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Man Shoots, Kills Himself at Ground Zero
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Posted on 11/07/2004 6:20:47 AM PST by Michael Goldsberry

NEW YORK - A 25-year-old man from Georgia who was apparently distraught over President Bush (news - web sites)'s re-election shot and killed himself at ground zero. Andrew Veal's body was found Saturday morning inside the off-limits site, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A shotgun was found nearby, but no suicide note was found, Coleman said.

Veal's mother said her son was upset about the result of the presidential election and had driven to New York, Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, told The New York Times in Sunday's editions.

Friends said Veal worked in a computer lab at the University of Georgia and was planning to marry.

"I'm absolutely sure it's a protest," Mary Anne Mauney, Veal's supervisor at the lab, told The Daily News. "I don't know what made him commit suicide, but where he did it was symbolic."

Police were investigating how Veal entered the former World Trade Center site, which is protected by high fences and owned by the Port Authority.


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To: infowars_victory

The first thing I thought was "Thank God he did not take anyone else with him." I am very concerned that some of the screaming babies I have heard refusing to believe in the voice of the people of the USA running amok in some midwestern or Southern Wal-Mart before killing him or herself.

Yes it is a tragedy when someone realizes he or she has based an entire life on an illusion. I had a friend who killed himself when Star Trek was cancelled -- his whole reason for living had been destroyed. The very sad thing is that nobody cared enough to try to reach him before he took this tragic final step.


21 posted on 11/07/2004 6:38:07 AM PST by KateatRFM
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To: Leapfrog

I was deeply saddened. When I learned it wasn't Micheal Moore.


22 posted on 11/07/2004 6:38:39 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Leapfrog; All
A shotgun was found nearby, but no suicide note was found, Coleman said.
"I'm absolutely sure it's a protest," Mary Anne Mauney, Veal's supervisor at the lab, told The Daily News. "I don't know what made him commit suicide, but where he did it was symbolic."
As there is no suicide note to indicate the reason for this young man's suicide only the speculation of those who knew him. I had a friend who was about the same age who commited suicide the same way. He and I were playing guitar that morning, it was a gorgeous morning and he was showing me a new song, "Hey, Joe" the Jimi Hendrix song,
Hey Joe, where you going with that gun or you hand
To this day, I cannot listen to that song, I change the station when it comes on the radio.
To blame this man's death on the re-election of President Bush is typical of the Democrats. Above all, take no blame.
23 posted on 11/07/2004 6:43:06 AM PST by trentonrevolution
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To: strictlyaminorleaguer
I'm not defending violence against Republican offices or any other garbage pulled by the Left. A suicide is always a tragedy, especially for those left behind. I'd like to think that we can be more charitable and Christian than that in our comments about this man's death.

I guess you made that comment out of either total ignorance or you did not thoroughly read my post I guess...I stated yes its a tragedy and yes due to that young man's self centered thinking his family and loved ones have to suffer..what else do I need to say? Its also ok to pull up from that event and look at what is going on around you for a higher level perspective. Keep your handle "MinorLeaguer" it serves you very well. freegards

24 posted on 11/07/2004 6:46:25 AM PST by democrats_nightmare
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To: Leapfrog

WTF?? Twenty-five years old, a good job and apparently a bright future, and he throws it away over this petty B.S.? His family and friends must be going through hell right now.


25 posted on 11/07/2004 6:48:06 AM PST by Mukor
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To: Leapfrog

Coward.


26 posted on 11/07/2004 6:50:03 AM PST by DoctorMichael (The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Leapfrog
Holy cow!

I certainly hope this doesn't become a fad.

They just got that area all cleaned up.

27 posted on 11/07/2004 6:51:34 AM PST by G.Mason (A war mongering, UN hating, military industrial complex loving, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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To: infowars_victory
"Many of the replies to this thread are classless."

As was this guys act.

28 posted on 11/07/2004 6:54:52 AM PST by G.Mason (A war mongering, UN hating, military industrial complex loving, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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To: Leapfrog
In a lot of ways, this is symbolic. One of the victims of 9/11 was the liberal accommodationist mindset, that lukewarm kumbaya utopian delusion that we're all brothers and sisters and that the world is full of butterflies and rainbows. The harsh reality is that there are people in that world of sunshine who have never seen the sunshine, and who want to kill us for no sane reason.

