人。比如上述媒体提到的其他枪手嫌疑犯，如果指名道姓且报道不属实，当事
人可以去起诉媒体；但如果只说是华裔，就很难去起诉，顶多是社会团体给以**要求
道歉等等。

最后一句和新闻媒体无关，从人种看，韩国人也是黄种人，都是亚洲留学生，在白种人
眼里都差不多；从地缘看，韩国与中国比邻，大家都是邻居，所以中国留学生不要幸灾
乐祸，尤其在韩国同学面前不能说三道四，在美国同学面前也不要说韩国人的坏话，大
家都是亚洲人。

我对Chicago Suntimes还是蛮有感情的说，拜托人家也是大报啊。人家说很清楚地指出这是未经证实的消息，有什么不对的？我要是媒体，我要是有线人，我也会这么做的。

那个人其实连Korean Guy都不大算，因为是已经拿了绿卡的小本，我估计是ABK都完全有可能。而且其实那个名字一看就知道不是中国人了，真是气愤。不过不管如何，我觉得这个事情绝对对International Student是很不好的影响。而且，死去的人何其无辜，唉。

愈发强烈的鄙视Sina！

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