Meanwhile, the family of the gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, has issued its first public statement. Cho’s sister Sun-Kyung said, “We feel hopeless, helpless and lost. This is someone that I grew up with and loved. Now I feel like I didn’t know this person. … He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare.” Cho’s sister Sun-Kyung works as a contractor for the State Department’s Iraq Reconstruction Management Office.