By blowing his skull apart at Ground Zero, this chump demonstrated the utter futility of the peacnik movement, its total inability to cope with adversity. Aside from the fact that his corrupt, cowardly blood now mingles with that of the innocents and pollutes this sacred ground, this was an act that should be applauded.

I imagine the groundskeepers might hold a different opinion ...

29 posted on 11/07/2004 6:57:48 AM PST by IronJack (R)
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To: Leapfrog

Lets see, between this, abortion and Canadian immigration who is going to be left to vote for the DUmmies in 2008?


30 posted on 11/07/2004 6:59:27 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I got political capital and I intend to spend it!)
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To: democrats_nightmare

I was trying to separate one man's extreme mental illness from the violence done against Republican offices, which I think is just evil. I don't the two events are necessarily of the same piece, and that's where you and I differ.

I am sorry if you were offended by that.


31 posted on 11/07/2004 7:00:02 AM PST by strictlyaminorleaguer
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To: strictlyaminorleaguer

I also don't understand the personal attack on me or my handle, but whatever. Can we not civilly disagree on this?


32 posted on 11/07/2004 7:02:11 AM PST by strictlyaminorleaguer
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To: strictlyaminorleaguer

I agree. Monsters such as Hussein or Arafat deserve that type of behavior (and more!), but not this guy.


33 posted on 11/07/2004 7:06:07 AM PST by Freepdonia (Victory is Ours! (I told you so :-))
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To: Leapfrog
Its a tragedy that someone can get so brainwashed by the left as to think that the re-election of President Bush is an event worthy of suicide. The poor guy never really had a clue.

That said, I wonder if he'll still be voting democrat in the future...

34 posted on 11/07/2004 7:10:20 AM PST by meyer (Our greatest opponent is a candidate called Complacency.)
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To: Leapfrog

He went to a place where suiciders killed thousands. We should be glad he didn't take out anyone else.


35 posted on 11/07/2004 7:11:22 AM PST by Snapple
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To: sassbox
It is appointed for a man once to die then the judgment. Sorry friend no prayer will help this poor soul now.
36 posted on 11/07/2004 7:13:06 AM PST by heavenbound (ketchep man going down!)
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To: elli1

He should have got a life... oops. Too late.

Honestly, he should have had friends and family who would have talked with him about this. If Skerry would have won, I to, would have been depressed but I would have prepared myself to defeat him in 4 years. There are far more important things in ones life than an election. shhheeesh!


37 posted on 11/07/2004 7:21:18 AM PST by God bless Texas (I don't care how much you know until I know how much you care.)
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To: infowars_victory

Hey gang, come on, lighten up.

This article will have an initial impact on people in a variety of ways. Sadness, empathy, humor, stupidity.... It just depends on how one relates to it at a particular time.

But I'm pretty sure everyone, when it comes to the bottom line, feels properly sad in the end. This is a discussion forum, not a wake.

My initial reaction was sadness for the family he left behind. I know the families of 3 suicides, and this is no joke. I wish the lamestream would take a look at what they created, and perhaps the screaming shenanigans of AlGore...


38 posted on 11/07/2004 7:21:26 AM PST by clyde260 (Public Enemy #1: Network News!)
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To: strictlyaminorleaguer

Maybe more dangerous is the possibility that this young man killed himself for just the reasons that the article stated - as a protest.

At some point, after life has been denigrated to the point of convenience due to the philosophies of Peter Singer and Margaret Sanger and a host of others, life at any point in time becomes merely a 'personal choice.'

In the wake of decades of attacks on traditional Christian values and the incorporation of eastern religious ideas into education, the syncretism of faith, apostacy and political ideology becomes normal.

In a day and age where murderous zealots slaughter thousands and mutilate victims at will, we have a press and intellectual class that actually believes these acts are justified - nay - provoked by the United States and those of us that oppose global chaos.

It is entirely believable to me that a young person in today's society could come to the place - without any mental disability - where the killing of oneselves is perceived as a noble gesture for a higher good.


39 posted on 11/07/2004 7:26:52 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth (What can you expect from a political party full of master-debators?)
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To: Leapfrog

As more sludge is drained from the self-cleansing gene pool.....


40 posted on 11/07/2004 7:28:31 AM PST by NRA1995 (Free Republic Inaugural Ball II, here I come!!!)
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