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Zambroski Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Wasn't the driver/crew of that tank executed for failing to follow orders and run over that dude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Zambroski said: Wasn't the driver/crew of that tank executed for failing to follow orders and run over that dude? Probably Just imagine all the protests they have in the US happening in China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 I believe they ran over the guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rw06GT Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Looks like no one knows what happened to him... I'm going with dead based on what happened to other protesters. News World Asia Tiananmen Square: What happened to Tank Man? What became of the unknown rebel who defied a column of tanks? Heather Saul @heatheranne9 Wednesday 4 June 2014 10:07 BST 1 comment Click to follow The Independent Online pg-31-tiananmen-6-ap.jpg A celebrated image of a man trying to stop the tanks entering the square AP Today marks the 25 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre that saw China’s People's Liberation Army gun down hundreds of civilians in a brutal crackdown on protests against government corruption, lack of transparency and freedom of speech ADVERTISEMENT . The violent military response and the scale of bloodshed that ensued was followed by a further clampdown that saw the widespread arrests of protesters, the expulsion of foreign journalists and the censorship of media coverage of the event, including banning the image of a man stood in front of a column tanks, dressed in a white shirt and holding a shopping bag. The image of Tank Man quickly became a powerful symbol of both the bloody events of 4 June 1989 and of non-violent resistance, but the identity of the ‘unknown rebel’ and his fate remains unknown. Many people in China are still unaware of his existence and only a handful of photographers were able to record the event without having to destroy their materials. Below are some of the theories surrounding the mystery of the man captured in such an iconic picture. He was a student The Sunday Express went on to identify him as 19-year-old student Wang Weilin and quoted his friends as saying they feared he had been put to death. However, then General Secretary Jiang Zemin denied having nay knowledge of his arrest or even of the name. In pictures: Tiananmen Square massacre 25th anniversary 14 show all He was pulled away to safety Witnesses recall the man climbing up onto the first tank in the column and speaking to the person inside. Jan Wong, the former Toronto Globe and Mail Beijing correspondent, remembered seeing tanks repeatedly attempting to drive around him, before switching off their motors. The man then climbed into the tank. She told Frontline: “After a while the young man jumps down and the tank turns on the motor and the young man blocks him again. […] I started to cry because I had seen so much shooting and so many people dying that I was sure this man would get crushed. “But he didn't. … I think it was two people from the sidelines ran to him and grabbed him - not in a harsh way, almost in a protective way. I think that the people who took the Tank Man away were concerned people.” But other accounts contradict this however, with many claiming he was pulled away by security agents and arrested. pg-31-tiananmen-2-corbis.jpg He is still alive American TV journalist Barbara Walters confronted Jiang a year after the crackdown with a photo of Tank Man and the question: “Do you have any idea what happened to this young man?” A flustered Jiang reportedly stressed that Tank Man had not been executed by the Government or run over. He highlighted the fact that the tanks in the picture were still and had not attempted to drive at him as indicative of his fate, and said: "The people in the tanks didn't want to run over the people standing in the way. “I think ...never killed”. Others claim police were never able to locate the man after he was pulled away from the crowd and back into the tanks. One government official was quoted as saying, "We can’t find him. We got his name from journalists. We have checked through computers but can’t find him among the dead or among those in prison." He escaped mainland China A report cited a professor in Hong Kong who claimed Tank Man was an archaeologist and his friend who had come from Changsha to Beijing to join the protests. The professor claimed he escaped to Taiwan and was employed by the National Palace Museum but the museum allegedly denied this report. The Yonhap news agency in South Korea also reported that he had escaped the massacre by fleeing to Taiwan. He was executed Bruce Herschensohn, a former deputy special assistant to former US President Richard Nixon, told the President Club in 1999 that Tank Man was executed 14 days later. Others claim he was later put to death by a firing squad a few months after the protests. Many, however, remain hopeful Tank Man is still alive, and may have no idea of the intrigue his picture has created thanks to China's strict censorship of the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Nobody was able to ID him because they all look the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highmarketrider Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 should have ran him over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Rosenberg Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 2 hours ago, 01mxz800 said: I believe they ran over the guy I thought so also . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 hour ago, ICEMAN! said: Nobody was able to ID him because they all look the same Nobody could ID you after a 60 ton tank ran you over you stupid know nothing sack of hack shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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