Virginia Tech Killer's Sister Speaks

April 19, 2007 — -- Sun-kyung Cho, the older sister of Seung-hui Cho, the man accused of carrying out the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history, has finally come forward, according to a report in Princeton University's daily newspaper, the Daily Princetonian.

According to this report, Cho reached out to a close friend and spiritual adviser from her Princeton days, the Rev. David Kim. Kim is the director of the Manna Christian Fellowship at Princeton University.

Cho, who graduated from Princeton in 2004 with an undergraduate degree in economics, was a member of Manna, according to the report. The society's Web site describes Manna as a society that began over 10 years ago by Korean students wanting to inspire other Asian-Americans to join them in Bible study. Its Web site indicates that Manna, which literally translates to mean, "What is it?" includes members of all race, gender, religion or class who would like to better know the Gospel, but the Daily Princetonian confirms that it has historically had heavily Asian-American membership. Its members also get together for ad hoc socializing, including movies, bowling, ice-skating and eating, according to its Web site.

The university's newspaper reports that in a discussion forum organized yesterday by the Korean American Students Association (KASA) to help students cope with the tragedy, Kim told the group that Cho had called and talked to him over the phone yesterday morning.

Princeton had held a candlelight vigil in Richardson Auditorium on Tuesday night in memory of the 32 students killed at Virginia Tech the day before. According to the Daily Princetonian, several Korean students and alumni have expressed anxiety regarding a possible nationwide backlash against their community following the Virginia shootings.

According to the report, Kim told the KASA forum that when Cho called, "One of the first things she did was she apologized because she felt so bad for the Koreans on campus."