Wednesday, August 8, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 8

August 8, 2009 – While in Beijing for the 2009 Summer Olympics, Todd Bachman, CEO of Bachman’s, “an institution in the Twin Cities gardening community,”1 was stabbed to death  and his wife Barbara seriously injured by a Chinese man wielding a knife. Bachman’s son-in-law Hugh McCutcheon was the U.S. men's volleyball coach, and the family, including Bachman’s daughter Elizabeth Bachman McCutcheon, were there to support the team. “A female Chinese tour guide also was wounded in the attack, which happened around noon at the Drum Tower, a popular tourist site, China's official news agency, Xinhua, reported.”2

1http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/09/olympics_stabbing/
2http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/olympics.murder/index.html




Todd Bachman

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/video-american-tourist-killed-china-0
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