Sometimes, that is the way I feel too.
But, there is a lot of wonderful things that happen in the world too, but this doesn't make the headlines as it is not as "interesting"

wow

that's horrible. i'm afraid when i have kids i'll be terrified to let my kids out of the house lol im going to be an over protective parent like my mom, i can feel it how horible

i was watching about it this morning when i was feeding .gabe.. it made me feel kind of sick. it's so awful. at least 22 people. that's so many. so many young lives. it's so horrifying. i don't ever want .gabe to know that there is so much hate & violence in the world.


-- edit --

.i'm watching cnn, & now they say 31 are dead.

eeewww i am stuck at work, where did this take place?

at .virginia .tech.

they just said the number of fatalities is still increasing, too.

ugh.

sorry I went to cnn.com and looked it up...wow how horrifying is that?

I am physicaly ill.

I hate hearing about things like this.. My power has been off since lastnight cuz of the snow so I haven't seen any of this on the news.. It's so sad..

oh .jesus!!!

I can't believe I missed this. Damn .disney channel!!!! Oni lerves it!!

This is horrible! Makes me want to leave the states.

You rarely hear of this happening outside the country. Unless we're just not told about it. But this is getting ridicilious!!

Sarah

I was just gonna post this on my avon rep site onb the chat section they were just talking about it over 35 dead and still rising it was 2 seperate shooters at diff times apperently and there is high winds wich makes it harder to transport via helicopter to othe r hospitals. so sad

it was 2 different gunmen? i know at least one of them is dead.. but what about the other? are they both dead?

I don't think they know yet if it was 2 gunmen or not. I think that they believe that it is only one because of eye witness accounts.
There are allot of rumors running around right now so I am sorta waiting for concrete answers.

what is happening with this world where people think it's okay to take a gun and kill lots of people because they're having a bad day?

the women in the avon chat room are from there and 1 had a son in the school right now so they were the ones talking about 2 dif gunman ill see if i cant copy the post and paste it here hold on...

oh man. her son is there? is he ok? how is she doing? that would be so hard.

im watching the news now

CNN Headline news just reported 20 are dead! Apparently there were 2 different shootings. One inside a classroom where the most casualties happened and then the second in a dorm room where 1 was killed and 1 was wounded. They keep saying everything is unconfirmed. A guy I work with's wife goes to school there and he is flipping out because the cell phones are jammed down there and he cant get through. The VA tech president is doing a news conference there.Melissa




M.SMITH

Posts: 27
From: Frederick, MD
Registered: 3/27/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:23 PM in response to: M.SMITH Reply


the president just said the shooter from the dorm room shooting is dead.... and the other is in custody.




E.JOHNSON

Posts: 420
From: Erin in VA
Registered: 3/17/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:32 PM in response to: M.SMITH Reply


I just talked to my brother again. At least I can get a hold of him on his cell phone. 20 people dead! OMG that is so sad! I bet that number goes up too. This is so awful!!!! I can't believe this




J.ZIMMERMAN

Posts: 154
From: Peoria, AZ
Registered: 6/4/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:42 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


Glad your brother is ok!




E.JOHNSON

Posts: 420
From: Erin in VA
Registered: 3/17/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:44 PM in response to: J.ZIMMERMAN Reply


Me too!! I just can't tell you how glad I am he is ok!!!




J.MCGOVERN

Posts: 77
From: Jessica from Hegins PA
Registered: 2/3/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 12:54 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


This is awful I just saw it in the news!! I am glad your brother is ok! They say the shooter is also dead now.




A.BELL

Posts: 239
From: Amanda from the Eastern Shore of, VA
Registered: 6/3/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 1:50 PM in response to: J.MCGOVERN Reply


my friends stepson is out there.....it is up to 29 dead and possible 32 dead......




E.JOHNSON

Posts: 420
From: Erin in VA
Registered: 3/17/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 1:55 PM in response to: A.BELL Reply


yes its 32 dead now and 28 wounded... I just can't believe this... So the shooter from the first shooting this morning is dead, and then there was a second guy?? That's nuts! I've been trying to figure out what the heck happened! Why were kids still in class after the first shooting? Could they not get out?




A.BELL

Posts: 239
From: Amanda from the Eastern Shore of, VA
Registered: 6/3/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 1:57 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


I have no clue what is going on any more there are so many different stories now.....just watched a update and they were saying it was over a freaking girl




E.JOHNSON

Posts: 420
From: Erin in VA
Registered: 3/17/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:02 PM in response to: A.BELL Reply


I saw that! I think they are saying that the first shooting happened at 7:15 am and that shooter was killed. The second round of shooting that killed so many people was done by a different person and he is in custody - I THINK. I am not sure what the #$% is going on down there!




