A public service campaign to honor the memories of those killed on April 16th exceeds its orginal goal

On a sun drenched drillfield before a sea of orange and maroon, the Virginia Tech family remembered what happened on year ago and the sorrow that followed.

Read the statement from Illinois Senator, and Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy

Read the statement from Gov. Tim Kaine (D) on the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy

Read what Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell has to say about the one year anniversary of the April 16th tragedy

Read the statement from former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen (R) about the one year anniversary of the April 16th tragedy

Read what Arizona Senator John McCain (R) has to say about the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy

Read what Virginia’s junior U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D) has to say about the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy

More than sadness, there was a sense of respect, and maybe confusion, as hundreds of people gathered in a suburb of Tel Aviv to pay respect to a man who had lost his life saving others.

Comments from today’s ceremony at Virginia Tech

Mourners stood with heads bowed, some wiping away tears. Others locked arms as the accomplishments of each of the 32 echoed across the Drillfield.

Read what was said about each of the 32 students and faculty we lost on April 16th, at this morning’s memorial ceremony

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A group of quilters from Virginia, and others from states like Wisconsin, Illinois, and Pennsylvania made it, according to troopers.  A member of the group is the sister of a State Police Captain in Salem.

He will order state flags flown at half-staff for the day and asks for a statewide moment of silence at noon followed by a statewide tolling of bells

For more than six months, Jeff Reid didn’t look at the photographs he took in the days following the shootings at Virginia Tech.  He just saved the digital images and stored them until he heard that Tech was looking for images of the university community moving forward in the wake of tragedy.

“We join our fellow Americans in praying for the families and friends whose hearts ache for their lost loved ones”

Virginia Tech Archivist Tamara Kennelly: “Just a staggering amount of people are sending wishes and condolences and thoughts of various kinds to our community here. It’s very moving.“

Hearing Johannes Brahms’ “Requiem” at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Sunday rekindled memories for Virginia Tech alumni Fred Shanks.
“It was beautiful and a perfect selection for the occasion,” Shanks said after hearing the work performed by the Danville Area Choral Arts Society.

Investigators tell us new developments being reviewed in the case include the transcription of more than 450 telephone calls related to the incident.

Virginia Tech is planning a Day of Remembrance on Wednesday to honor the 32 students and faculty killed a year ago. Tech officials say the ceremonies will be simple, solemn and respectful. Classes have been canceled for the day. The events are open to the public, but parking will be limited and traffic will be banned from the road encircling the Drillfield where the two main events will be held, rain or shine.

Sung-Tae and Hyang Im Cho had their luggage packed and waiting at the door of their Fairfax County home when police arrived. Their travel plans ended abruptly, though, when police told them the mass murderer was in fact their son, and he had killed himself.

A motorcycle honoring the Virginia Tech victims is on display in Lynchburg. The motorcycle will be auctioned off in Las Vegas this fall. Money raised will go to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund.

According to attorneys Peter Grenier and Douglas Fierberg who represent 21 families, the settlement includes compensation, health benefits, and non-monetary assistance for surviving family members and victims. 

Developing Story:

Lawyers for 21 families of victims of the Virginia Tech shootings say they have agreed to a settlement the state proposed to prevent lawsuits.

New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy introduced the Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act

Members of the Student Government Association say it’s not the right place or time for such a demonstration and passed legislation asking the group to demonstrate on a different date.

The tragedy hit Charles Steger, harder than most.
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Virginia Tech said Monday that it will not allow a national gun-control advocacy group to hold a campus demonstration on April 16 while the school commemorates last year’s massacre.