Sandra Lee Scheuer
Sandra Lee Scheuer (spoken [ ˈʃɔɪər ]; born August 11, 1949 in Youngstown , Ohio; † May 4, 1970 in Kent , Ohio) studied speech therapy at Kent State University when she was taught by members of the Ohio National Guard during the Kent State -Massacre was killed by a gunshot .
Circumstances of death
Scheuer was on her way to a class with a fellow student when she was hit by a bullet from an M-1 rifle; the shot was fired from a distance of 119 meters. She died within five minutes of the resulting blood loss. She did not take part in the protests against the Vietnam War that were taking place on campus at the same time . Three other students were killed in the shooting: Allison Krause , Jeffrey Glenn Miller and William Knox Schroeder .
The massacre sparked a wave of protests in the universities of the United States of America ; Hundreds of universities closed their campuses because of the demonstrations, some of which were violent. Kent State University was closed for six weeks. Five days after the shooting, 100,000 people demonstrated against the war in Washington, DC .
Scheuer was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta student union. Active members regularly deliver a memorial speech at a May 4 Task Force memorial service on the Kent State University campus.
Sandy Scheuer's death in song lyrics
Shortly after Scheuer's death, the English songwriter Harvey Andrews wrote the song Hey Sandy, dedicated to her :
"Did you see them turn, did you feel the burn
: Of the bullets as they flew"
“Did you see them turn around? Did you feel the burning of the flying bullets? "
The refrain of the classic protest song "Ohio", written by Neil Young a few weeks after the massacre, also alludes to Scheuer's death:
“Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should've been done long ago.
What if you knew her,
And found her dead on the ground,
How can you run when you know? "
“Let's get down to business: soldiers slaughter us, it should have happened long ago. If you had known her, found her dead on the floor, how can you run away when you know that? "
Web links
- Time Capsule May 4, 2020: Remembering Kent State and Sandra Scheuer 50 Years Later In: mahoninghistory.org (English)
- Rawls' death brings back sad memory In: kent.state.tripod.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Kent State University Shooting of 1970, September 14, 2004 In: bbc.co.uk (English).
- ↑ 50 Years: Remembering the Kent State Shootings and Sandy . Alpha Xi Delta. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Hey Sandy" on YouTube
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheuer, Sandra Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American student, victim of the Kent State massacre |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Youngstown , Ohio , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1970 |
| Place of death | Kent , Ohio , USA |