Shootings at Virginia Tech

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Thursday, Jun. 19, 2008

•	Tech not commenting on e-mails Virginia Tech leaders are refusing to discuss or explain e-mails that show at least one building was locked down April 16, 2007, while top officials withheld information that two students had been killed and the shooter was at large.

Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2008

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Mona Samaha, holds back tears as she listens during a news conference with her husband Joseph, right, concerning the Virginia Tech settlement in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, June 17, 2008. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Tech e-mails about massacre released

As shooter made his way to more victims, some school officials locked down their offices -- even before a campuswide alert was issued about his first two killings.

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Families of victims settle suit

28 of the 32 victims' families will settle under the comprehensive agreement Circuit Judge Theodore W. Markow approved yesterday.

Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008

•	During massacre, at least one Tech building was already on lockdown, lawyers say Some Virginia Tech officials put their buildings on lockdown before Seung Hui Cho locked the exits to Norris Hall and gunned down 30 students and staff on April 16, 2007.

Sunday, Jun. 8, 2008

•	Tech grant request debated Virginia Tech is looking to turn a calamity into an opportunity to make college campuses and other public places safer -- with some help from political friends in Richmond and Washington.

Wednesday, May. 28, 2008

•	Widower of Tech victim will lead new peace center Professor who has championed program will begin job July 1.

Multimedia

VIDEO

4/17/18
• Thousands honor lives lost
• Emotions spill out on campus

4/16/08
• Protestors lie down for tougher gun laws
• Tech remembers tragedy with solemn, simple ceremony
• Local alumni gather t the Tech Center on Parham Road
• Tragedy still lingers for victims' families
• For students, massacre isn't everything

4/15/08
• Counseling the Tech community
• Tech campus prepares for anniversary
• Living with Cho

4/14/08
• Tech faculty lives in tragedy's shadow

4/13/08
• Nikki Giovanni's speech raises spirits
• Healing power of poetry

4/23/07
• Debby Hix, healing harp

4/17/07
• The shooter's Northern Virginia neighborhood

More
• Courage Under Fire - A look at Liviu Librescu, one of the professors killed on April 16, 2007
• "Forever Changed," by The Season

SLIDESHOWS

4/17/08
• Commemoration
• VT Remembers

4/16/08
• Vigil photos

4/23/07
• Bells toll to honor victims
• Tech students return to campus
• Virginia Tech moves forward

4/22/07
• Weekend events at Virginia Tech

4/20/07
• Virginia's Day of Mourning
• Vigils across Virginia

4/19/07
• On campus and around Blacksburg

4/17/07
• The morning after
• Convocation at Lane Stadium
• Blacksburg in mourning
• Vigils in Richmond and Blacksburg

4/16/07
• The day of the shootings

AUDIO

4/13/08
• Charles Steger
No way to stop a gunman willing to die
A year later, students feel secure

4/16/07
• Heather Harris, VT student:
Part 1 | Part 2
• Veronica Gentry, VT student
• Josh Bell, VT student: Part 1 | Part 2
• Katharine Kamer, VT student

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Headlines from April 16, 2007

• Deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history
• Local leaders express condolences
• Deadliest campus shooting
• HISTORY: Other college shootings
• PARENTS REACT: Fear, reassurance and grief
• STUDENTS REACT: On campus, chaos and confusion
• Va. Tech alumni never felt unsafe
• Saturation coverage on TV
• What is a traumatic event?
• Kaine returning from Asia
• Will 'Virginia Tech' soon be a tragic buzzword?

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