Ho Chin-pang, who was studying at Kaohsiung High at the time, remembers that when news of the events in Taipei reached Kaohsiung in early March, the shooting started. Native Taiwanese opposed the army outside the railway station, and intense fighting ensued.
當年就讀雄中的何金榜先生記得，三月初，台北發生事件的消息傳到高雄後，高雄即開始出現槍戰，本省籍民眾在火車站前與國軍對峙，戰況激烈。