Photo: Yahoo In the midst of the competiveness of the Olympics, a tragedy has occurred. An American family was victim of an attack that claimed the life of a man, his wife is in critical condition and the knife wielding culprit jumped 130 feet to his death. This story makes no sense and now that the culprit has killed himself, we probably will never know what prompted the attack.
Todd and Barbara Bachman accompanied their daughter Elisabeth to Beijing to support her husband Hugh McCutcheon who is the head coach of the U.S. men’s volleyball team. Elisabeth is a former member of the 2004 U.S. volleyball team.
By all accounts, it sounds like the Bachmans were wonderful people. They supported Elisabeth and her teammates through their training. They were a 'Kool-Aid' family who welcomed everyone into their home and family. They bonded with Elisabeth's coaches and other volleyball parents. The Bachmans attended all of their daughter's games cheering and full of encouragement to all. So, it was not out of the ordinary that they would accompany their daughter (who retired from playing volleyball in 2007) to the Olympics.
They were on the tourist track on Friday visiting the popular attraction the Drum Tower when they were attacked. Todd was killed instantly and Barbara is fighting for her life. Their daughter Elisabeth was at the scene as the murderer jumped to his death.
Unfortunately, there are many questions here that may never get answered.
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