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aberrantangelsAnd one I missed last year.
The interview was part of a report on eruptions. At the time he erupted, Ji was doing data entry for the PRC government. The activation of his magnetic powers wiped the memory of every computer in his department and gave him a crippling headache.
His supervisor sent him home; a few hours later, the PLA (People's Liberation Army) carted him off to a military hospital. When he'd recovered enough in their opinion, they shipped him off to a "training camp" at a military base near Yinchuan, where he spent over two months being studied and tortured, until his powers were strong enough, and his control of them sufficient, to let him escape.
Wallace shows Ji a photograph of the base, which was "pretty badly destroyed", and mentions the three dozen soldiers who (according to the Chinese government) were killed when the base was destroyed. "Do you consider yourself responsible for these deaths?"
His answer, in my opinion, speaks for itself: "I consider myself responsible for defending myself, Mr. Wallace. Nothing else."
1999
[Aberrant] On CBS' 60 Minutes, Mike Wallace interviews escaped Chinese nova Wing-xao Ji.
The interview was part of a report on eruptions. At the time he erupted, Ji was doing data entry for the PRC government. The activation of his magnetic powers wiped the memory of every computer in his department and gave him a crippling headache.
His supervisor sent him home; a few hours later, the PLA (People's Liberation Army) carted him off to a military hospital. When he'd recovered enough in their opinion, they shipped him off to a "training camp" at a military base near Yinchuan, where he spent over two months being studied and tortured, until his powers were strong enough, and his control of them sufficient, to let him escape.
Wallace shows Ji a photograph of the base, which was "pretty badly destroyed", and mentions the three dozen soldiers who (according to the Chinese government) were killed when the base was destroyed. "Do you consider yourself responsible for these deaths?"
His answer, in my opinion, speaks for itself: "I consider myself responsible for defending myself, Mr. Wallace. Nothing else."
