On the recordApril 18, 2007
on April 16, 2007, the news from Virginia Tech and Blacksburg grew worse as the day progressed, and as evening fell the number of students and faculty killed reached 33. Included in that number was the apparent assassin, a fellow student who came to this country from South Korea at an early age. The death toll of 33 makes the tragedy at Virginia Tech one of the deadliest at educational institutions in the history of the United States. Words cannot express the sorrow and hurt that the families of the victims are experiencing. We cannot bring these mostly young men and women back to the classroom, to the sidewalks of Blacksburg or to their families and loved ones. But we can always remember and know that their spirit, energy and enthusiasm in making Virginia Tech one of the finest institutions of higher education in the world will never die and will live in our memories forever.
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