The Virginia Tech Massacre of 04.16.2007

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.

“Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there…I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond’s gift on snow.
I am the sunlight
on ripened grain.
I am gentle autumns rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there…I did not die.”
-Unknown
April 16 - We’re all Hokies today.

1. Virginia Tech Shooting. 33 Confirmed dead including the shooter

2. Virginia Tech Shooter identified as Cho Seung Hui, a South Korean student

3. Names and Profiles of all the people killed at Virginia Tech on 04.16.2007

4. Virginia Tech Tribute on Youtube: College Students speak

“This tragic day in Blacksburg will be burned into memory for a long time to come. From what we know so far, we have lost many bright young minds at the hands of a deranged individual who senselessly violated the sanctuary of the Virginia Tech campus,”
- Florida Republican Adam Putnam

IF YOU MISSED THE CONVOCATION SERVICE HERE SERVICE http://www.hokiesports.com/convocation.html

“We’ve come to express our sympathy. In this time of anguish, I hope you know that people all over this country are thinking of you and asking God for comfort.”
- President Bush at the Convocation at Cassell Collesium

“It is a very bitter and sad day, and yet there’s no place in the world [my wife and I] would rather be than here with you,”
- Virginia Governor Tim Kaine at the Convocation at Cassell Collesium

As reported and confirmed, Norris Hall will now be closed for the remainder of the semester.

Truly moving words from VT Professor Nikki Giovanni at the Convocation
We are Virginia Tech
We are sad today
And we will be sad for quite a while
We are NOT moving on
We are embracing our mourning
We are Virginia Tech
We are strong enough to stand tall tirelessly
We are brave enough to bend to cry, and sad enough to know
We must laugh again
We are Virginia Tech
We do not understand this tragedy
We know we did nothing deserve it
But neither does the child in Africa, dying of AIDS
Neither do the invisible children, walking the night away to avoid being captured by rogue army
Neither does the baby elephant, watching his community be devastated for ivory
Neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water
Neither does the Appalachian child, killed in his own crib, in the home his father built with his own hands, being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized
No one deserves a tragedy
We are Virginia Tech
The Hokie nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those that offer their hearts and minds
We are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid,
We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be
We are live to the imagination
And the possibility we will continue to invent the future
Through our blood and tears
Through all this sadness
We are the Hokies
We will prevail
We will prevail
We will prevail
WE ARE
VIRGINIA TECH

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