Beheaded.
I'll make this short.
Last night a Chinese international student who had been here only a few weeks was beheaded by another Chinese international student who was here since last semester in a cafe that I attend semi-regularly on campus. It is difficult to imagine, and to know that place and what occurred is making it hard on me.
Last night, before we knew the details, a friend called and others messaged me. They were scared, worried, concerned-- we were the ones that endured the horrific things that occurred on April 16th. Was it happening again? Police said they have a suspect, but what if they're wrong? Are we really safe? Do we know who died? ---the questions go on and on.
I would like to think that I assured them with the notion that Virginia Tech is like a small city. Murders, unfortunately, happen in small cities. April 16th was the extreme rarity that we were so unfortunate to have endured.
But learning this today: this wasn't just some murder--- she was brutally beheaded.
I'm of the last generation on campus to know what it feels like and to have to endure what happened here. This reminds all of us how raw our emotions still are, and how many of us lost those that we cared about. The two years of students below us now don't understand, nor can they ever understand. To them this was a horrific murder that occurred on our campus, but it doesn't put salt on a healing wound like for many of us.
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Last night a Chinese international student who had been here only a few weeks was beheaded by another Chinese international student who was here since last semester in a cafe that I attend semi-regularly on campus. It is difficult to imagine, and to know that place and what occurred is making it hard on me.
Last night, before we knew the details, a friend called and others messaged me. They were scared, worried, concerned-- we were the ones that endured the horrific things that occurred on April 16th. Was it happening again? Police said they have a suspect, but what if they're wrong? Are we really safe? Do we know who died? ---the questions go on and on.
I would like to think that I assured them with the notion that Virginia Tech is like a small city. Murders, unfortunately, happen in small cities. April 16th was the extreme rarity that we were so unfortunate to have endured.
But learning this today: this wasn't just some murder--- she was brutally beheaded.
I'm of the last generation on campus to know what it feels like and to have to endure what happened here. This reminds all of us how raw our emotions still are, and how many of us lost those that we cared about. The two years of students below us now don't understand, nor can they ever understand. To them this was a horrific murder that occurred on our campus, but it doesn't put salt on a healing wound like for many of us.
Next post: http://ntcoolfool.livejournal.com/132308.html