The Virginia Tech Alumni Association of Tampa Bay have created this blog to allow the local Hokie Nation to share their thoughts and opinions about April 16th shootings on campus.
Click on the "Comment" link below to add your thoughts, well-wishes, and commentary.
5 comments:
This is a terrible and horrific event and my love goes out to everyone touched during this even. That said, I have seen some people claim that Virginia Tech has "blood on their hands" in regards to the way this was handled. It seems to be a very common act to find a scapegoat. In this case, the coward responsible took his own life. When a person is looking to take as many lives as possible, ending with his own, there will be no stopping this person. If the email that the facilty sent out said to stay in lock down after the 1st shootings, there would be many other ways that this individual would have been able to take lives. He could have started a fire in a locked down building. He could have pretended to be a student looking for refuge in a dining hall and been let in, re-locking the doors and continuing the madness. When some has nothing to lose, they will find a way to accomplish it. I believe that once this individual was committed to his cause, there would be no stopping him with emails or warnings.
This event is so very terrible! I feel so sad for the families of those who are wounded and those who lost their lives. This kind of thing could happen anywhere and it is extremely unfortunate that it happened to Va Tech. I am certain that we will all heal and move on. I am proud to be a HOKIE!
As a Hokie, it grieves me to think that the campus where I spent four years of my life is now the focus of the world for being the scene of the worst school shooting in the history of this country! I feel like I've been violated by such senseless violence at my alma mater! I pray for all of the families and friends who are grieving the loss of their loved ones. All I can think of is -- what is this world coming to? Enough is enough, already! Good will overcome evil as it always does but there is sure a lot of pain in the process. Barbara
As alum's, part of who we are (our values and beliefs)
has been defined by our time at Virginia Tech. This commonality is what bonds all Hokies for life. Seeing the senseless acts of violence occur at our home is what pains us all no matter how far we are from Blacksburg. Tech is a very special place and that will never change. We need to continue to pray for the families and friends of the victim's whose lives will be changed forever.
The Hokie nation is one family for life.
Just wanted to share some of the Hokie love that I felt yesterday... My 4 year old son had his adenoids removed at Countryside Surgical Center yesterday morning. As we walked into the area where they prep the patients for surgery, I looked up to see all the doctors, nurses and staff wearing maroon scrubs with orange t-shirts underneath. I was overwhelmed by that showing of support. Of course, I, too, was wearing my Hokie maroon and orange, and several people in that facility stopped to ask me how I felt about the shooting.
The previous day, at my dentist's office, also in Clearwater, my hygenist was wearing orange and maroon ribbons pinned to her scrub top.
I know that a lot of people are coming down (unfairly, in my opinion) on Tech administration and the police department, but there are also a lot of people that are simply showing compassion for our entire Hokie family and friends who have been touched by this horrific event.
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