2주가 지난 현재도, Parkland,Florida에서 일어난 고등학교내에서의 총기사고로, 17명의 어린 학생들이 목숨을 잃은 참사는 많은 미국인들뿐 아니고 전세계를 경악케 했었다.
이번 총기 사고로 목숨을 잃은 15세의 Peter Wong학생에게, 그가 생전에 육사에 입학하는것을 제일 큰 꿈으로 여겼던 그에게, 육사에 입학하는 연령이 되는 2025년도 입학생으로 받아주기로 결정했다는 뉴스는, 모든 이들의 가슴을 뭉클하게 했다.
Peter는 사망하기전까지 JROTC( 미육군 예비군 장교 훈련단)에 가입하여 멤버로 활동하면서 장차 미육군장교가 되기위한 훈련을 받고 있었다.
이번 Florida 고등학교 총기사건에서, 예비군으로서 다른 학생들이 사고현장을 무사히 빠져나갈수 있도록 자신을 희생하면서 도와준 그업적을 기리기위해 미군사학교에서는 입학을 받아 들이고 있는 것이다.
육사에서는 입학 허가사실을 그의 가족에게 알릴 계획이라고 그지역의 미육사 동창회의 Chad Maxey씨가 Sun Sentinel 지방신문에 이사실을 말해 준것이다.
Florida주 지사, Rick Scott씨는 이미 알려진데로, Peter Wang과 다른 두명의 JROTC 희생자들의 장례식을 주방위군 주관으로 치르도록 특별 지시까지 내렸다고 한다.
후보생사령부는 후보생, Alaina Petty, Peter Wang 그리고 Martin Duque에게 초급장교 ROTC 영웅 매달 수여를 승인했다고 육군대변인이 Fox News에 이사실을 알려왔었다.
월요일에 있었던 후보생 Alaina Petty,14,의 장례식에는 플로리다주 지사, Rick Scott를 포함하여 약 1,500명의 조객들이 참석했었다.
He was a member of the US Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), a school programme for potential US military officers.
A reserves trainee who died helping other students escape a Florida school shooting has been posthumously accepted to a prestigious US military school.
The US Army bestowed the Medal of Heroism to three students who were killed, including Peter, according to US media.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43132215
이번 총기 사고로 목숨을 잃은 15세의 Peter Wong학생에게, 그가 생전에 육사에 입학하는것을 제일 큰 꿈으로 여겼던 그에게, 육사에 입학하는 연령이 되는 2025년도 입학생으로 받아주기로 결정했다는 뉴스는, 모든 이들의 가슴을 뭉클하게 했다.
Peter는 사망하기전까지 JROTC( 미육군 예비군 장교 훈련단)에 가입하여 멤버로 활동하면서 장차 미육군장교가 되기위한 훈련을 받고 있었다.
이번 Florida 고등학교 총기사건에서, 예비군으로서 다른 학생들이 사고현장을 무사히 빠져나갈수 있도록 자신을 희생하면서 도와준 그업적을 기리기위해 미군사학교에서는 입학을 받아 들이고 있는 것이다.
육사에서는 입학 허가사실을 그의 가족에게 알릴 계획이라고 그지역의 미육사 동창회의 Chad Maxey씨가 Sun Sentinel 지방신문에 이사실을 말해 준것이다.
Florida주 지사, Rick Scott씨는 이미 알려진데로, Peter Wang과 다른 두명의 JROTC 희생자들의 장례식을 주방위군 주관으로 치르도록 특별 지시까지 내렸다고 한다.
후보생사령부는 후보생, Alaina Petty, Peter Wang 그리고 Martin Duque에게 초급장교 ROTC 영웅 매달 수여를 승인했다고 육군대변인이 Fox News에 이사실을 알려왔었다.
월요일에 있었던 후보생 Alaina Petty,14,의 장례식에는 플로리다주 지사, Rick Scott를 포함하여 약 1,500명의 조객들이 참석했었다.
그의 관은 미국기로 장식되여 있었으며, 그녀의 가족들은 조문객들에게 "인내와 사랑"의 존재로 기억될것이라고 감사의 말을 전했다. "Alaina는 이웃들의 친구가 되기를 항상 행동으로 보여 줬었다"라고 아버지 Ryan Petty씨는 울먹였다.
Martin Duque,14,군의 장례식은 토요일에 있게된다.
한편, Stone Douglas에서 100여명의 학생들은 버스를 대절하여 플로리다주의 수도 탈라하시에 가서, 수요일에 총기폭력을 반대하는 집회를 할계획이라고 한다.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/us/florida-school-shooting/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/21/us/florida-school-shooting/index.html
트럼프 대통령은 화요일에, 다연발총 "Bump Stock"총기 사용을 금하는 법안을 요구할것이라고 발표했는데, 이총기는 지난해 10월에 라스베가스에서 집단 총기폭력때 사용됐었지만, 이번 플로리다 고등학교 총기사건에서는 사용되지는 않았던 총기다.
참 많이 비교된다. 바다를 지키다 산화한 천안함 폭침으로 산화한 46명의 국군장병들은 초라한 부대장으로 합동장례식을 치른, 아픈 기억이 있었고, 그때 대통령이라는 자는 이모든 참사를 숨기고, 전용기타고 일본으로 건너가 축구 구경을 했었던 그광경과 너무나 대조된다. 이번 평창 동계 올림픽에, 그런 적국의 선수와 응원단 그리고 임원들을 포함한 400 여명에게 칙사대접을 하고 있는 현 문통정부 역시, 국민들의 많은 원성을 사고 있음을 알고나 있는지? 조국을 생각하면 답답하기 그지없다.
