This blog entry is dedicated to all those who lost their lives and those who lost someone near and dear to them in the Virginia Tech massacre. I'm not gonna sit here and say I know what you all are going through but it's never easy to lose someone you know let alone in a tragic incident like this. Just want to say my heart goes out to all off you.
Can you believe, more then 30 people were shot, so many innocent lives lost, lives which had such great future ahead, lives of good people...... below is an article I read about the victims of the VTech massacre..
They came to Blacksburg, Va., from all over the country — and all over the world. They came to study, and they came to teach. They had plans. They had friends. They had families.
As the list of confirmed victims in Monday's massacre on the Virginia Tech campus grew, so too did the number of stories about the individuals who fell victim to the gunman, 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui of Centreville, Va.
There were stories of heroism. Students of Liviu Librescu, an engineering science and mechanics lecturer, say he blocked the door of his classroom with his body to protect those inside. Librescu, 76, was a Holocaust survivor.
Ryan Clark, a popular and gregarious member of the Marching Virginians band, was just weeks away from graduation. A resident adviser on the fourth floor of the West Ambler Johnston dorm, Clark came to the aid of a student the morning of April 16. It cost him his life.
Students told of teachers who inspired them. Neighbors spoke of children they'd seen grow up and leave for college, lives filled with promise.
Kevin Granata was one of the top five biomechanics researchers in the country working on movement dynamics in cerebral palsy. He coached his children in many sports and extracurricular activities.
Reema Samaha, a freshman who performed with the school's Contemporary Dance Ensemble, was shot dead in French class.
Juan Ramon Ortiz, from Puerto Rico, decorated his parents’ one-story concrete house each Christmas. A neighbor heard Ortiz’s mother scream when she learned of her son’s death.
the last one, 'bout Juan Ramon Ortiz, really got me, "A neighbor heard Ortiz’s mother scream when she learned of her son’s death."...................
"[Daniel] was very close to his mother," an anonymous poster from Woodbridge, Va., wrote to MSNBC.com. "Every time she came to my house, she would tell me stories of how well he was doing in VTech and how proud she was of her son."
imagine being that mother, imagine losing a son.
I kept on reading, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23........ ages of many who lost their lives, people of my age, people just 'starting' their lives like me....
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[infomation found on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18143312/]
