Virginia Tech Shootings: Seung-Hui Cho

Dontey Branch
4/11/17
Essay Two

Virginia Tech Shootings On April 16, 2007 a man named Seung-Hui Cho went on a killing massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Virginia. Prior to the attack Cho was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. It was apparent to his family and teachers that there was something dark about the way he carried himself and in the work that he submitted it class. Cho attended counseling throughout childhood and into his late teens but would decide not to attend counseling in college when professors recommended it to him. In 2005 he was put under investigation by Virginia Tech for stalking two females. This resulted in Cho being court ordered to get outpatient mental health treatment. At the time the National instant

Cho’s first victim was Emily J. Hilscher who was in her room with her roommate at the time. Cho shot her and then shot the RA that tried to come help. It was said that Cho and Emily had a romantic relationship that went south but no proof of this was found. After shooting them both Cho quickly fled the scene back to his dorm room in Harper hall. The campus was not evacuated after the first shooting. Cho was next seen by the duck pond in different clothes and then by the post office to mail NBC news a package about his massacre. This package was later found to contain videos, photos, and a manifesto explaining why he “had” to do it. He blamed the rich and spoiled kids that treated him poorly at the

Cho then went to Norris hall and put chains and signs telling people not to leave or the building would explode. A teacher saw one of the notes and took it up to the third floor where the buildings administration staff was. According to witnesses Cho was spotted peeking in to class rooms multiple times before opening the door to room 206 to shoot and kill Professor G.V. Loganathan and nine out the thirteen students in the class room. Two other students were injured at this time as well. The next classroom on Cho’s list was room 207. There he killed the teacher Jamie Bishop, four students and wounded six. In rooms 204 and 211 the teachers and students heard the commotion and tried to barricade the door in to the classroom. In 204 the teacher Liviu Librescu took the responsibility in trying to hold the door closed while students went out the windows. This lead to Librescu being shot through the door. The bravery of Librescu kept the casualties to just two including him and one student that could not make it out in time. In 211 the teacher and one student tried to keep the door closed but Cho ended up killing the teacher and eleven students while also injuring six. Professor Kevin Granata took his students to the third floor to his office that had a lock on the door. All of these students survived bit Professor Granata did not because he went to go check out what was