I'm Starting All Over Again
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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IT'S A CHILLING thought: Seung Hui Cho's rampage at Virginia Tech might have been avoided but for what might have seemed until recently a minor flaw in Virginia state policy. (article 3)
That's because Virginia authorities never reported Mr. Cho's status to the database, which relies on information that states decide to provide. (article 3)
Now the governor is working on ways to require Virginia authorities to submit data on cases such as Mr. Cho's, too. (article 3)
Thus there proceeded a brief, merciful interval during which the identity of the perpetrator of last Monday's killing spree at Virginia Tech was unknown. (article 2)
He has recruited former homeland security secretary Tom Ridge, a retired state police superintendent and experts from education, law enforcement and psychiatry. (article 6)
These psychiatric distinctions are important; the most prevalent mental illnesses are not caused by bad upbringings, bullying or immoral behavior but are considered by the National Institute of Mental Health to be brain "sicknesses" that can affect nearly anyone. (article 6)
After the family immigrated to the United States in 1992, when Cho was 8, Kim would call his mother and ask how the boy was doing. (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Cho, mental, Virginia, Seung, Hui |
Source articles
- An Isolated Boy in a World of Strangers (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 483 words)
- What the Killers Want (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 1483 words)
- Policy Trigger (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 402 words)
- I'm Starting All Over Again (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 440 words)
- 'That Was the Desk I Chose to Die Under' (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 779 words)
- Missing Voice (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 576 words)
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