dcecilgolf 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Yeah, I think a Tazewell Grad of '03 was in Norris in one of the classrooms where a shooting occured but he was not shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 my mom got an email saying he was fine...but thats scary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHS06 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] my mom got an email saying he was fine...but thats scary... Â [/ QUOTE ] alright good, but if you come across his cell phone number, can you send it this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 yeah of course man...just glad to hear everyone from around here is alright..Drew im sorry to hear about your sisters friend man...did you know her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcecilgolf 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Not really sure, I may have, they won't release any information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvtne216 278 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 VERY SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHS06 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] as far as i know all of them are ok....i believe a former Graham student was in a classroom that the shooting occurred but he got out without injury thank goodness....but i dont know if that is true or not...just here-say  [/ QUOTE ] just found out, he was NOT in the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 thats what my brother just said too...said he talked to him...one of my mom's friends at the college sent her an email...sorry about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHS06 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 well my dad told me way to be reliable dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vt_keeper 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 GHS had 40 students at Virginia Tech on an Art Club field trip as soon as we go there we were sent to Shanks Hall and stayed there till about 1:30. Shanks Hall and Norris are pretty close i think 1 or 2 buildings between and i did hear gun shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 wow...scary...glad you were not closer when it went down. Â I sure hope none of the local kids at Tech were involved/injured. Â Anyone hearing anything about what actually happened yet? Â i heard that the guy chained a door shut and that no one could get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs05 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just Sad! Very Sad! I'm speechless.....i mean, seriously what can you say?? Such a tragedy that should have never happened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield_Rules 46 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Life here has changed forever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 back in the 60's at University of Texas there was a shooting and 13 people were killed and numerous others injured...i only know that because not too long ago i read an article on it in the Texas Monthly...its no where near this but the tragedy at UT was not a big one and it has since been pushed to the side...hopefully here in 20 or 30 years this will be disregarded...prayers are out to the family and friends of all those... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcecilgolf 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 It isn't very reassuring that we have learned absolutely nothing from Columbine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs05 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 actually quite a bit has been learned from Columbine...I remember my day at THS my Junior year when the shootings happened....we kinda just went from class to class watching the news coverage all day  But the problem is, only at the High School level has anything really been applied that we learned from Columbine I graduated from THS in 2000, since then they have locked the doors on a regular basis, installed security cameras(which when i was a student we never would have dreamed of happening), and isn't there strict rules on check-outs and just exactly who can do them, You have to have visitor IDs now(at least thats how it was the last time i stopped in THS)...things have changed drastically in the past few years but now i guess things will really change, especially at the college level all across the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs05 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 death toll just hit 33.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcecilgolf 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Yeah, you have to have a visitor pass.... but only if you check into the office. Â Anybody can walk into the school and out of the school at will, this situation at VT could easily happen at THS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekick 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Well I'm fine. I've talked to a few people from our area. I talked to Jenna Faulkner from Graham earlier and she's fine. Ashish Patel from Richlands and Phillip Brookes from Honaker are both ok. None of these people has said anything about anyone they know, so the students from our area seem to be doing fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzsawBeaver 12 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] back in the 60's at University of Texas there was a shooting and 13 people were killed and numerous others injured...i only know that because not too long ago i read an article on it in the Texas Monthly...its no where near this but the tragedy at UT was not a big one and it has since been pushed to the side...hopefully here in 20 or 30 years this will be disregarded...prayers are out to the family and friends of all those... Â [/ QUOTE ] Â But that was a well trained marksman with a high powered rifle shootng from a high tower at people far away, these spree types of shootings are only going to get worse likely and unfortunately maybe impossible to defend against unless america does the right thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogeavers 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Let us all keep the families of the deceased and those wounded in our prayers. Like someone said this could have happened to any of us, anywhere. It is sad that it takes something like this to show the worst case scenario. Â My prayers are with any of u that knew any of the victims if there are any of them on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs05 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I mean seriously whats going up at VT.....this is the 2nd shooting in the last 8 months! Something needs to be overhauled on that campus! I guess the firings will start with the Campus Police Chief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcecilgolf 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I mean seriously whats going up at VT.....this is the 2nd shooting in the last 8 months! Something needs to be overhauled on that campus! I guess the firings will start with the Campus Police Chief  [/ QUOTE ]  I believe I speak for the majority of people on this board and around the area when I say it was very poorly managed. If you have two murders and the police have no idea who the killer is, how can you leave campus open? It makes no sense at all why the police would say the situation was contained when the shooter is still on the loose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 2nd shooting in 8 months? I don't think the convict who escaped from the hospital shot anyone on campus. That's just where he ran to after shooting a security guard. At least I think it was a security guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgs05 10 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 oh my bad....i'm just going off what cnn.com said.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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