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by adinobro 2561 days ago
Growing up I was taught about the "tank man" and that no one knew what happened after the photo and if he was run over or not ... a partial lie. We know that he was taken away by other civilians and wasn't run over.

I was never taught about the Nanjing massacre or Unit 731 but we spent a lot of time talking about Tiananmen square and Holocaust.

I now know that a lot of my education was biased and I assume other people are completely unaware. Most people I've talked to don't know about the rest of the video which is why I brought it up.

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The identity and fate of Tank Man is generally unknown. If you have information to the contrary, please share it.
When I was a young adult I found out there was a video BUT this is the only section they showed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4woMuFZAx88

Now I found out that the media has had this footage the whole time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq8zFLIftGk

My favourite part is the grandmother that comes up and tells him off for annoying the tank.

That's not really conclusive evidence that he wasn't identified by the government and rounded up later, though.