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The following article was originally published at HokieHaven.com: http://virginiatech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=664661

It is also available at TechSportBlog.com:
http://www.techsportsblog.com/2007/04/17/virginia-tech-tragedy/

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This picture was taken on the morning of Tuesday, April 17, 2007. UVA students had re-painted Beta Bridge on Rugby Road with maroon paint with the phrase "Hoos for Hokies" in white letters

The following is a short piece by myself, published in the Irish Sunday Business Post.
~NiK

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http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2007/04/22/story22922.asp

Gun-control debate rages on
22 April 2007
By Nicholas…

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After I got the email about the first shooting, I came to campus to get in to the radio station. I was walking by the power plant and saw 15-20 ambulances behind McBryde/Norris. I had no idea about the second shooting at this point, but the timing…

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Being in student media, three representatives went to the first press conference to find out what was going on. At this point we thought it was still only one shooting. Larry Hinkler saying that there were over 20 fatalities was by and large the…

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This is the back of the academic buildings after the press conference. I counted well over 20 ambulances on the walk back to the radio station.

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At about 15 PM SLT/PST 16 April 2007 a group of Second Life residents started working on a memorial space for the VT-tragedy. People from all over the world helped out. This shapshot shows the InfoIsland memorial at 18 PM PST 16 April 2007 and the…

4.16.07


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mourning doves wooed us at dusk.
warm weather early this year,
our pear trees and dogwoods
had blossomed too soon. jonquils
bristled in auspicious clusters.
even the stateliest…

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NOTE: 65 MB AVI (Divx)

Alternate streaming media:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW8XT_H_gOs

I feel my video is unique in that I incorporate not only all the names of the 32 victims tied to their respective picture, but also many of the…

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Front and back of postcard distributed by Valiant for Truth (www.valiantfortruthonline.com). Found on April 27, 2007 in Holden Hall bathroom.

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Wooden plaque remembering and honoring nine students from Political Science and International Studies. Displayed on fifth floor of Major Williams Hall. Photo taken on Friday, April 27.

Ismael Ax + Email To Wendell Flinchum.doc
Lt. Wendell Flinchum - Email + Attached File


1 - Email Lt.W.F. - "Cryptic" - "Ismael Ax"

2 - True Reason - "Cryptic" - "Ismael Ax"

3 - 14 Apr.'07 - "True Premonition" - sister

4 - 19 Apr.'07 - "True Epiphany" - self

5 -…

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This is a banner from another university that was at the memorial.

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I took a picture of these flowers on the drillfield near the memorial.

Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:26:24 -0400
From: Unirel@vt.edu
To: Multiple recipients
Subject: Shooting on campus.

A shooting incident occurred at West Amber Johnston earlier this morning. Police are on the scene and are investigating.

The…

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This picture was taken at our annual Blue/White scrimmage and is only a small example of the outpouring of support for the Virgina Tech family on that day.

I work at a University on the west coast. I was the first to arrive in our hallway on April 16th. I had left my apt at 7a.m., which would have been 10 a.m. on the east coast and there had been no mention of the first shootings. Fifty minutes later…

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President Bush speaking at Tuesday's convocation, as witnessed from the 30 yard line at Lane Stadium.

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The memorial boards under the tent on the drillfield

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Well wishes from around the nation and the world on display at Squires Student Center
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