USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
She managed two major distractions in Beijing: being constantly mobbed and scrutinized as a returning national hero; and the murder of Todd Bachman, the father of 2004 Olympian Elisabeth "Wiz" Bachman, on the first day of the Beijing Games. Wiz Bachman was a former teammate of many of the current team members.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
... Tower. Beijing Bureau Chief Melinda Liu reports on the case of Tang Yongming, who stabbed to death Todd Bachman, father-in-law of U.S. men's Olympic indoor-volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon, and then jumped to his death from the balcony of Beijing's Drum Tower. Authorities figured out that Tang was no terrorist, but the troubles that destroyed him -- the loss of his job, the collapse...
Iceland photos and info (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
People who knew Tang Yongming say they never imagined he could do such a horrible, senseless thing. A few minutes after noon on Aug. 9, just 12 hours after the start of the 2008 Olympics, Tang, 47, savagely knifed a visiting American couple inside Beijing's 13th-century Drum Tower. Then he jumped 130 feet to his death from the ancient landmark's western balcony. Minneapolis businessman Todd...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
People who knew Tang Yongming say they never imagined he could do such a horrible, senseless thing. A few minutes after noon on Aug. 9, just 12 hours after the start of the 2008 Olympics, Tang, 47, savagely knifed a visiting American couple inside Beijing's 13th-century Drum Tower. Then he jumped 130 feet to his death from the ancient landmark's western balcony. Minneapolis businessman Todd...
