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My son graduated from VT 2 years ago..and lived in the dorm involved in the first fatality his first 2 years. A second shooting took the lives of 20 or more others.. and many more injured.

I'm very thankful, that I have no children there currently and can only imagine the concern and fear that many parents are feeling today as they await word that their children are safe and accounted for. I know many who have children down there... (I'm in N.Va.) Please pray for those families who have been affected. This day is going down in history as the worst campus shooting episode in U.S. history.

I didn't know anything about it. I'll check out the details. My heart goes out to anyone who was hurt and their families.

Thanks for the info.

new count is 31 dead and 22 injuried... several currently in surgery so the death toll can rise.

There are soooo many questions right now. With the bomb threats going on all week.... What security did they have? Just tragic So many young adults...


Now UT is under a bomb threat and a building was evacuated... Hoping it's a hoax and not a copy cat situation.

I just can't believe it. One of my best girlfiends who now lives in Texas has a son who attends there. He is graduating this spring and getting married this summer. I sent her an e-mail to make sure he's okay. I don't think I can rest until I know for sure he's okay. I know she must be out of her mind with worry.

I still can't figure out exactly what happened.

Been watching it most of the day, it was a guy who had a grudge against one of the teachers i heard on channel 9 news.

The count is now 33 dead... 31 including the gunman at Norris Hall and 2 dead at the first shooting in the arly a.m. at West AJ.. There is a press conference going on now.. They haven't confirmed that the 2 shooting incidents are connected...but they originally thought the first shooting was domestic in nature. I'm sure they'll be second guessing themselves.. Many wonder why they waited 2 hours and after the second incident which was more like a massacre before they locked down the campus. That maybe it should have occurred after the first shooting.

They don't expect a list of the victims to be made public until tomorrow. I know many people there.. so I just pray that noone I know is affected..and of course my son knows many more people than I do! He was just down there about 10 days ago during Spring break taking some high school seniors to see the campus!

My younger daughter was accepted there but decided to attend her sisters university. Just being a parent of college aged kids and having connections to Tech... I know how some parents are feeling.. So many kids from this area attend there...that I don't think my area will escape this unscathed..