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Montreal-The St. Lawrence River is swift, cold and deadly this time of year.
But a 14-year-old girl dove into its dark waters, her only escape from two
men she says raped her and wanted to finish off the crime with her murder.
Her survival story, which has shocked Quebecers as details have been
reported in recent days, has quickly become a cautionary tale for others
about the misogyny and violence that can lurk in the hearts of some troubled
young men.
It was on the minds of those standing in a Montreal park yesterday,
recalling another crime that shook Canada 14 years ago: the murders of 14
women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique by Marc Lépine, who vented his
resentment against female students by gunning them down before killing
himself.
"Yes, the crimes are different but the cause is the same," said Sandra
Cadieux, a student who was 12 at the time of Canada's worst gun massacre.
"Hatred against women is still a sickness ... look at what happened to this
14-year-old girl by the river."
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Montreal-The St. Lawrence River is swift, cold and deadly this time of year.
But a 14-year-old girl dove into its dark waters, her only escape from two
men she says raped her and wanted to finish off the crime with her murder.
Her survival story, which has shocked Quebecers as details have been
reported in recent days, has quickly become a cautionary tale for others
about the misogyny and violence that can lurk in the hearts of some troubled
young men.
It was on the minds of those standing in a Montreal park yesterday,
recalling another crime that shook Canada 14 years ago: the murders of 14
women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique by Marc Lépine, who vented his
resentment against female students by gunning them down before killing
himself.
"Yes, the crimes are different but the cause is the same," said Sandra
Cadieux, a student who was 12 at the time of Canada's worst gun massacre.
"Hatred against women is still a sickness ... look at what happened to this
14-year-old girl by the river."