| I'm a Yale grad. My Junior year, a friend was attacked outside Freshman Commons in Beinecke Plaza (which is the main thoroughfare on Y's central campus). It was right after dinner and there was many people lingering about. Some mentally disturbed person had been hiding in the bushes w/a metal rod. He attacked her, striking her 2-3 times. There were enough bystanders who quickly subdued him. She suffered a skull fracture, withdrew that term, came back 1.5 years later, eventually graduating.
I write this to say that random, absolutely bizarre, yet horrific things can happen. I don't want to diminish either event -- this recent incident or the one when I was at Yale. However, we should try to put our energies in the right perspective. I'm a dad with two girls too.
My thoughts are with the young woman. |