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Virginia Tech Shooting Brings Together Schools Across Nation** April 16, 2007 was a devastating day on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic University. After the shootings ended, thirty-three were left dead, and it became the deadliest shooting rampage in American history. Seung-Hui Cho, a student at the University, opened fire first on two students in a dormitory in the early morning, campus life continued as normal on the campus until Cho began shooting students in Norris Hall. When the shooting ended thirty-two students and faculty members along with the shooter were dead. Many more were injured. Then complaints from students, their families, and faculty began rolling in, they contested that the tragedy could have been avoided if school officials had alerted them of the two earlier shootings. Many then began drawing connections to the deadly Columbine High School shootings, which before April 16 had been the deadliest shooting of its kind. Students at various colleges and universities across the nation banded together to show their support for the Hokie family, holding candle light vigils and offering thoughts and prayers in the name of the VT community. President George Bush also offered his thoughts on the event, stating that he was “horrified” by the incident. Through the sadness, good has come, many of those who survived injuries they sustained on that fateful day have created foundations that help to promote school and gun safety, as well as providing scholarships in the name of victims to future students of the school.
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