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Remembering Lu Lingzi
In the context of this month’s memorials, this post is a tribute to 23-year-old Lu Lingzi who died in one of the blasts near the finish line. Nobody can best describe her than those who knew her best: her family. So for this I am sharing an open letter they wrote last year. As the conclusion of the Boston Marathon trial reached us across the ocean in China, we have felt emptiness along with great…
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
I have never seen a city come together in the way that Boston has during this past year. Cowards thought they could break us, but they proved to have greatly underestimated the pride and compassion that links the people of Boston together. We're a stronger city now. Heroism takes true form in the first responders, civilians, and runners who after running 26.2 miles ran 2 more to donate blood for victims. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Krystle Campbell, Sean Collier, Lu Lingzi, and Martin Richard. My heart is as heavy today as it was when I stood there and took these pictures last year. I am so proud to call Boston my home today and everyday. One year stronger.
Boston Remembers Marathon Victim Lu Lingzi, Chinese Graduate Student
Lu Lingzi was one of the three victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Lingzi was a 23-year-old Boston University graduate student studying mathematics and statistics. She was a Chinese national who came to America to continue her education. Lingzi was watching the marathon with her friends when the bombs detonated at the finish line. The bombings claimed two other lives, 8-year-old Martin Richard and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell. Support has poured out from all over the United States, as well as from Lingzi’s home country of China, in the wake of this tragedy.
“For a woman, a PhD is well worth the toil. If you graduate, you earn a degree; if you don’t, you’ve honed a sturdy inconquerable soul. If you find a mate along the way, congrats on finding a man who tolerates your madness; if you don’t, I congratulate you for walking a path where men need not follow.”
— Lu Lingzi (x)
I am not an American.
But I have become as fond of America as I am my home country and I believe in it.
Everyone involved in the investigation of the Boston bombing – the FBI, Boston police, state police, anyone who was able to provide even the smallest bit of information to authorities – all contributed to finding the suspect a mere four days after the disaster occurred.
If this man is innocent, I trust you will find proof of his innocence. Iif he is guilty, I trust you will find proof of his guilt and mete out just punishment.
Investigative organizations at every level have made quick work of this and I cannot express how relieved I am. Thank you for your work here at home.
Lingzi Lu, Martin Richard and Krystle Campbell, R.I.P.
Why is that idiot's name trending on twitter? Can we not? Can we make Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lu Lingzi, and Sean Collier trend instead? They deserve to be recognized more than this.
In the heartache of her family and friends on both sides of a great ocean, we're reminded of the humanity that we all share.
President Barack Obama (Info Emerges on Boston Bomb Victim Lü Lingzi)
