Lives cut so short...
Please excuse my babble about this...it may not make sense.
I still feel like this is all surreal. I remember Columbine. I remember feeling so awful about it. I read two books - She Said Yes & Rachel's Tears - about the tragedy. I wanted to cry for those families that lost their children.
The Amish school shooting - another terrible tragedy. Another time to pray for the families who lost their children.
But, with those tragedies & others similar, I felt so distant from it. It happened in another state, miles away from me. There was really no chance of me knowing anyone involved personally.
But, the Tech tragedy - it is hitting me incredibly hard. It is just 3 hours away from me, I knew someone there, knew so many people who graduated from there. It isn't like its a college I heard about because it is a football great or because it had an amazing basketball season this year. It was 1.5 hours away from my college, several of my classmates went there after high school, several of my friends, & my brother's girlfriend is there.
To those parents of the students:
I can't imagine being at work when you hear that there was a massacre at Tech. I can't imagine frantically trying to call your child's phone, e mail your child, text your child, im your child, & getting nothing. I can't imagine getting the call saying that your child was shot & killed senselessly that morning. I can't imagine having to go to the morgue & identify your child's body. Your child who had such a promising future.
To those families that are dealing with this tragedy, my heart goes out to them.
To the students of Tech, my heart goes out to them.
Will there ever be a sense of normalcy at Tech anymore?
We'll never truly know why the guy did what he did. We'll never understand it. What makes someone go so incredibly crazy that they go on a shooting spree, killing 32 & injuring 28? Then, killing himself. Why must you kill innocent people?
We are in shock over this. This senseless killing of these students & professors. The world mourns for these victims. I was on the verge of tears on the way to work this morning, listening to the news about it.
To the teacher who barricaded the door, allowing all of his students to flee, but in turn, was killed; you died a hero.
To the students who barricaded the door so that the shooter could not return in the classroom, after enduring 1.5 minutes of shooting & being shot; you are heroes.
To each & every victim of this horrendous act, you will all be remembered forever.
I still feel like this is all surreal. I remember Columbine. I remember feeling so awful about it. I read two books - She Said Yes & Rachel's Tears - about the tragedy. I wanted to cry for those families that lost their children.
The Amish school shooting - another terrible tragedy. Another time to pray for the families who lost their children.
But, with those tragedies & others similar, I felt so distant from it. It happened in another state, miles away from me. There was really no chance of me knowing anyone involved personally.
But, the Tech tragedy - it is hitting me incredibly hard. It is just 3 hours away from me, I knew someone there, knew so many people who graduated from there. It isn't like its a college I heard about because it is a football great or because it had an amazing basketball season this year. It was 1.5 hours away from my college, several of my classmates went there after high school, several of my friends, & my brother's girlfriend is there.
To those parents of the students:
I can't imagine being at work when you hear that there was a massacre at Tech. I can't imagine frantically trying to call your child's phone, e mail your child, text your child, im your child, & getting nothing. I can't imagine getting the call saying that your child was shot & killed senselessly that morning. I can't imagine having to go to the morgue & identify your child's body. Your child who had such a promising future.
To those families that are dealing with this tragedy, my heart goes out to them.
To the students of Tech, my heart goes out to them.
Will there ever be a sense of normalcy at Tech anymore?
We'll never truly know why the guy did what he did. We'll never understand it. What makes someone go so incredibly crazy that they go on a shooting spree, killing 32 & injuring 28? Then, killing himself. Why must you kill innocent people?
We are in shock over this. This senseless killing of these students & professors. The world mourns for these victims. I was on the verge of tears on the way to work this morning, listening to the news about it.
To the teacher who barricaded the door, allowing all of his students to flee, but in turn, was killed; you died a hero.
To the students who barricaded the door so that the shooter could not return in the classroom, after enduring 1.5 minutes of shooting & being shot; you are heroes.
To each & every victim of this horrendous act, you will all be remembered forever.