I was twelve when this happened. I remember not understanding why America wasn't helping these people who just wanted to live like we do. I'm 29 now, and I still don't understand.
God bless him.
The "tank man" deserves all credit for being an inspirational human being possessing both a backbone and a conscience, and willing to use both. Too bad the world doesn't know about another "tank man," Republic of Viet Nam Marine Sergeant Huynh Van Luom. During Hanoi's 1972 blitzkrieg offensive an NVA armor column was about to cross the Dong Ha bridge. Had it crossed the river (a la "Saving Private Ryan" final scene) Hue, Da Nang and all of Military Region I would have been in jeopardy. Sgt. Luom stood on the Dong Ha bridge, faced down the lead NVA tank which was not about to stop, and disabled it with M-72 LAW antitank missle. No reporters were there. Sgt. Luom's act was one of incredible defiant courage; he was at far more risk than the Tiananmen "tank man," yet he remains unknown to the poorly informed US public.
The injustice in all this is disgusting.
I happy to hear tank man well.
Impressed he archeologist.
He inspire. Brave man.
I always wondered what had happened to him. One of the great, largely usung heroes of the last 100 years. Proof that the "Little guy" can win in the end.
" There has been a rumor that Jiang Zemin who inherited power after the Tiananmen Uprising gave confidential order to track down Wang Weilin and executed him in secret, but it turned out to be false in the end."
given how brutally the chinese went after everyone they could find when this happen, does anyone really doubt that such an order might have been given?
I assume he did not know he was being filmed. So think about it - he did that thinking he was about to die anonymously. I wonder how long it was before he realized what a symbol he had become?
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This is great news. I hope we hear more from him.