Apr 21, 2007 19:53
For anyone that reads this before they turn on the TV: I work at Johnson Space Center in Building 48. Shortly after lunch on Friday some guy that worked there walked into a conference room in Building 44 with a handgun, kept one person hostage, and sent everyone else out. We (the site) went into lock-down for a couple hours, finding out later that he shot the person he kept and then shot himself. Both died. That much is already in the news. I've heard rumors as to the what and why, but until they are substantiated I'll keep them to myself.
Normally I think I would have a lot to say about what happened yesterday, but it really just seems odd and removed. There is a fair distance between that building and my own, maybe half a kilometer. And it was a different sub-contractor, so I don't know any of the people involved. It's just kind of weird. Humans really are strange creatures.