Profiles of the Victims

By: Rob
Published On: 4/18/2007 8:34:05 AM

A stirring tribute.

Comments



IM (Josh - 4/18/2007 9:05:24 AM)
News of death via IM
What happened on campus Monday is starting to sink in with students. It's also starting to sink in with me.

I was scrambling to get my story out this evening when I received an instant message from a student I previously interviewed. Here are excerpts from our conversation:

Student: (5:52:26 PM): hey, kristi
Student: (5:52:34 PM): do you know anything about ross alameddine?
Me: (5:56:08 PM): hey, no what's up?
Student (5:56:54 PM): I just found out he died
Student (5:57:07 PM): and he and I were really good friends
Me (5:58:12 PM): wow, i am so sorry -- how did you find out?
Student (5:58:23 PM): a friend of mine IMed me
Student (5:58:36 PM): and I found out on facebook when a reporter figured it out and asked me to tell him about ross
Student (6:00:43 PM): he was in the french class
Student (6:01:26 PM): we used to hang out all of the time
Student (6:02:03 PM): and I was thinking about seeing if he wanted to hang out this weekend

Online communication is something I do every day. I never imagined a conversation like this one.

-- Kristi Keck, CNN.com Writer



for all second ammendment nuts (pvogel - 4/18/2007 9:08:00 AM)
Ill repeat, the document that says you have a "right to bear arms" also at one time permitted slavery


We Are Virginia Tech - (hereinva - 4/18/2007 9:57:11 AM)
Viewing the faces and profiles of the victims - it is like viewing a mosaic of lives; different shapes and shades brought together to form a picture of all of us. My deepest sympathies
to all of the families who have lost their loved ones.