The Virginia Tech Campus Massacre.

I'm terribly affected by this massacre, so much so that I got way too emotional.

On the April 16, a gunman named Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 29 others in Virginia Tech University before killing himself. It is named as the worst campus massacre in modern US history.

Here are some of the victims that died, which was shown in the TIME magazine cover:

After reading the reports of the massacre, I could only say that it was sad for both the gunman and the victims.

The gunman:

Seung-Hui Cho

During High School, Cho was often teased and bullied because of his refusal to talk, shyness etc. When a teacher threatened to fail him if he did not read a particular passage, he started to read with a strange and deep voice. The whole class started laughing at him, and told him to GO BACK TO CHINA.

Is that meant to be a racist remark or what? Or are those students stupid enough to not know how to differentiate China and Korea? The bullying and teasing probably added on to his anger and hatred.

He was a loner, and to get him to speak was rare. Also, Cho was caught intimidating female students and writing violent and sick poetry. The professor was determined to resign if Cho was not removed from his class.

Cho's anger probably built up over the years, and he hated rich kids, and other stuff.

Then, it happened.

Cho killed his 2 victims, one male and female in West Ambler Johnston Hall. He left after killing them, and sent a package to NBC which contained writings and videos.

After 2 hours of the first shootings, he went to Norris Hall, and chained the main entrance shut, probably to prevent people from leaving. He then went to several classrooms and start shooting people. Students and professors died during the shooting.

After shooting, the asshole decided to kill himself.

Commendable acts of heroism. (Heroes of the Massacre)

Professor Liviu Librescu

Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, blocked the door which the gunman tried to enter after hearing many gunshots. He quickly asked the students to escape through the windows. Most of his students managed to escape, which prevented even more deaths.

However, the hero professor died. The gunman fired through the door, and 5 bullets penetrated through the door and pumped into the professor's body, killing him.

Jocelyne Couture Nowak

She decided to block the classroom door with a desk with the help of the students and brought her students to the back of the class for their safety. It was unsuccessful, and 10 of the students together with her died.

Waleed Shaalan

He was together with a student, and when the gunman entered and fired at them, he was badly wounded and was beside a student who was playing dead. The gunman returned twice to check for any signs of life. When the gunman noticed the student who was playing dead, Shaalan distracted him by moving, and was shot the second time and died instantly. The student playing dead survived, thanks to Shaalan.

Finally when it's all over, the gunman committed suicide.

Here are some quotes from him:

"You have one hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today. But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me one option. The decision was yours. Now you have bloods on your hands that will never wash off."

"You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul, and torched my conscience. You thought it was one pathetic boy's life you were extinguishing. Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people."

"Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces wasn't enough, you snobs. Your trust funds wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac wasn't enough. All your debaucheries wasn't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything."

"I didn't have to do it. I could have left. I could have fled. But now I'm no longer running. If not for me, for my children and brothers and sisters that you fucked. I did it for them."

The gunman snuffed out 32 innocent lives. I hope that if you're reading this, you would observe one minute of silence for those who died while saving others, and those who died innocuously.

As a form of respect, I will not blog until friday.

Let us pray for their souls to be blessed.