UChicago Memorial Service for Shaoxiong ‘Dennis’ Zheng: Nov 18, 2021 (Unedited)
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- Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng’s memorial service took place at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the University of Chicago campus on November 18th, 2021. Zheng-who received a UChicago master’s degree in June-is remembered by the community as a devoted scholar and friend.
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From official transcript:
"My dearest son, finally with all
the tears and sorrow and longing for you the entire
way, I arrived at the University of Chicago, the
highly esteemed institution where you pursued your
intellectual dream.
It's my first time traveling abroad, not for
sight seeing or your graduation, not even for your
wedding ceremony, but for your funeral! What a brutal
tragedy!
I can still vividly recall the look on your face
when you left home for Chicago. You wanted me to see
that you could fulfill your dreams! You told me that
you wanted to show me the world and that we should
look forward to the future together. But now you and
I are separated into two worlds. I have called your
name again and again in extreme grief. My son, we
were meant to share a brilliant dawn together but now
you left me to face the darkness by myself, a future
without you!
My poor child! How helpless, desperate and
angry you must have felt when that vicious bullet
penetrated your young chest. As you lay on the ice
cold pavement in a foreign country covered with blood
at the tender age of 24, all your dreams of pursuing
knowledge in science, mathematics, astronomy,
literature and love were smashed in a split second. A
senseless murder had you left this world, without
saying good bye to your beloved relatives, teachers,
friends, and classmates, an eternal good bye.
I'm shaking all over, I'm so grieved and
overwhelmed with sorrow I can't believe that this was
truly happening, that I'm never going to be able to
see my precious son again.
They say that a person who shines everywhere is
an Angel. God, please give me my Angel back.
In your short 24 years, I have been by your side
watching you grow up healthily and happily. You have
given me countless happy memories. To realize your
ambitious life plan, you worked tirelessly from city
of Leshan to Chengdu, attending the No. 7 high school,
and then the University of Hong Kong, and finally to
the University of Chicago, where you successfully
completed your graduate studies. I am so proud of
your achievements, and I know how grateful you were
for my effort in raising you up. Just two days before
the tragedy, I received a bottle of perfume from
Chicago as my birthday gift. Today after crossing the
ocean to get to you, I stand here, wearing the perfume
you bought for me. I know you can tell that mommy's
here to take you home when you smell the familiar
fragrance.
I just wanted to comb your thick hair with the
comb you used when you were a child, to sit by your
side and caress your hand some face a thousand times,
to kiss your beautiful eyes so that you can perhaps
wake up and see your beloved mother once again, and to
hold you in my arms and warm your cold body with mine.
Let's go home, my son!
My dear son, do you know how proud I was when
people praised you as an outstanding young talent?
You always impressed people as a modest and self
disciplined gentleman. You warmed everyone's heart
like the sunshine, but only your mom knows how
incredibly hard you had worked for everything. You
will always be the first and biggest pride of your
mother's heart. My dear son, it would yet comfort you
to know that in the darkest moment of my life,
countless friends I know and people I don't know have
sent their heartfelt condolences. The Chinese
consulate in Chicago, the president of the University
of Chicago both called to express sympathy and
condolences. The president of the University of Hong
Kong sent a letter of mourning, and your childhood
high school in Chengdu, China, held a memorial service
for you. Numerous kind hearted people have extended
selfless and kind hands to warm my almost dead body so
that I could have the courage to overcome all
difficulties to get to you. I offer my deepest
gratitude to them on behalf of you.
My dear son, countless mothers and families are
standing by my side. We all share the same grief and
anger and call for severe punishment for the murderer!
I stand here as a mother of a murdered child. I
strongly urge that the safety of every international
student be protected so that the tragedy will not
happen again. It's a shared demand of tens of
thousands of international students and their
families. Thank you.
(Bowing)."
Thank you , thank you , thank you so much for the transcript. For one year when I was 19 years old I attended the University of Chicago as an undergraduate. I'm so glad that this mother was able to express and share how people are helping her and how she is reacting to her son's death. Thank you for the transcript so I could understand more. Blessings in the Lord. Matt.
My heart broke in hearing Shaoxiong's mother. She said, "Son, this is my first time traveling abroad. It was not for your graduation party. Not for your wedding. Not for your celebration. It is for your funeral. [...] I received a birthday gift from you three days before your tragedy. It was a perfume. I wear it today. I know you can smell it. You can smell mom. You know mom is coming to bring you home."
