Years ago my roommate was a news reporter. He told me about how his newspaper wouldn’t even cover a bank robbery in town because they’re just too common.
“You won’t cover a bank robbery?”
“Only if there’s something weird about it, like the robber wears a George Bush mask or something.”
Over 200 people were taken hostage from this event so I can only think that this article plucked out the “something weird” about her, which is that she’s Asian.