A former student of Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, the school that was the scene of a pipe bomb explosion yesterday, writes in the comments section of an Eye on Blogs post about the incident that he knew the suspect. He shares his memories of the 17 year old, and what he hopes for in the days and weeks to come:
I went to hillsdale. I completly remember that kid. he was on my
wrestling team my junior year with the rest of the guys. He was
definitely a quiet type of kid one you would assume would be inside a
lot when not at school. i also remember his older sister she was very
open with her concerns when any teacher would piss her off or comment
her in any way she didnt like haha. I enjoyed it, but yea this kid is
just the right fit for this sort of incident in my mind. Kids like this
one here that dont get what they're searching for in school whether its
friendships, fun, a good social environment, or whatever the case,
those are hard enough I would imagine. Every kid in highschool has
their deep issues and some people's are extremely worse and most often
hidden from anybody's vision, which i wish everybody had a safe place
to let it out but thats not always easy for some. Everybody needs
attention and acceptance in some way or another, i hated seeing kids at
school, whether there freshman or senior, with nobody, just alone with
empty faces. All I want to spread at my higschool and any other is to
just let go of the trash talking to kids we dont even know just because
of some flaw a person might have in their "cooler" eyes. Sucks to hear
this happened and i hope other classmates recognize this in a much
bigger perspective. Good luck to the kid.
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