Seeing this comment made me cry :((((((((((
This is so heartbreaking!! Justice for Dennis !!
@@MissEdie1973 :( yea. international students should avoid going to certain states in the U.S. because of a lack of gun control. In Dennis's case, he knew that Chicago is dangerous and was already very careful (like downloading security apps), but he was still murdered in broad daylight. my heart is broken.
Edit: I advise international students to prioritise personal safety over academics. Please stay safe :)
Sounds as if you're blaming him for his own murder!!
@@Schubbbbbb Sounds as if you're blaming Dennis for his own murder!?
I felt very sad. As a stranger, I cried several times. Mr. Zheng was just 24 years old. Too young. His parents divorced early. His single mother worked so hard, she even sold her house and borrowed money from others, to earn the money to let her son go to America. He wanted to study hard and take his mother see the world. Before he died, he bought a bottle of Miller Harris perfume for his mother as her birthday gift. The perfume's fee he saved from living expenses. His mother never thought it would be the last time she received his son's gift. His mother sent a message to her son in September, saying she was worried about the virus and guns problem in Chicago. Didn't expect that her son was shot and killed in the past two months. He made relationship with his girlfriend this autumn. He just got his American driver's license. Wonderful life was begining.💔He was a very good young man. His friends, his classmates and people around him all said that he was very nice person. He always try his best to help other people. He had many interests. He likes sports, he likes photography...etc. He was going to go back to China to accompany his mother after working some years in the USA. An evil ruined the life of a good man. I can't imagine how heardbreaking his mother should be. R.I.P Shaoxiong
Everyone is evil dummy!
RIP. My thoughts and prayers are with Dennis's mom, his girlfriend, and his entire circle of love.
So sad for the family. I can’t imagine how much his mother is going through.
My tears burst when his mom starts speech
Rest in peace, Shaoxiong. You will be deeply remembered as an excellent scholar and friend.
Rest In Peace Dennis. Please stay strong to his mother.. The eulogy you dedicated to him was beautiful.His memories will live on in everyone’s heart.
I'm so heartbroken for the loss of such a talented young man. Can't imagine how his parents would feel. Enough is enough! It's not just the university's problem, it's the problem of the whole society. A lot of politicians talk about it but never really put into action solving the problem. How many more tragedies would we see before a real change would happen? Action speaks louder than word! We don't want those empty promises under the disguise of some beautiful words anymore. We demand immediate solutions!
You're the problem.
R.I.P Dennis. Hope Dennis’s mother can overcome this tragedy eventually.
RIP. My heart and prayers go with Dennis’s mom and family.
Dennis, RIP. My thoughts and prayers are with Dennis’s mother and his family! Wish Law and Order is firmly restored in Chicago and across the nation and wish such tragedies won’t happen again! God Bless America!
RIP! We will pray for Dennis's mom to have strength to go through the loss of her only child. Really hope safety in the university can be improved to not let this happen again.
It's too hard. Dennis's mom is the only child of her parents and her parents have been passed.
Emotion and other things aside, mother’s speech was exceptionally written. The description and word choices stimulate emotions and feelings. I wonder if someone helped her with the speech. It is incredible if she is not a writer or an author or a public speaker, and can still write such a nice piece. Amazing.
三同，请在天之灵保佑妈妈平平安安，我们永远爱你，爱你的妈妈！❤️
美国允许代孕, 可以考虑再造一个少雄, 我们大家捐款!
请节哀，唉。。。
请节哀 :((( ❤️
节哀💗
节哀
The mom is quite a speaker! It feels like a performance. Bravo! I'm moved!!!
A terrible tragedy for the UChicago community. A senseless crime that took the life of an innocent, promising young man. It's heartbreaking thinking about the lifelong grief his parents will have to endure. I truly hope that the authorities will do everything in their power to bring violent crime in Chicago under control. RIP Dennis. May the angels guard your beautiful soul.
rip, bro.
Crying. Rest In Peace Dennis
Rest In Peace mr.zheng😭😭😭 what a shame for this
America's gun violence 'epidemic': Oxford High in Michigan is 28th school shooting of 2021. This year, there have been at least 651 mass shootings.
From the “never gonna be solved” gun control problems to legal drugs to banning abortion, USA is gonna slowly from the dreamland becoming a living hell, unbelievable but happening, that’s sad.
RIP🙏
God bless him and his family. Rest In Peace, Shao Xiong Zheng.
