My heart goes out to everyone affected by the horrific violence at Virginia Tech yesterday. I know how shocked and saddened I am. I can’t imagine how the families of the students feel. I keep thinking about all the questions that will never be answered, mainly why? Why did this happen? Why now? Why those kids? Why Virginia Tech? I guess we’ll never know. What scares me most is that what happened at Virginia Tech could happen anywhere to anyone. So where will it stop? Will it stop? Is this my generation’s legacy? Are we the ones who started shooting and never stopped? After every school shooting, everyone in the country is buzzing about “what we can do to make sure nothing like this ever happens again”. But then it happens again, and the death toll rises. How many more innocent lives have to be cut off in their prime before action is taken? And still, there are no answers. So where do we go from here?
To all those affected by the Virginia Tech massacre, my heart, thoughts, tears, and prayers are with you. You are not alone. The world is with you.
I wondered yesterday if this was going to start an increase in college shootings like Columbine increased the high school shootings. For the first time in well, ever, I’m very glad I work on a gated campus.
I know what you mean. Yesterday, while I was taking a test, a physical plant guy dropped something huge in the hall that made a huge boom. Someone had to come and pry us all off the ceiling so that we could finish the test.