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According to sources, The Virginia Tech gunman sent video blogs, writings and photographs to NBC News in the middle of his shooting spree, authorities claim today.
Cho Seung-Hui, the shooter at VT Tech, sent the material to NBC News after murdering two students at 7:15a.m. Monday morning, but before he fatally shot another 30 people in a classroom building and turned a gun on himself.
"You had a hundred billion chances and ways to avoid today," Cho says in one of the video blogs.
"But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option," said Cho.
He also mentioned Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the students responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (1999), referring to them as "martyrs."
NBC News stated that they didn't receive Cho's material until early this morning due to an incorrect mailing address.
After affiliates at NBC realized the contents of the package, they handed the material over to investigators.
The envelope is time-stamped 9:01 a.m. ET Monday. Therefore it was sent some time between the first & second shootings.
Sources say, it's unclear when Cho began working on the material, and how much.
In some of the videos he seems to refer to his rampage in the past tense. Therefore sources claim he knew for sure he was going to go through with things. It might also mean that Cho is for sure the one responsible for the first shooting.
Steve Flaherty, a superintendent of Virginia State Police, told reporters, "This may be a very new, critical component of this investigation. We're in the process right now of attempting to analyze and evalute its worth."
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams called the material "disturbing" and a "multimedia manifesto."
NBC News also told the press today that the package contains 27 video files of Cho describing his hatred towards the wealthy, and images of him holding weapons. (Some of the pictures you see in this blog...sent to NBC News)
The vides were embedded into the paragraphs of a large 1,800-word document, suggesting Cho had put a great deal of work into the 'manifesto'.
CHO, also goes on to say:
• "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."
• "Do you know what it feels to be spit on your face and to have trash shoved down your throat? Do you know what it feels like to dig your own grave?
Do you know what it feels like to have throat slashed from ear to ear? Do you know what it feels like to be torched alive?
Do you know what it feels like to be humiliated and be impaled upon on a cross? And left to bleed to death for your amusement? You have never felt a single ounce of pain your whole life. Did you want to inject as much misery in our lives as you can just because you can?"
• "You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn’t enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren’t enough, you snobs. Your trust fund wasn’t enough. Your vodka and Cognac weren’t enough. All your debaucheries weren’t enough. Those weren’t enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything."
IMPORTANT:
What we as citizens must realize, we must NOT allow the event at Virginia Tech to be about Cho.
If we allow the media to continue on with these series of unfortunate events, as bad as it is, it gives Cho the opportunity to be 'famous' for what he did. By no means is this about the shooter, it is about the victims, families, students, health care workings, EMS, Police...etc.
We as the media, must approach this event as a way to focus on the victims. With stories of survival, uplifting moments, memorials etc, we must focuss on those stories.
Cho, unfortunately did not realize that by making the decision to do what he did, he would only be leaving this world hated by many.
According to sources at NBC, they claim that Cho in his video manifesto explained that by continuing with his rampage...it would allow him to be "famous"...
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
It also makes it more possible for 'copycat' shootings to occur because 'someone' may feel it is how their voice will be heard.
It is not true. We know this now...but we as citizens, must take care of each other...and look for any 'warning-signs'.
Sources: NBC.com, CTV.ca
Photo Sources: NBC.com
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