참 많이 비교된다. 바다를 지키다 산화한 천안함 폭침으로 산화한 46명의 국군장병들은 초라한 부대장으로 합동장례식을 치른, 아픈 기억이 있었고, 그때 대통령이라는 자는 이모든 참사를 숨기고, 전용기타고 일본으로 건너가 축구 구경을 했었던 그광경과 너무나 대조된다. 이번 평창 동계 올림픽에, 그런 적국의 선수와 응원단 그리고 임원들을 포함한 400 여명에게 칙사대접을 하고 있는 현 문통정부 역시, 국민들의 많은 원성을 사고 있음을 알고나 있는지? 조국을 생각하면 답답하기 그지없다.
He was a member of the US Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), a school programme for potential US military officers.
Peter Wang, 15, who was one of 17 killed in the 14 February attack, was admitted to the class of 2025 at his dream school, West Point Academy.
He was a member of the US Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), a school programme for potential US military officers.
His funeral took place on Tuesday.
The school will confer a letter of admission and honorarium tokens to his family, local West Point alumni Chad Maxey told the Sun Sentinel newspaper.
Florida Governor Rick Scott also reportedly directed the state's National Guard to honour Peter and two other members of the JROTC at their funerals.
The Cadet Command approved Junior ROTC Heroism Medals for cadets Alaina Petty, Peter Wang and Martin Duque, an army spokesman told Fox News.
Peter was in uniform when he was fatally shot while holding the door for others fleeing a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, witnesses say.
The recognition comes after an online petition called for him to be laid to rest with military honours, saying he "deserves" to be buried as a hero, because "his selfless and heroic actions have led to the survival of dozens in the area".
Peter, who had spent part of his childhood in his parents' native China, had dreamed of attending the West Point military academy, friends say.
Jesse Pan, a neighbour and longstanding friend of Peter's family, told the BBC Chinese Service he had tried to support the teenager's parents as they struggled to cope with the loss.
"I was there with his parents, helping translating and finding a funeral home," he said.
"His parents fainted as soon as they saw his body. He had got multiple shots in front… So horrible."
It is with broken hearts that Sunrise Post 365 & Stoneman Douglas JROTC shares the loss of our soaring eagles! We honor them, and will miss their courage, tenacity, and their smiles! Cadet Peter Wang, Cadet Martin Duque, and Cadet Alaina Petty. May they always soar high!
The funeral of cadet Alaina Petty, 14, was attended on Monday by 1,500 mourners, including Florida Governor Rick Scott.
Her coffin was draped in an American flag, and her family members told well-wishers that she will be remembered for being "patient and loving".
"She just wanted to be your friend," said her father, Ryan Petty.
Martin Duque, 14, is scheduled to be buried on Saturday.
Meanwhile, about 100 students from Stoneman Douglas have travelled by bus to the Florida state capitol, where they plan to hold a rally against gun violence on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a ban on rapid-fire "bump stock" devices, which were used last October's Las Vegas massacre, but not in the Florida high school attack.
And they’re off. 100 students from Parkland, Florida are headed to Tallahassee (state capital) to demand action on gun control and mental health. It’s a 7 hour journey, and several I’ve spoken to have never been to the capital, much less met their lawmakers.
The Parkland school was the scene of a deadly rampage last week, when an ex-student confessed to opening fire with an AR-15 assault rifle which he had purchased legally despite several mental health warnings.
The Stoneman Douglas students, who are out of school until it is due to reopen on 27 February, are hoping their march inspires others across the US.
A larger protest is being planned for Washington DC on 24 March.
In the wake of the shooting, a city leader in Dallas has asked the National Rifle Association (NRA) to move their annual convention.
"It is a tough call when you ask the NRA to reconsider coming to Dallas," said Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, according to local media.
The mayor cited past shootings in the Texas city, including the assassination of President John F Kennedy and the murder of five police officers in 2016.
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Nikolas Cruz had moved in with a friend, who also attended the school, after his adoptive mother died in 2017.
The parents who hosted Mr Cruz, James and Kimberly Snead, told CBS News the teenager was depressed but they did not realise how troubled he was.
"The Nik we knew was not the Nik that everybody else seemed to know," James Snead told CBS.
"He pulled one over on us. As well as a lot of people," Mrs Snead said.
Mr Snead, a US army veteran, said he knew Mr Cruz had guns but believed he had the only key to the safe where they were located. He added that it was Mr Cruz's right to have guns.
Law enforcement officials say that Mr Cruz had legally purchased seven rifles in the last year, despite several mental health warnings.
The couple also told ABC News that Mr Cruz had texted their son only three minutes before the attack began in Parkland, Florida to say he was "going to the movies".
When they first saw him at the police station after he was arrested, he "mumbled" an apology to the parents.
Documents obtained by CBS show that Mr Cruz and his late adoptive mother, Lynda Cruz, had been visited by Florida's Department of Children and Families (DCF) after allegations of medical neglect in September 2016.
The investigator reportedly determined that Mr Cruz suffered from depression, ADHD and autism, cut his arms in a post on social media and once plastered a racist message on his school backpack.
Officials closed the investigation after deciding that he was not being mistreated, according to CBS News.
Mr Cruz told child service investigators that "he plans to go out and buy a gun", according to a DCF report.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43132215
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