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HsiehTung-min,thefirstTaiwan-bornprovincialgovernorandvice-president,losthislefthandtoaletterbombthatwassentbyanindependenceactivistByHanCheung/StaffreporterOct.7toOCT.13 HsiehTung-min(謝東閔)didn’tthinktoomuchwhenhereceivedadictionaryinthemail.Butassoonasheopenedit,thebookexploded,shatteringthewindowsinhisroomandcollapsingtheceiling.Hewasrushedtothehospital,wherethedoctorsamputatedhislefthandandhisrightringfinger. ItwasOct.10,1976,andHsiehhadjustreturnedhomefromobservingtheDoubleTen...
Hsieh Tung-min, the first Taiwan-born provincial governor and vice-president, lost his left hand to a letter bomb that was sent by an independence activistBy Han Cheung / Staff reporter
Oct. 7 to OCT. 13
Hsieh Tung-min (謝東閔) didn’t think too much when he received a dictionary in the mail. But as soon as he opened it, the book exploded, shattering the windows in his room and collapsing the ceiling. He was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors amputated his left hand and his right ring finger.
It was Oct. 10, 1976, and Hsieh had just returned home from observing the Double Ten celebrations and inspecting the newly-completed Huazhong Bridge (華中橋).
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