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renovation
08-09-2008, 08:41 AM
Chinese man stabbed the in-laws of the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball coach, killing one and injuring the other while they visited a Beijing tourist site near the main venue where Olympic competitions began Saturday, officials said.

The victims were Todd and Barbara Bachman, parents of former Olympian Elisabeth Bachman who is married to men's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon. Bachman's father was killed.

The assailant also stabbed and injured a Chinese tour guide with the Americans. He then committed suicide by throwing himself off a 130-foot-high balcony of the ancient landmark the Americans were visiting, the 13th century Drum Tower, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

Xinhua said the injured tour guide was also a woman.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080809/D92ERHFO1.html
http://www.usavolleyball.org/Media/National/profilePhotos/women/ElisabethBachman.jpg
Olympian Elisabeth Bachman
mojo
08-09-2008, 11:29 AM
I was confused when I saw elisabeth's picture. it took me a bit to realize she wasn't involved.

they said it was an isolated incident. but it seems like a heck of a coincidence to happen during the olympics.
LPMiller
08-10-2008, 07:45 AM
why, nut jobs have to follow a calender? It was a crazy guy who snapped. It's not like there was a hit put out on the CEO of a flower company. Just shows you, you can be free, you can be repressed, nutjobs find a way to be nutjobs.
ArkiStan
08-10-2008, 11:19 AM
why, nut jobs have to follow a calender? It was a crazy guy who snapped. It's not like there was a hit put out on the CEO of a flower company. Just shows you, you can be free, you can be repressed, nutjobs find a way to be nutjobs.

I agree.

Usual # of Foreign Tourists: A
Current # of Foreign Tourists: A x 1000

The nutjob has probably been swinging a knife at people all his crazy life. It's just that now there's that much of a greater chance the person getting stabbed will be foreign. No surprise.
mojo
08-11-2008, 12:36 AM
yeah, nutjobs do follow a calendar.

for example, with my schedule at work, it's monday thru friday.