I’ve been watching a lot of coverage of the shootings at Virginia Tech. I’m saddened by the lost of life of course. During the 911 tragedy I didn’t have any direct connection to anyone involved. My brother was in the Pentagon when it was hit but he was on his way out of the building at the time the plane crashed into the building.

Today we found out more about the people who were killed at Virginia Tech. At work we found out that one of the students who was killed was a former student at our school. We looked her up in the year books to see if we remembered her. In fact we sure did. She left her impression on our school. Her younger brother was a student at our school just 2 years ago. Our faculty was very quiet today, especially those who were teaching at the time she was a student at our school.

This is the first time I’ve actually known someone killed in a tragedy like this. I’m very sad about this and wonder why this was done. I’m sure in the days and weeks to come more light will be shed on the reasons behind this. The shooter also happens to be from my area of Northern Virginia. He lived just about 20 minutes from my school. He graduated from a high school in my county. I feel bad for Virginia. Not only do we now have the worst mass murder in the history of our country, but the murderer is from my area, and I knew one of the students killed. Not a happy day at all.