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Post by HometownHoya on Apr 16, 2007 13:01:45 GMT -5
Not sure if this is where it belongs. "A lone gunman is dead after police said he killed at least 21 people Monday during twin shootings on the Virginia Tech campus -- the worst school shooting incident in U.S. history." www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.shooting/index.htmlAwful, awful event...said to be the deadliest campus shooting in US history. Unfortunately this is the first shooting of this kind at a school in many years (apparently the last was 40 years ago at Uof Texas) and no one wants to see this. My heart goes out to the friends and families of anyone killed or injured.
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Post by vcjack on Apr 16, 2007 13:20:58 GMT -5
Christ, I can't imagine what that would do to a college community
Terrible
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Post by HometownHoya on Apr 16, 2007 13:33:16 GMT -5
New reports are that the death toll is up to 31
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Apr 16, 2007 13:34:35 GMT -5
An email from the VaTech President:
Shooting at Virginia Tech / Statement by President Charles W. Steger
The university was struck today with a tragedy of monumental proportions. There were two shootings on campus. In each case, there were fatalities. The university is shocked and horrified that this would befall our campus. I want to extend my deepest, sincerest and most profound sympathies to the families of these victims which include students There are 22 confirmed deaths.
We currently are in the process of notifying families of victims. The Virginia Tech Police are being assisted by numerous other jurisdictions. Crime scenes are being investigated by the FBI, University Police, and State Police. We continue to work to identify the victims impacted by this tragedy. I cannot begin to covey my own personal sense of loss over this senselessness of such an incomprehensible and heinous act The university will immediately set up counseling centers. So far centers have been identified in Ambler Johnson and the Cook Counseling Center to work with our campus community and families.
Here are some of the facts we know:
At about 7:15 a.m. this morning a 911 call came to the University Police Department concerning an event in West Amber Johnston Hall. There were multiple shooting victims. While in the process of investigating, about two hours later the university received reports of a shooting in Norris Hall. The police immediately responded. Victims have been transported to various hospitals in the immediate area in the region to receive emergency treatment.
We will proceed to contact the families of victims as identities are available.
All classes are cancelled and the university is closed for the remainder for the today. The university will open tomorrow at 8 a.m. but classes will be cancelled on Tuesday. The police are currently staging the release of people from campus buildings.
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Post by vcjack on Apr 16, 2007 13:37:09 GMT -5
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Post by CAHoya07 on Apr 16, 2007 13:43:14 GMT -5
Awful, awful, awful. Not much more you can say about it.
Please keep the victims, their families and friends, and the entire Virginia Tech community in your prayers.
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Post by Oh My! on Apr 16, 2007 14:10:28 GMT -5
Unbelievably sad. This could go down as one of those days that you remember:
"Where were you when you heard about..........."
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 16, 2007 14:26:58 GMT -5
This is very sad news. Very very sad.
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Post by HealyHoya on Apr 16, 2007 14:35:13 GMT -5
This is a tragedy of unseen proportions.
As one with a wife who works for ABC News national, I can say that many breaking news stories cause a stir, an air of excitement, a feeling of opportunity to do good work, and then there are those stories that break and veteran newsmen and women, tested pros who have personally witnessed and reported on tragedies for decades, freeze. This is one of those stories.
The professional questions (Why? Who? How?) come quickly but in this instance they come to reporters, producers, and executives after the utter shock, after mothers and fathers take a moment to call their children in colleges far from Blacksburg, after spouses phone each other, after a moment has passed necessary to comprehend nearly unimaginable tragedy.
Our thoughts and prayers are with those most in need...
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Post by hoyatables on Apr 16, 2007 18:29:21 GMT -5
My heart is breaking watching NBC Nightly News (this might be the first time in 6-7 years I've watched the network news). I think it is safe to say that all our thoughts and prayers are with HokieNation tonight.
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Post by Frank Black on Apr 16, 2007 19:19:31 GMT -5
My heart is breaking watching NBC Nightly News (this might be the first time in 6-7 years I've watched the network news). I think it is safe to say that all our thoughts and prayers are with HokieNation tonight. Indeed. An act of such evil ferocity that the benevolent mind simply cannot begin to grasp it.
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Post by The Stig on Apr 16, 2007 19:20:29 GMT -5
Tragic beyond words. The sort of nightmare that you hope no other human being would have to live through. My heart goes out to those who suffered the unimaginable today.
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Post by lichoya68 on Apr 16, 2007 19:27:44 GMT -5
very tragic puts life and basketball into perspective heart and prayers go out to the victims and their families i know my son has alot of friends there and has contacted most and are safe but so many people from no. va. have kids and friends there.. prayers for all...sad day
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Post by RusskyHoya on Apr 16, 2007 22:08:43 GMT -5
Just to give you an idea of how earthshaking this is, it's the lead story on most Russian news websites.
Pretty much nothing more left to say. Here's hoping the spirit of peace descends on Blacksburg and the homes of the grieving families.
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 17, 2007 13:33:50 GMT -5
Just an unimaginable horror. Condolences to the entire VaTech community.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 17, 2007 14:15:25 GMT -5
Any tragedy, especially of this magnitude, is sad. What makes it heart wrenching is reading about some of the victims and realizing what gifted and talented and caring people they were. My prayers go out to all the families of the victims and may those killed rest in peace.
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Post by hifigator on Apr 17, 2007 16:07:35 GMT -5
There's just nothing you can say -- tragedy of dramatic proportions. As of yet all I have heard was that it was a single asian man, who was an english student at V. Tech. One customer of mine said that the student had a site at Facebook and his photo showed him with rifles slung over each shoulder. I don't know if that is true or not. In any case, it is a terrible heinous act and one for which there is no justification.
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Post by hoyaLS05 on Apr 17, 2007 16:17:26 GMT -5
Call me nitpicky, but it really bugs me that ESPN has a video titled "Beamer Troubled by Campus Shootings" on its Web site. OF COURSE HE IS. Everyone is troubled. Come up with a better way to say it.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Apr 17, 2007 17:00:08 GMT -5
My heart and prayers are with the VTech community and the families and friends of those who lost their lives. Words don't really do justice to how sad this is .... puts a lot into perspective.
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Post by theexorcist on Apr 17, 2007 18:56:12 GMT -5
Two things.
1. What saddens and enrages me to no end is both sides of the gun control debate, within hours, immediately peddling their wares (other groups did this, too - this was just the most egregious). This tragedy would have been prevented if gun laws were stricter. This tragedy would have been prevented if everyone was packing. No one has any time to grieve - everyone just wants to score points.
2. The thing that choked me up was seeing a little bit of NBC News and this Baptist preacher they had brought on from near the campus. Brian Williams asked him what he'd noticed about those coming in for solace in the last 48 hours. The response was approximately "People are good at heart".
I still get choked up over that. After everything that has happened in the past decade, I wonder about that. But after that - after all of this - it was the first thing he said.
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