Tank Man

[cocaine]

http://www.futuretext.com/siteimages/flags/tankman.JPG

5th June, 1989.

A student protesting in Tiananmen Square, in 1989.

Does anyone know what happened to him?

[Liberation]

Well, I dont know. But i wouldnt like to be there if there moving towards him.

[Samster]

They most likely stopped

[Kymux]

As the tanks came to a stop, he appeared to be trying to wave them away. In response, the front tank attempted to drive around the man, but the man repeatedly stepped into the path of the tank in a show of passive resistance. After blocking the tanks, the man climbed up onto the top of the lead tank and had a conversation with the driver. Reports of what was said to the driver vary, including "Why are you here? My city is in chaos because of you"; "Go back, turn around, and stop killing my people"; and "Go away." Video footage show that anxious onlookers then pulled the man away and absorbed him into the crowd and the tanks continued on their way. Some suspect the onlookers may have been plainclothes law enforcement, but those claims have not been confirmed. A British newspaper also claimed that he had been executed, several days after the incident, but these claims have not been confirmed either.

[:Hazel]

He probably got well and truly flattened.

[[Chris]]

he got ran over - and i have been to tianamen (sp) square

[Kymux]

no he didnt. read my post above.

[cocaine]

I hope he didn't get run over.

[[Chris]]

I hope he didn't get run over.

he did - and i know because i have actully been there to tianamen square and my parents know too - that they just ran him down

[Havoc_Generator]

Yes he got run over, he was a student protesting about something.

[alexxxxx]

Students protesting about the government.

[Kymux]

he-did-not-get-run-over. I didnt write that myself. and i have been to the square. there was a show on teevo about it.

[cocaine]

So what actually happened to him then? :l

[:]:]:]:]]

he got ran over - and i have been to tianamen (sp) square

He didn't.