Collegiate Times has done a great job of documenting different members of the Virginia Tech community and how they went through the April 16th shootings.
Frank had a great addition and thought this site would enjoy seeing it.
Other people with interviews on their YouTube channel include Tim Kaine, President Sands, and Bill Roth.
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Frank did a fantastic job focusing on the students that week. With so many of the other more public figures around campud tied up with other tasks Frank took it upon himself to just be present for the students left on campus.
I would love to hear the story in the first clip from the girl Beamer spoke to. She has to hold that memory for the rest of her life - that time our legendary football coach took the time and care to console her. I know it seems cheap to even call this out, but it has real meaning because it is just one event in a lifetime of class and caring acts.
One of the MANY reasons to love Frank. His down-to-earth attitude and leadership ability is incredible, such a great role model for how to live life. There are some things in life bigger than football, and Frank exemplified that during the aftermath of that horrible day, and throughout his time at the helm. Thankful for his time and the words of wisdom and the stories he has to share.
May we never forget the 32 lives lost and their families. We are Virginia Tech.
My god, I love Frank Beamer and Virginia Tech.
And this is the point where I go into "I can't even mode" for a week or two. Made the mistake of looking back through the previous years' April 16th posts on here. Love you all. Love being a hokie. But I can't even.
This is always a difficult time of year for me.
10 years ago today, my second senior year at VT, my grandmother died. My grandmother lived at home with me and my parents and had a huge role in raising me while my parents were at work. We were very close and I love her and miss her so much. We would talk on the phone a couple times a week once I got to VT. For the final couple years of her life she was in a nursing home, which was really tough on her, but that just made our phone calls all the more important to her. On Friday, April 13, 2007, my mom drove up to Blacksburg, from Chesapeake, to tell me the news in person cause she was worried about how I would handle the news over the phone (I probably would have drank myself into oblivion). We gathered some clothes and headed back to Chesapeake. We had the funeral on Sunday. Monday morning, still reeling from the past few days, I woke up, loaded up my truck and was getting ready to head out the door back to Blacksburg. That was when I walked past the TV which my dad had on CNN and witnessed what was going on. I was shocked, and hurting, and at the same time, felt I had to get back to Blacksburg as quickly as I could, despite my parents trying to get me to stay home a couple more days. It was a long, lonely drive back. It wasn't until after I got back that I learned I had not only lost my grandmother on Friday, but lost a friend Monday morning.