M.SMITH

Posts: 27
From: Frederick, MD
Registered: 3/27/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:26 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech today, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting rampage in U.S. history. The gunman was killed, bringing to death toll to 22, but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life.“Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions,” said Virginia Tech president Charles Steger. “The university is shocked and indeed horrified.”The name of the gunman was not immediately released, and investigators offered no motive for the attack. It was not immediately known if the gunman was a student.FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington said there was no immediate evidence to suggest it was a terrorist attack, “but all avenues will be explored.”The bloodbath took place at opposite sides of the 2,600-acre campus, beginning at about 7:15 a.m. at West Ambler Johnston, a coed dormitory that houses 895 people, and continuing about two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building, authorities said.Police said they were still investigating the shooting at the dorm — and the campus was under lockdown, with students to stay indoors and away from the windows — when authorities got word of gunfire at the classroom building.Some of the dead were students. One student was killed in the dorm, and the others were killed in the classroom, Virginia Tech Police Chief W.R. Flinchum.Up until today, the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history was a rampage that took place in 1966 at the University of Texas at Austin, where Charles Whitman climbed the clock tower and opened fire with a rifle from the 28th-floor observation deck. He killed 16 people before he was shot to death by police. In the Columbine High bloodbath near Littleton, Colo., in 1999, two teenagers killed 12 fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives.The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was in Killen, Texas, in 1991, when George Hennard drove his pickup into a Luby’s Cafeteria and shot 23 people to death, then himself.Founded in 1872, Virginia Tech is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia, about 160 miles west of Richmond. With more than 25,000 full-time students, it has the state’s largest full-time student population. The school is best known for its engineering school and its powerhouse football team.The rampage took place on a brisk spring day, with snow flurries swirling around the campus, which is is centered around the Drill Field, a grassy field where military cadets — who now represent a fraction of the student body — once practiced. The dorm and the classroom building are on opposites sides of the Drill Field.A gasp could be heard at a campus news conference when the police chief said at least 20 people had been killed. Previously, only one person was thought to have been killed.Investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began marking and recovering the large number of shell casings and will trace the weapon used, according to an ATF official who spoke on condition of anonymity because local authorities are leading the investigation.




M.SMITH

Posts: 27
From: Frederick, MD
Registered: 3/27/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:29 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


That is the most up to date on what they are confirming. The story keeps changing but it now looks like the gun man shot at 7 something in the dorm first and then escaped and made it to the other side of the school and shot up a classroom. Only 1 died at the dorm and the rest at the classroom. Then the gunman died- unsure if he shot himself or police shot him. I havnt heard that it was over a girl yet. I am a receptionist and we have a TV in the lobby which is always on the news... so i have been following this for hours now. its extremely sad and i just cant stop shaking my head at how horrible this all is.




R.TOMLIN

Posts: 19
Registered: 3/22/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:32 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


that is sooo sad i will be praying for these peoplerae




C.VIATOR

Posts: 127
From: Carol ~ Austin, Texas
Registered: 1/7/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:34 PM in response to: M.SMITH Reply


My nephew plays football for Virginia Tech. I spoke to my family just minutes ago and he is fine, thank God. Just having to stay in his dorm room until told otherwise. My prayers go out the students and families affected by this tragedy.




S.HOEY

Posts: 257
From: Roanoke,VA
Registered: 6/3/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:36 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


There are 32 confirmed dead and at least 8 injured!!




M.SMITH

Posts: 27
From: Frederick, MD
Registered: 3/27/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:42 PM in response to: S.HOEY Reply


geez! everytime they come back from commercial they confirm more dead... they cant keep up with it. They said because of the wind they cant get the injured life flighted out to other hospitals. it is really really windy here... they said like 50 mile an hour gusts. so the people that are dead are the ones who were just injured and now they cant get life support helicopters to take them to get help... this is just so horrible!




E.JOHNSON

Posts: 420
From: Erin in VA
Registered: 3/17/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:45 PM in response to: M.SMITH Reply


I'm really worried about a few people I know down there that I haven't heard from yet! A girl that graduated with my brother (actually dated him for a while) is down there as well as my cousin that I haven't heard anything about.




S.HOEY

Posts: 257
From: Roanoke,VA
Registered: 6/3/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:53 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


> I'm really worried about a few people I know down> there that I haven't heard from yet! A girl that> graduated with my brother (actually dated him for a> while) is down there as well as my cousin that I> haven't heard anything about. Erin ... calm down it's really crazy over there right now... It's even snowing!! they are talking to ppl on the phone at the news station WSLS 10 here in Roanoke...NBC station....the kids name that's talking now is Bryan Cross..




S.HOEY

Posts: 257
From: Roanoke,VA
Registered: 6/3/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:54 PM in response to: S.HOEY Reply


yes we have really bad winds here!! We are right in the Roanoke Valley here.. the bowl of the mountains...




E.JOHNSON

Posts: 420
From: Erin in VA
Registered: 3/17/07
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 2:56 PM in response to: S.HOEY Reply


we have really bad winds here too so I understand why they can't use the helicopters... This is SO AWFUL! All those kids dead... that is so sad.




J.ZIMMERMAN

Posts: 154
From: Peoria, AZ
Registered: 6/4/06
Re: VA TECH SHOOTING
Posted: Apr 16, 2007 3:04 PM in response to: E.JOHNSON Reply


I have the live ABC feed going......They say it was just one gunman and that there are 31 including the gunman who were killed. And about 4:30 local time they might have a list of those killed......




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.i know you were quoting someone, but I just want to say that it's .killeen, not .killen. We lived in .copperas .cove and .killeen up until I was 14 years old. We owned a pet store in .killeen on the other side of the highway from that .luby's. My parents used to eat there a lot. The killings happened when I was sitting in class. I remember freaking out thinking my parents were dead. He was shot in the shoulder by police before turning the gun on himself - my dad knew the guy who shot him. Killeen is a pretty small town.

This is one of the major reasons why .luby's .cafeterias don't have huge plate-glass windows now. Well, they do, but not ground-to-ceiling like they used to. He drove his truck through the window, and there was no brick to stop him. I want to say that he let some of the women and children go before he started killing people, but I'm not entirely sure. I was only 9 or 10 when it happened.

thats all so sad. . .

My heart really goes out to all of those families. As horrible as it is, this is really becoming a norm in our news headlines.