On 4/16/2007 5:28:20 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Probably the best web coverage is going to be the Roanoke Times: > > http://www.roanoke.com/ > > I initially heard about the shootings before 10AM here. I figured > my > mom was in no danger. > > After 11, there was a map available at Yahoo, informing me just what > parts of the VT campus had had shooting incidents. One of those is > about half a mile from my > mom's house. > > We tried to get in touch with her; phoning in to Blacksburg didn't > get > us anywhere. Dan > IM'ed a co-worker who lives there, and I e-mailed her. > She was able to call us around 1:15. > > She's > fine, physically. > She's badly shaken. When she e-mailed me, she > told me she didn't know > if any of the 20 students or 20-30 faculty she > knew were among the casualties. > She's going to take it very hard if > she's lost anyone. >
Earlier today on another list I wrote: At the moment I am very sad, runinating over the events at Virginia Tech this morning. I'm thinking about the parents and families, friends, and classmates of the victims who were so brutally murdered in what was a safe and quiet college town. Their suffering does not go unnoticed and uncared for. Like many of us I am a parent and sometimes we parents worry needlessly over our children or feel helpless when events spin beyond our control. And at this moment the hateful certainty of some parents pain is laid open for all to see. That breaks my heart. Tomorrow I turn 50. I hope to be able to speak about the good things in life on my birthday. Life is good. Sometimes the contrast makes us realize just how good our lives are. With the speed of a stolen kiss, loss. rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
