A Bloody Day in Blacksburg

Posted April 16, 2007

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How do you make sense of a senseless act?

There are 33 dead at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Among the dead, an Asian boy, age 23. From the reports I've read, he allegedly shot two dead in the dorm, then 31 more in a classroom across campus, and then he shot himself. An article in Salon.com reports that one of his teachers described him as "troubled."

A college campus is supposed to be safe; a place to learn and grow and fall in love, not a place to die at the hands of a classmate.

How do you make sense of a senseless act?

In 1966, Charles Whitman picked off 17 people from the top of the tower at the University of Texas. In 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 13 at Columbine High School. In 2003, John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo held my city hostage with random sniper shootings.

What were any of them thinking as they loaded their guns and began their grisly quests? How did they decide that the only solution was murder?

How do you make sense of a senseless act?

I can't make sense of it. All I can do is pray, in my own way, that the families of the dead find comfort, that the wounded get well, and that the students and teachers and families of Virginia Tech can find the strength to overcome the horror of this bloody day.

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StephanieeBee says:

April 18, 2007

A reporter asked a victim's brother how he felt when he heard the identity of the shooter. He answered that he didn't care. All that mattered to him was the fact that his sister was dead. I feel the same way. I don't care who or why. It's the WHAT that matters most. My heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims of this terrible, senseless tragedy.

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WhitneyMWS says:

April 18, 2007

You don't make sense of it. When I was in 8th grade, there was a school shooting in my town in the elementary school. It was all over national news - one child died, several were injured but survived. The shooter shot and killed herself. I've tried over the years to make sense of it and I finally came to the conclusion that there isn't any making sense of such a senseless act. I just try and pray and send my thoughts ot the families involved when a situation like this emerges.
Makes me frightened for the day my kids are off in the world.

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