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Sad Start
The second day of the 2008 Olympics will be remembered not for the start of athletic competition, but for a killing at the Drum Tower. Upon arriving at the Water Cube for the first session of swimming, I learned of the murder of a family member of a United States assistant volleyball coach. Another family member was seriously injured.
The act was random and surprising for a country that has minimal attacks on foreigners due to steep penalties for those crimes. While it is obviously a sad start to the Games, hopefully no one will blame the Chinese as a whole or suggest the Games should never have been held here. Nothing could have prevented what occurred, an unfortunate fact when facing someone with a death wish and disregard for life. After his attack, the killer committed suicide by leaping to his death off the Drum Tower.
This nation has put on one heck of a show to this point and will certainly continue to do so. Let's not blame China for this horrible turn of events.
The act was random and surprising for a country that has minimal attacks on foreigners due to steep penalties for those crimes. While it is obviously a sad start to the Games, hopefully no one will blame the Chinese as a whole or suggest the Games should never have been held here. Nothing could have prevented what occurred, an unfortunate fact when facing someone with a death wish and disregard for life. After his attack, the killer committed suicide by leaping to his death off the Drum Tower.
This nation has put on one heck of a show to this point and will certainly continue to do so. Let's not blame China for this horrible turn of events.
posted by On the Sidelines at
9:51 AM
1 Comments:
Hey John - Brendan showed a lot of class last night in addressing his race. Sometimes these moments make people a better person and I think it's done that with Brendan. Some advice or my two cents, as he goes forward he should remember all the wonderful experiences that the sport has brought him enjoying everything that he does in the future. I think this is what made Dara Torres successful this time around.
TR
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