Dennis deng 媽媽 希望你一定要堅強！ 你培養了這么優秀的人才！ 希望你要多保重！ wish Dennis’ mom ll somehow find peace in her heart! Be strong! Hugs and love!
This is extremely sad in every way regardless of color and the color of the person that did it but rather the fact that innocent people keep dying at the hands of careless people that doesn't deserve to be alive anymore.
Heart Broken💔💔💔💔R.I.P
RIP😭😭😭😭😭
Very sad indeed.May he RIP.
Tell UChicago to do more to protect their students; increased police presence and more security protocols in place. This is yet another unfortunate tragedy. RIP Dennis Zheng and Yiran Fan, two very bright intl students gone due to crime around UChicago.
Deepest Condolences
七中学弟
郑少雄妈妈，您好！作为一名普通的中国人，我从北京向您致以诚挚地问候。您当下一定一定要坚强，度过这段最艰难的岁月。您的儿子在天上看着您，他盼望着他最爱的母亲能坚强地活下来，他盼望着他的母亲能最快地快乐起来！！！郑妈妈，以您儿子在天上希望的方式生活。您的儿子虽然离开了您，但他的爱永远会和您相伴终身！有时间看看祖国的大好河山，为您自己，也替您的宝贝儿子！！！加油！！！
I would never send my child to the University of Chicago with all the unchecked violence in the City of Chicago. You simply risk your life to attend this university in my experienced opinion.
Maybe, but is it his or his family’s problem not to know it? Was he wrong to go to his dream school? How would someone possibly know about the situation from other country?
R.I.P.
R.I.P
RIP
Censoring comments and hiding dislike lmfao america you hypocrites
RIP 💔
RIP, SZ.
心痛💔RIP
rest in peace
kinda a sad that only through death things will change… how many more is the questions
Oh my god… So sad………
How can we reason this tragedy?? It should of never happened, I really hate that I had stop my child from going this university and all due to crime that with out a doubt is out of control
Where is the outrage from BLM?
Blm never cared about black men born in fatherless homes
@@jcwon498 they only care when it's about politics they don't actually care about black lives it's been proven multiple times that BLM is actually in the democrats pockets
@@jcwon498 no, they just never count the criminals, they ignore that those shit happened, they find excuses for them. I still support BLM coz no kind of racial hate should be right or even existing, but how could so many of them holding hates to Asian people like how white people treated them, I can’t understand and certainly don’t want to understand.
RIP Dennis
It is very said. In his short life, he never got to enjoy it. He studied hard for nothing.
Not everyone’s dream life is surrounded by cash or parties, for some people, learning more what they love is great enough, saying “he studied hard for nothing” is very much disrespectful to him in my opinion.
优秀的校友，请安息！
This is just sad
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老实说，对于一个已经毕业的学生来说，案件又是发生在严格意义上的校园之外，芝大作为一所百年世界级名校，给他这么一个宏大的葬礼和豪华的出席阵容，也算是极尽哀荣了。虽然这无助于挽回他宝贵的年轻的生命。我这么说也许有人不喜欢听，但设想一下，如果换其他国家的遇害者，应该不会受到这种待遇，也可见芝大的中国学生之多（近1800人），校方颇有忌惮。
确实
但是这种这么暴力的事情发生的也没那么多。直接被打死我的天
话是这么说，但是一个百年老校，你说这个历史缘由或者什么的，校址不能迁所以在危险的block，但是治安周边管管好的能力都没有，真的是直接劝退了很多人，虽然学校确实好到可以让大部分人不去在意危险因素
She hopes this tragedy will never happen again. Unfortunately, with the 2nd amendment, the same tragedy will repeat itself 1,000 times immediately and 1,000,000 times in the next few years.
I am also a Chinese but born in America. You need to educate yourself before speaking ignorance. If it wasn’t a gun the 18 year old would have used a knife and stabbed him to death for his electronics. Criminals don’t follow laws. Imagine if Dennis had his own gun and the man wouldn’t have thought twice to try and shoot him.
@@jcwon498 So silly. more guns = better safety
@@tailiu223 criminals will use knives to kill you. Criminals don’t follow the rules. You do realize that America is not homogenous right? It isn’t like in Hong Kong or mainland where the people are majority han Chinese. You are ignorant.
@@jcwon498 so silly. I will carry a knife and criminals will not kill me.
@@jcwon498 Funny and silly ! You do realize that America is not the only non-homogenous country on the planet, right?
可怜的妈妈！
He just chined his last chon
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