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Let's get physical

By George Sodini

From the online diary of George Sodini, a forty-eight-year-old computer programmer in Pittsburgh. On August 4, Sodini walked into an aerobics class at a branch of L.A. Fitness, where he was a member, and fired thirty-six shots, killing three women and wounding nine before fatally shooting himself.

Why do this? To young girls? Just read below. I kept a running log that includes my thoughts and my actions, after I saw this project was going to drag on.

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SEE ALSO: Assault and battery; Diaries; Sodini, George; Membership; Murderers; Physical fitness centers; Pittsburgh
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December 2009

THE GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPERFRAUD
Why the Hudson River Will Never Run Clean
By David Gargill

THE MASTER OF SPIN BOLDAK
Undercover with Afghanistan’s Drug-Trafficking Border Police
By Matthieu Aikins

MERMAID FEVER
A story by Steven Millhauser

UNDERSTANDING OBAMACARE
By Luke Mitchell

Also: Dave Hickey and Wendell Berry

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