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NBC News received package from VA-Tech shooter
On the same day he shot 32 people to death on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Cho Seung-Hui sent a package to NBC News.
According to MSNBC, the package contained video, a photograph and a written communication. At one point in the video, Seung-Hui said, in reference to the massacre, "This didn't have to happen." The package was sent between the time he shot two people to death in a dormitory and before he killed thirty more in another building.
NBC News turned the contents over to the FBI, and in a blog post today anchor Brian Williams said that some of the contents of the package would be discussed on tonight's broadcast.
Just like everyone else, I have a lot of thoughts about the tragedy that occurred on the VA-Tech campus, but none that I can really make coherent at this moment.
It was actually my father who called and told me to switch on CNN that day, and it's a good thing he did, because one of the drawbacks of immersing myself in television news all day is that I sometimes forget to, you know, watch the actual news.
I sat down in my beanbag chair and began to flip between CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, but it didn't take me long to figure out that it was too early for any real information to have surfaced, so I turned off the TV to wait for more substantial information to come forward, rather than listen to a lot of speculation. At this stage, I'm just trying to stay on top of the news to better understand what exactly happened.
As far as why it happened, I don't think that's something we can ever know. I've never believed the old saying that "everything happens for a reason," and it's because of tragic, random events like this one. I'll go back to writing about TV, because that's what I do, but like everyone else, this incident has found occupation in a small space in the back of my mind, and I suspect it'll remain there for some time.
Update: NBC News video can be seen here.
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