Distraught Democrat Kills Self at Ground Zero

New York Daily News ^ | 11/6/04 | Temple_Drummer

[TeemuSan]

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA, DEBORAH MORRIS AND SEAN GARDINER Staff Writers

November 6, 2004, 7:11 PM EST

Distraught over the re-election of President George W. Bush, a Georgia man traveled to New York City, went to Ground Zero and killed himself with a shotgun blast, police said yesterday.

The suicide victim, Andrew Veal, 25, was discovered just before 8 a.m. yesterday when a worker for the Millennium Hotel looking at Ground Zero from an upper floor saw a man lying atop the concrete structure through which the 1 and 9 subway lines run.

[dfwgator]

You stole my thunder, something was going to get this guy sooner or later.

[beyond the sea]

ping to post # 58.

[Lurking2Long]

It's Kerry's fault!

[onyx]

Reach out to democrats to do what?

Bi-partisanship starts with the losing side
reaching a consensus with the winning side.
They must do the greater giving.

[Ichneumon]

The unprecedented campaign of scare-mongering and HATE by the left drove him to this. He really believed their lies and thought the world was coming to an end. The left should feel this is on their hands

That's *exactly* what I thought when I read the article.

[fenway]

Darwin strikes again!!!!..........fenway

[The Loan Arranger]

Since this unfortunate individual was in violation of the Brady Act and the Sullivan Law(as well as many others), I'm sure NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will charge him under the RICO Act and confiscate his house in Georgia.

[skimbell]

"It's a national tragedy," he said. "This election is devastating to all who believe in democracy."

"I'm very moved by it," he said. "Obviously, this person was devastated. I can see why he would come here."

Jeez, what a tragedy...I sure hope this doesn't start a "craze" among our slimy little liberal buddies.

[moonman]

I agree. Democrats have weak control over their minds and emotions, as witnessed countless times on TV interviews.

Just like we do for school children, having witnessed some horrible event, we need to send in professionals (Limbaugh, Boortz, Hannity, FReepers, etc.) to soothe and reassure these poor souls. ROFLOL

[Caipirabob]

Tragically, and I mean tragically mislead. The left is directly responsible for this man's blood.

[Dick Vomer]

bye

[tutstar]

You're right! It is also ironic that someone who is against the war would end his own life with a 'gun'.

I for one hope the dems don't change their tune and we win many more elections in the future!

[tutstar]

ping

[Wardawg]

It's a shame to see a life wasted while so young. The Dem fear and hate machine can be proud of the emotional damage they've done. With more than 60 days until inauguration day we can count on several more cases of advanced chronic liberalism claiming the lives of America's youth.

[csvset]

Here's a Athens, GA. paper's account.

UGA worker kills self at Ground Zero

Friends, co-workers remember a Œpassionate¹ person

By Lee Shearer

lee.shearer@onlineathens.com

A University of Georgia worker apparently used a shotgun to kill himself at Ground Zero in New York City Saturday morning, authorities said.

The body of Andrew Veal, 25, was found at about 8 a.m. Saturday morning on a structure that houses subway lines at the former site of the World Trade Center towers, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Coleman said no suicide note was found near Veal's body, which was discovered after a hotel worker saw what seemed to be a person sleeping inside the site. A shotgun was found near the body, however.

The area has been closed since the World Trade Center towers were destroyed in the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. Port Authority police are continuing to investigate how Veal entered the site, which is surrounded by high fences and watched by guards and video cameras, Coleman said.

Veal was a supervisor at UGA's Survey Research Center, where he had worked before and after graduating from UGA. He also worked part-time as a cook at Amici Italian Cafe, a downtown Athens restaurant. Friends said he loved to cook and hoped to attend culinary school to become a chef.

Co-workers became increasingly concerned after Veal did not show up for work Wednesday or Thursday. People at the Survey Research Center began calling his friends and family on Friday to see if they could find out where he was. They discovered that his fiancee in Iowa had not heard from him since Monday when she called the research center on Friday trying to get in touch with Veal, said another co-worker, UGA student Leigh Hall. Veal and his fiancee had been scheduled to take a trip to Seattle this weekend.

Friends suspected he had gone to New York after learning Veal had called a friend in Athens late last week to get the telephone number of a friend in New York City, said his supervisor at the research center, Maryann Mauney.

Co-workers at the research center, housed in UGA's McWhorter Hall, learned of Veal's death Saturday morning when a university police officer came by seeking to confirm his identity. Port Authority police had contacted UGA police to confirm Veal's identity, Coleman said.

There was no indication that Veal intended to take his own life, said friends, trying to understand not just why but the symbolism of where he chose to do it.

"Andrew was definitely sending a message," Mauney said. "Certainly it was a protest."

But so far, the message is not entirely clear.

"We're all struggling with that right now," said Jim Bason, head of the Survey Research Center.

Some of his friends believe he may have become despondent at the results of Tuesday's elections.

"He wanted some hope that things were going to change so the world would be a better place," said Mauney.

Veal, a conscientious and thorough worker, was the first student she had ever promoted to supervisor, Mauney said. He had graduated from UGA with a degree in sociology after coming to UGA from Newnan, she said.

Friends frequently used the word "passionate" to describe Veal in interviews Saturday.

"He was very passionate about everything, especially his friends and family," said friend Sarah Gilliam, who worked with Veal at Amici's. "He was a spectacular person."

"He was a very peaceful person, so warm, kind and generous. You never thought he could harm a fly," she said. Though he was a quiet person, he seemed happy, she said.

"He was brilliant. He was one of the smartest people I've ever met," said Lindsay Saripkin, another co-worker at the restaurant.

Among his passions were politics, and he felt troubled about the direction he saw the United States moving, Mauney said. He was deeply opposed to the U.S. war on Iraq, friends said.

"He cared about politics. He cared about people and the state of the world," she said.

"He was really wonderful. We are all just really stunned," Hall said.

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A guy who had a screw loose,IMHO. Must go to NYC, to WTC site and kill myself with a shotgun. At least this whacko didn't kill some innocent citizens. His co-worker mustn't know too many people if she thought this guy was "brilliant".

[KerryWillBeCrushed]

And thus DUh loses another member.