O.T. Prayers for families and victims at Va Tech

[TonyKilbarger]

Sitting here watching the news of the shootings today at Virginia Tech makes me feel sick to my stomach. I have a daughter a few years away from college age and can only imagine the pain the families of the victims and extended Va Tech family are feeling. I have a cousin whose son and daughter were at Columbine when that occurred. Thankfully they were fine but a neighbor of theirs was not.

Hug your kids tonight a little tighter. And pray for those that just lost that priviledge....

 

[AFIRacing]

Amen to that Brother, Often wonder how soceity has come to this type of destruction, and now on a regular basis. Show affection and love to all your family and freinds everyday,make them smile one way or the other, always cherish they're presense ,you never know when this type of senseless disruption may occur. Bless the familys and souls of these innocent lives.

Deepest regret for the loss of lives

Steve Hearl

 

[mt. gay rum]

My deepest thoughts and prayers to the families... really made me hug my family last night....

 

[izitbrokeyet?]

This is a Huge tragedy. Both my wife and I are both alumnus of VT. I worked there for a little over a year and my wife worked in the English department for almost 4 years…… back in the early 90’s. Needless to say, we know lots of folks there, even though we live at the other end of the state now. Were finding that we don't know anyone that was murdered there, but we know people who knew some of the victims. Tech Alumni are large close-knit group…with that said this tragedy hits very close to home for many many many people we know. It could have happened anywhere, but unfortunately it was here.

I'm glad to see that the press is no longer trying to blame the University for this tragedy in stead of this despicable psychopath that did this.

 

[izitbrokeyet?]

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[izitbrokeyet?]

Ross A. Alameddine, 20

sophomore

Major: English

Hometown: Saugus, Mass.

High school: Austin Preparatory School (Reading, Mass.)

Blacksburg residence: Cochrane Hall

Brian Bluhm, 25

Graduate student

Undergraduate degree: Virginia Tech

Hometown: Louisville, Ky.

Christopher "Jamie" Bishop, 35

tenure-track professor of German

Hometown: Pine Mountain, Ga.

Education: University of Georgia (bachelor's and master's degrees)

Blacksburg residence: a one-story house on Cranwell Circle

Survivors: Stefanie Hofer, wife; Michael & Jeri Bishop, parents

Ryan Christopher Clark, 22

senior

Hometown: Martinez, Ga.

High school: Lakeside High School

Blacksburg residence: West Ambler Johnston Hall

Survivors: Stan & Letitie Clark, parents

Member of the Marching Virginians band

Austin Cloyd, 19

Freshman

Major: International studies

Hometown: Champaign, Ill.

Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva, 21

student

Major: international relations

Home: Woodbridge, Va.

High school: C.D. Hylton

Blacksburg residence: Foxridge Apartments

Survivors: Betty Cueva & Flavio Perez, parents

Kevin Granata

professor of engineering science and mechanics

Served in the military and later conducted orthopedic research in hospitals before coming to Virginia Tech

Residence: Blacksburg

Survivors: a wife, two sons and a daughter

Matthew Gregory Gwaltney

graduate student

Discipline: environmental engineering

Hometown: Chesterfield, Va.

Caitlin Millar Hammaren, 19

sophomore

Major: international studies

Hometown: Westtown, N.Y.

High school: Minisink Valley High School (Slate Hill, N.Y.)

Jeremy Herbstritt, 27

graduate student

Discipline: civil engineering

Hometown: Bellefonte, Pa.

Rachael Elizabeth Hill, 18

freshman

Major: undecided, but leaning toward biology

Hometown: Henrico County, Va.

High school: Grove Avenue Christian School

Blacksburg residence: West Ambler Johnston Hall

Survivors: Alen & Tammy Hill, parents

Emily Jane Hilscher, 19

freshman

Major: animal and poultry sciences

Hometown: Woodville, Va.

High school: Rappahannock County High School

Blacksburg residence: Ambler Johnston West

Survivors: Eric & Elizabeth Hilscher, parents

Jarrett Lee Lane, 22

senior

Major: civil engineering

Hometown: Narrows, Va.

High school: Narrows High School (2003 valedictorian)

Survivors: Tracy Lane, mother; Nancy Morgan, grandmother

Partahi Lombantoruan, 34

Doctoral student

Indonesia

Matt La Porte, 20

Major: Leadership and political science

Hometown, Bergen County, N.J.

Liviu Librescu, faculty

engineering and math lecturer

Home: Israel

A Holocaust survivor who had taught at Virginia Tech for 20 years

G.V. Loganathan, 53

professor of civil and environmental engineering

A native of India who had taught at Virginia Tech since 1982

Henry Lee, aka Henh Ly, 20

freshman

Major: computer engineering

Hometown: Roanoke

Graduate of William Fleming High School

Lauren Ashley McCain, 20

Major: International studies

Hometown: Hampton

Jocelyne M. Couture-Nowak, faculty

French instructor

Hometown: Blacksburg

Daniel Patrick O'Neil, 22

graduate student

Major: Environmental engineering

Hometown: Lincoln, R.I.

High school: Lincoln High School

Undergraduate degree: Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)

Juan Ramon Ortiz Ortiz, 26

graduate student

Discipline: civil engineering

Hometown: Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Undergraduate degree: Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Blacksburg residence: apartment on Appalachian Drive

Survivors: Liselle Vega Cortes, wife; Juan & Brunilda Ortiz, parents

Minal Hiralal Panchal

graduate student

Discipline: architecture

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Erin Peterson, 18

freshman

Major: unknown

Hometown: Centreville, Va.

High school: Westfield High School

Parents: Celeste & Grafton Peterson

Michael S. Pohle Jr.

Major: Biological sciences

Hometown: Flemington, N.J.

High school: Hunterdon Central High School

Tended bar at Nerv Restaurant and Lounge in Blacksburg

Julia Pryde, 23

Graduate student

Major: Biological systems engineering

Hometown: Middletown, N.J.

Mary Karen Read, 19

freshman

Major: interdisciplinary studies

Hometown: Annandale, Va.

Reema Samaha, 18

freshman

Major: university studies

Hometown: Centreville, Va.

High school: Westfield High School (Chantilly, Va.)

Blacksburg residence: Slusher Wing

Survivors: Joseph & Georgette Samaha, parents

Waleed Mohamed Shaalan

Ph.D. candidate

Discipline: civil engineering

Hometown: Blacksburg (formerly of Egypt)

Leslie Geraldine Sherman

sophomore

Major: history/international studies

Hometown: Springfield, Va.

High school: West Springfield High School

Blacksburg residence: Campbell Hall

Survivors: Anthony & Holly Sherman, parents

Maxine Shelly Turner, 22

senior

Major: chemical engineering

Hometown: Vienna, Va.

High school: James Madison High School

Survivors: Paul & Susan Turner, parents, and a younger brother

Nicole White, 20

Major: International studies

Hometown: Smithfield, Va.

 

[Ron Olson]

I mentioned in the Toledo thread about a young woman (to me) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident on the way to the Toledo show on Saturday. Come to find out, a cousin and good friend were two fo the victims at V Tech.