April 16th, 2007 started like most for me. I didn’t get up until about 9 am, as I had my first class at around 11 am. After I had gotten ready, I was eating breakfast when my roommate, Justin Born, texted me telling me that students were evacuating campus; some idiot that made a bomb … Read more →

On April 16, 2007 I was in Norris 211. I had trudged across the Drillfield that Monday morning planning on attending my three back-to-back classes and then going back and taking a nap in my dorm. As my classmates trickled in that morning to French class there was mention of how they had been searched … Read more →

On April 16th, 2007, I was 21 and finishing up my junior year. I was studying in Deets that morning, although I was supposed to be attending class in Randolph Hall. I remember the manager of Deets coming out and announcing that there was a report of multiple shooters on campus and he advised us … Read more →

On the morning of April 16, 2007, I crawled down to the foot of my bed and hopped over to my computer desk to check my email around 9:45 a.m. When I tapped in my Virginia Tech email login info, a gray screen read “Fatal Error.” I tried again, and again, and again. I realized … Read more →

The week of April 16th, 2007 is one Virginia Tech students, parents, faculty and local Blacksburg residents will never forget. While sadness and shock colored our first memories, we will always remember how we first learned of the tragic events that unfolded at West Ambler Johnson and Norris Hall on that morning. In the past … Read more →