Luke Gates on Tahrir Square

On Twitter, AUC student Luke Gates, of Bloomington, Ind. often spoke of his experiences in Tahrir Square.

  1. i am a world citizen. can i renounce my us citizenship on twitter? haha
  2. i think i have been everywhere in downtown cairo as of last night. #probablynotdoe
  3. saw them hanging from the bridge, and you realize death is the only thing thats immortal
  4. i never wanted to come here if i didnt know it was going to be ok
  5. maybe a trip to tahrir today... never seen a police van burning
  6. 6 hours at tahrir, enough tear gas for tonight
  7. we were throwing rocks and one guy accidentally threw his phone =(
  8. now class? ugh. my arm is sore and my eyes still burn a little
  9. back to tahrir tonight, as police set fires to everything, no doubt they will blame it on protesters
  10. earlier tonight rubber bullets a charge and then a retreat, my knee and elbow are fucked up #toolegit seeing all of this #tahrir
  11. i think i am missing part of my ear, should i cut the rest off and pull a #vangogh ?
  12. reports of tear gas being fired from AUC campus on Tahrir, university officials have started investigating

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