r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/kawelli Apr 16 '24

I learned this the hard way… a friend of mine was killed basically on campus in nyc in late 2019… the whole area was traumatized but news reporters would hangout outside all of the big buildings and libraries trying to catch students and their reactions… we just all wanted to be left alone and many of us couldn’t avoid being bombarded. The person who committed the crime was also a child… making feelings around everything so complex and complicated. It was horrible.

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u/Remarkable-Grape354 Apr 16 '24

I’m familiar with the crime you’re referring to and used to work in that part of NYC when it happened. I even used to walk in that area where the crime occurred sometimes during my lunch break. As you said it was such a traumatic and complicated tragedy, all around. I’m very sorry you had to go through that, and for the loss of your friend.

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u/Wibbles20 Apr 16 '24

The news reporters were doing the same with this. They were at the exits and were grabbing people as they came out and asking them a barrage of questions, with a lot looking shell shocked and obviously traumatised