The deadliest college campus shooting in history took place this morning at the Virginia Tech University. Over the course of three hours, a single gunman killed at least 32 students before taking his own life. (NYT Link)
This is a horror that chills my soul on an already cold and stormy day. It’s rare that a headline makes my eyes tear up, but there is little else to do when reading something like this. I want to say this places the fragility of life in perspective, but that doesn’t seem just – not at the expense of 32 innocent students.
What else is there to say?