Virginia Tech shooting
Apr. 16th, 2007 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
When I first saw this, it said, "21 dead." I went to find the link to post it, and the link text was "25 dead." The headline now says "29 dead."
God grant that the number is no higher when you read the article.
It is the deadliest school shooting in United States history.
God grant that the number is no higher when you read the article.
It is the deadliest school shooting in United States history.
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Date: 2007-04-16 06:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-04-16 06:40 pm (UTC)This is indeed a dark day in the annals of American history.
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Date: 2007-04-16 06:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-04-16 08:14 pm (UTC)There's a craft of responding to this kind of horror. Treating the severely injured. Gathering the survivors -- comforting the shocked and frightened, bringing family members together, making the transition from terror to grief. I don't know if the responders are really *better* now than they were after Montreal or Columbine but they have a standard practice. They drill. There is enough expectation of these things that they have drills for it. Such a world we live in.
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Date: 2007-04-16 08:57 pm (UTC)I am watching and listening to streaming video.
Baruch atah, Adonai elohenu, melech ha-olam, ha-dayan ha-emet. Holy One of blessing, Your Presence fills creation; You are the true judge.