Shock And Pain in Monterey Park, Site Of Another American Mass Shooting
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🗓️ 23 January 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Ailsa Chang went to the site of Saturday night's mass shooting in Monterey Park to speak to people there about the tragedy's impact on their community, which is often described as the "first suburban Chinatown" in America.
We also hear from Min Zhou, a professor of sociology and Asian American studies at UCLA, about Monterey Park's history and significance as a safe space for Asians and Asian Americans.
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| 0:00.0 | On Sunday, I stood on the corner of Garfield and Garvey Avenue, |
| 0:04.4 | in Monterrey Park, California, just east of Los Angeles. |
| 0:07.4 | And I watched a video on Lee Huang's phone. |
| 0:10.4 | He had taken it the night before to capture the celebrations |
| 0:14.0 | on the eve of the Lunar New Year. |
| 0:16.4 | Oh, yesterday there were clowns and balloons and ticket booths |
| 0:22.4 | and looks like amusement park games where you could win prizes. |
| 0:26.8 | Oh, just to see a people parade. |
| 0:30.8 | Right here on Garvey. |
| 0:32.8 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:33.8 | This is last night. |
| 0:36.8 | Yeah, at 5.30 a.m. last night. |
| 0:40.8 | I was at that intersection with producer Janaki Mata |
| 0:44.8 | because of what happened just steps away. |
| 0:46.8 | Just a few hours after that video was filmed on Saturday. |
| 0:50.8 | A gunman opened fire at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio. |
| 0:54.8 | He killed 11 people and injured others. |
| 0:58.8 | Chinese community wise, I don't think we've ever encountered anything of this magnitude. |
| 1:02.8 | On Sunday, Yang Zuo was clutching his young daughter's hand, |
| 1:06.8 | both of them just trying to process what had transpired less than 24 hours earlier. |
| 1:12.8 | When you first heard the news having lived here for a while, like what went through your mind? |
| 1:16.8 | Oh, outrage. Just shock. |
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