Tragedy

[Guido N. Vacano]

Hi Paul--

I'm glad you're not at work today. It is bizarre and horrible, and I
cannot understand why people do these things. Of course, we're very
aware of the Columbine High School massacre here, but even that starts
to pale in comparison to this.

Thanks for your email.

Guido

Paul Mather wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2007, at 5:56 PM, Guido N. Vacano wrote:
>
>> Hello--
>>
>> Apparently, there were a large number of shootings at Virginia Tech
>> today, with at least 22 people dead. I hope you're OK Paul.
>
> Thanks for asking. I'm actually in Blighty right now, watching the
> coverage unfold on BBC News 24. It's just all so bizarre and so
> horrible. I just can't reconcile it with the cow town I know that's
> Blacksburg.
>
> First day of classes were cancelled because of the Morva killings; my
> lab building closed for the weekend because of a bomb threat; and now
> this. :-(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
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