"Hello, how are you?" inquired the Virginia Tech gunman before opening fire in one classroom, according to a South Korean survivor.
SEOUL: "Hello, how are you?" inquired the Virginia Tech gunman before opening fire in one classroom, according to a South Korean survivor quoted on Wednesday.
Park Chang-Min was describing the terror which came to the US university Monday when his compatriot Cho Seung-Hui staged the deadliest school shooting in US history.
Park was speaking to South Korean journalists in the US from his hospital bed, where he is recovering from wounds to his chest and arm.
The 27-year-old engineering student was sitting at the back of a class in applied hydrology when the gunman walked in.
"He hid his face behind a mask and had his brown-coloured cap lowered to his eyes. He wore glasses and something like a black ammo jacket," Park said, according to the website of JoongAng Ilbo newspaper.
"We were only minutes into the class. There were about 15 students in the room. I was sitting in the back. The man came in with two handguns and a lot of ammo," Park said.
"He shot the professor first and spread bullets toward us. In a moment, the room turned into a bloody hell."
"I got down intuitively. I even did not notice a bullet brush my chest and right arm."
The shooter then stepped out and entered the next room where a German class was being held.
"I think I heard the gunman saying 'Hello, how are you?' before he opened fire there," Park said.
"It took a long while after everything became quiet before police entered the room. They said, 'Anyone who is okay, raise their hands'. Me and two others got up. All the others were either lying face down on their desks or sprawled on the floor. It's just horrible to think they were either dead or severely wounded," Park said.
Cho, 23, killed 32 students or staff before committing suicide. The reason for his deadly rampage is still unknown.
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