Tragic, horrible, incredibly sad...

By now I'm sure everyone is aware of the tragedy that occurred yesterday at Virginia Tech. There are a lot of things I have been thinking about since it occurred that I'd like to just get out there...

First of all, I think back to all those times that I had classes in college. All of my major classes were relatively small, and even the larger ones, you start to establish relationships with those people at the very least, during those class times. The thought of being in a room where 95% of the students are chosen at random to be killed is a horrible thought. I watched one of the students be interviewed who was injured, but survived with one or two other students. Even though he obvious consented to doing the interview, I can't IMAGINE speaking on national television after I was just part of an ordeal like that.

There's a lot of questioning that is going on regarding the way the university handled the first events that first occurred. At first when I was listening to the president being interviewed and interrogated regarding the way they handled the first shooting, I felt bad. However, the more I listened to information provided, the more I couldn't believe that they didn't do SOMETHING after the first shooting, ESPECIALLY since they were not sure who the suspect was and if he was still out there. We all realize that mistakes happen, but this seems like a pretty tragic mistake to myself.

I consider myself to have gone through a pretty difficult event during college. However, it is hard to fathom the immensity of this tragedy and to be a student there at Virginia Tech. I can't imagine how you even begin to deal with a tragedy of this proportion, this late in the school year...with only several weeks to go.

...I pray for all of those students, faculty, and staff, and the families who are devastatingly affected by this tragedy...