There was only two students in my Monday class yesterday. We all were having anxiety about sharing our campus with thousands of people who were essentially strangers. It was interesting to note, that even myself, had pause for thought in coming in today one day later. It was unsettling to note that the student gunman in Norris Hall on the VaTech campus took out the person at the head of the class first. Although there were several profs there who are true heroes …. one tried to hold the door shut with his own body so the students could have time to jump from the windows. He was a Holocaust survivor in his 70s. He did not survive his injuries, but he saved a lot of his student’s lives.
In the crucial moment, he showed his true spirit, and laid down his life for his students. I have nothing but deep admiration for him. I want to write to his department - who lost 3 profs and one entire class of graduate students. Not sure of what I want to say, but I do know that their time ahead will be draped in a difficult emotional backdrop, and the survivors who didn’t die will have their own difficulty, not just the families and friends of those who perished.
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