‘When the time came I did it. I had to’
Midway through his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC a package containing photos and videos of him brandishing guns and delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs".
"You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today," 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui says in a harsh monotone. "But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off."
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In the strange, two-hour hiatus that interrupted his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC news a package containing photos and videos of him delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich “brats” and their “hedonistic needs”.
“You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today,” 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui says. “But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off.”
Watch it via AP here .
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