Teh One Who Knocks
01-23-2014, 01:10 PM
The Daily Mail
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A 23-year-old student who died after she was brutally beaten outside a club in California may have sparked the savage attack by accidentally photo-bombing a group of people as they were trying to take a picture.
Kim Pham was declared brain dead in the wake of the Saturday morning incident in Santa Ana. On Tuesday, she was taken off life support and pronounced dead at 12.36pm.
A friend of the victim revealed that Pham was outside The Crosby club when she may have accidentally wandered in front of a camera as a group of partygoers posed for a snapshot.
A heated argument followed, which according to police, culminated with two men and three women beating Pham unconscious and leaving her for dead.
One female suspect in her 20s is police custody and has been booked for assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury. Her identity has not been released.
The suspect has not been named, but is described as in her 20s and has been arrested for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and causing great bodily harm. She was identified thanks to video footage of the attack filmed by a bystander.
In her personal blog, titled: ‘These Are the 7 Biggest Fears That You Need To Avoid Having In Your Twenties’ on the website Elite Daily, Miss Pham calls on people her age to stop being fearful.
On the ‘Fear of Missing Out’, a rationale she said was ‘empty’, she wrote: ‘We all have this guilt that tells us we should be doing one thing when we choose to do another.
‘We may even choose to justify it by announcing it on Facebook or Twitter to receive likes and lighthearted comments that perhaps make us feel more at ease about being “out studying the babes instead of studying for a midterm.” Don’t be a fool. Attend to the things you need to do in order to grow a better you.’
She tells her contemporaries to stop worrying about ‘Not Being Invited to the party’, instead claiming that it is merely the universe’s way of ‘telling you that you’ve got more valuable things to be doing with your time’.
On the scourge of social media, in the third part of her missive, ‘Fear That We Don’t Compare’, she wrote that spending hours stalking people online is pointless.
‘We are taught that with photos, we select the ones where smiles are fresh and forward — the good is often highlighted. As for your own life, don’t forget that sometimes the most beautiful lessons in life stem from the unconventional. The elevated focus on showing everyone how much of a superstar you are on social media is quite unnecessary.’
She explained that in ‘Fear of the Unknown, or What the Future Holds’: ‘The greatest harm we can do to ourselves is to not take the chance’.
Other ‘Fears’ she addresses include ‘Fear of Being Lonely’, ‘Fear of Rejection’ and ‘Fear of Getting Hurt’
‘Perhaps in our generation of self-promotion, egos yield a delicate tiptoe around the subject of getting hurt or being disappointed,’ she concludes. ‘However, we need to recognize that this fear should not paralyze us from feeling, living and loving.
‘If you are forthright in your own heart’s honest intent to love, you have nothing to worry about. Be bold, go forward, and love like hell.’
Miss Pham was rushed to hospital following the attack and listed in extremely critical condition.
Her family kept her on life support until they could donate her organs, according to the LA Times.
Her family only found out that she was an organ donor after she was admitted to hospital.
‘She would go out of her way to help others and never expect anything back from them’, her stepsister Lisa said. ‘That’s the kind of person she is.’
Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of four other suspects wanted in connection to the incident.
"The suspects were listed as two males and three females, Hispanic, between 20 and 25 years of age," Santa Ana Police Corporal Anthony Bertagna told KABC.
Authorities are appealing for witnesses to come forward with footage of the attack after receiving reports that club-goers had taken out their cell phones.
One video posted on Facebook claims to be from a friend of the victim, although authorities have not yet confirmed its veracity.
The 10-second clip shows a person lying on the floor as they are surrounded by a group of people. A guard can be seen attempting to separate the crowd as witnesses look on, horrified.
Memorial posters and flowers have been placed outside the club, and friends and relatives spread posters online pleading for information into the attack.
A donation page was also set up for the family, but Pham's sister later said that they did not want to receive donations and would be returning the money.
http://i.imgur.com/adjgiDK.jpg
A 23-year-old student who died after she was brutally beaten outside a club in California may have sparked the savage attack by accidentally photo-bombing a group of people as they were trying to take a picture.
Kim Pham was declared brain dead in the wake of the Saturday morning incident in Santa Ana. On Tuesday, she was taken off life support and pronounced dead at 12.36pm.
A friend of the victim revealed that Pham was outside The Crosby club when she may have accidentally wandered in front of a camera as a group of partygoers posed for a snapshot.
A heated argument followed, which according to police, culminated with two men and three women beating Pham unconscious and leaving her for dead.
One female suspect in her 20s is police custody and has been booked for assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury. Her identity has not been released.
The suspect has not been named, but is described as in her 20s and has been arrested for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and causing great bodily harm. She was identified thanks to video footage of the attack filmed by a bystander.
In her personal blog, titled: ‘These Are the 7 Biggest Fears That You Need To Avoid Having In Your Twenties’ on the website Elite Daily, Miss Pham calls on people her age to stop being fearful.
On the ‘Fear of Missing Out’, a rationale she said was ‘empty’, she wrote: ‘We all have this guilt that tells us we should be doing one thing when we choose to do another.
‘We may even choose to justify it by announcing it on Facebook or Twitter to receive likes and lighthearted comments that perhaps make us feel more at ease about being “out studying the babes instead of studying for a midterm.” Don’t be a fool. Attend to the things you need to do in order to grow a better you.’
She tells her contemporaries to stop worrying about ‘Not Being Invited to the party’, instead claiming that it is merely the universe’s way of ‘telling you that you’ve got more valuable things to be doing with your time’.
On the scourge of social media, in the third part of her missive, ‘Fear That We Don’t Compare’, she wrote that spending hours stalking people online is pointless.
‘We are taught that with photos, we select the ones where smiles are fresh and forward — the good is often highlighted. As for your own life, don’t forget that sometimes the most beautiful lessons in life stem from the unconventional. The elevated focus on showing everyone how much of a superstar you are on social media is quite unnecessary.’
She explained that in ‘Fear of the Unknown, or What the Future Holds’: ‘The greatest harm we can do to ourselves is to not take the chance’.
Other ‘Fears’ she addresses include ‘Fear of Being Lonely’, ‘Fear of Rejection’ and ‘Fear of Getting Hurt’
‘Perhaps in our generation of self-promotion, egos yield a delicate tiptoe around the subject of getting hurt or being disappointed,’ she concludes. ‘However, we need to recognize that this fear should not paralyze us from feeling, living and loving.
‘If you are forthright in your own heart’s honest intent to love, you have nothing to worry about. Be bold, go forward, and love like hell.’
Miss Pham was rushed to hospital following the attack and listed in extremely critical condition.
Her family kept her on life support until they could donate her organs, according to the LA Times.
Her family only found out that she was an organ donor after she was admitted to hospital.
‘She would go out of her way to help others and never expect anything back from them’, her stepsister Lisa said. ‘That’s the kind of person she is.’
Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of four other suspects wanted in connection to the incident.
"The suspects were listed as two males and three females, Hispanic, between 20 and 25 years of age," Santa Ana Police Corporal Anthony Bertagna told KABC.
Authorities are appealing for witnesses to come forward with footage of the attack after receiving reports that club-goers had taken out their cell phones.
One video posted on Facebook claims to be from a friend of the victim, although authorities have not yet confirmed its veracity.
The 10-second clip shows a person lying on the floor as they are surrounded by a group of people. A guard can be seen attempting to separate the crowd as witnesses look on, horrified.
Memorial posters and flowers have been placed outside the club, and friends and relatives spread posters online pleading for information into the attack.
A donation page was also set up for the family, but Pham's sister later said that they did not want to receive donations and would be returning the money.