1 Killed in Shootings at Virginia Tech

Denise_DPhiE · #1 04-18-2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Shortly after that, Fox switched to a picture of a young man, definitely identifiable by family, who had blood coming out of a wound near his hip area.. quite gruesome.

That young man is alive and through the luck of the draw, he was an Eagle Scout who knew how to stop the blood flow as he got hit in the main artery. He may or may not have lost his leg but he did survive. I eagerly await his release and statement to the press. That kid is amazing. Can any fraternity claim him?

Drolefille · #2 04-18-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Denise_DPhiE

That young man is alive and through the luck of the draw, he was an Eagle Scout who knew how to stop the blood flow as he got hit in the main artery. He may or may not have lost his leg but he did survive. I eagerly await his release and statement to the press. That kid is amazing. Can any fraternity claim him?

I did hear about him. He used an electrical cord as a tourniquet didn't he?

Denise_DPhiE · #3 04-19-2007, 08:41 AM

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I did hear about him. He used an electrical cord as a tourniquet didn't he?

I heard that in one report and electrical tape in another. Regardless, this is a shining start in this story. Story of survival - like this show on cable (something like) I should not have lived. This is a true miracle that of all the people to get shot in the femeral (Sp?) artery, it was an eagle scout who knew how to save his own life. I don't mean to be snarky when I say this but I can smell a book deal on this one.

texas*princess · #4 04-18-2007, 06:55 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

1908Revelations · #5 04-18-2007, 07:03 PM

yeah that's what I was talking about

Senusret I · #6 04-18-2007, 07:03 PM

I really don't think they need to be showing clips from this video on tv.

macallan25 · #7 04-18-2007, 07:09 PM

Why is that?

shinerbock · #8 04-18-2007, 07:16 PM

If only we could rewind 3 days so somebody could have killed that piece of sh*t.

Buttonz · #9 04-18-2007, 07:27 PM

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If only we could rewind 3 days so somebody could have killed that piece of sh*t.

Agreed. I'm in shock from the videos and stuff that was sent to NBC

hazelle · #10 04-18-2007, 08:21 PM

now they are wondering about Cho's parents....the hatred for him...if they are safe...rumors were that they had committed suicide...now supposedly they are in a hospital with possible breakdowns...

these videos are so disturbing..seems like 9/11, the media just has to keep giving us more and more to upset us...it is coverage of a huge news event but there should be a limit...just read a psychological specialist state that we all are drawn to this for personal survival...so maybe that is why they keep reporting but when is enough, enough??

UGAalum94 · #11 04-18-2007, 08:26 PM

I haven't read the whole thread because I was sort of trying to shut most of the story out.

I want to ask though if anyone else thinks that the kind of media attention that mass shootings get actually contribute to future ones?

With the apparent references to the Columbine killers as "martyrs," it seems that the Virginia Tech killer has that in mind as a precedent.

I get a sense that crazy guys like this want to top the previous killings and the 100% news saturation contributes to this obsession, I think.

It's not that I want to externally limit the freedom of the press, but it seems that more self regulation might be in order to avoid sensationalizing the already horrific.

Perhaps if stories were limited to print media without video or picture links, maybe.

I don't think we really need to know what it looked like. We don't need to see the carnage. We should be able to emphasize with the dead and suffering without images of them.

I think the killers are completely responsible for their actions, and I'm not shifting responsibility to the media. But if we know that a certain kind of coverage seems to feed the monsters' disease, what compelling reason is there to cover the story in the same manner that may have feed the current case?

(The monster in this case incorporated the media into his killing spree. He mailed the tape between the two shooting locations. Shouldn't we learn from that? Maybe that the constant coverage is indecent?)

AlexMack · #12 04-18-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

If only we could rewind 3 days so somebody could have killed that piece of sh*t.

I don't agree. If only we could rewind 3 days and get him firmly committed into a mental institution for treatment.

Did anyone else think he sounded like a psychopathic napoleon dynamite? This is an appalling tragedy, but I'll take the minute amount of humour where I can get it.

shinerbock · #13 04-18-2007, 08:40 PM

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I don't agree. If only we could rewind 3 days and get him firmly committed into a mental institution for treatment.

Did anyone else think he sounded like a psychopathic napoleon dynamite? This is an appalling tragedy, but I'll take the minute amount of humour where I can get it.

Anything that would have prevented this. I wouldn't prefer death over life, but I certainly wouldn't care if someone had killed him.