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A year ago this week, the eyes of the world were focused on the campus of Virginia Tech, where Seung-Hui Cho, a student from Centreville, Va., shot and killed 32 students and faculty and injured many others before turning the gun on himself. For a few weeks, the national media could talk of nothing more. But when the majority of the reporters, photographers and camera crews left, the story was not over. The students, faculty and staff who were there on April 16, 2007, had just begun their process of coping and healing.
As the anniversary is upon us, we wanted to find out how much has changed in the year since. So we turned to some student journalists who were at Virginia Tech during the shootings and who have spent the last year witnessing the ways that their community has responded to and tried to move on from that day. During the next several days, they will post their thoughts and reflections on numerous topics, including the observance of the anniversary itself.
By Amy L. Kovac |
April 11, 2008; 9:00 PM ET
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