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For those who may not know, this ride is to commemorate those 32 who were lost this day.
I believe it is route 11. Once at troutville we have police escorts, so we cruise in.
I think they stop at the HD in christiansburg and then we roll to the drillfield and park there i think.
Da fuq?
I was finishing my senior semester an student teaching in Roanoke that day. I can say that was the worst drive of my life watching ambulances going back to Blacksburg while I drove to Roanoke that morning.
I will never forget the love and sympathy those students gave me that day, they knew where my heart was. They knew it was in a million pieces. Damn it, now somebody started cutting onions in my house.
The gameday for ecu was not only my freshman year, but my 1st game in lane. Will never forget the emotion and strength from that day, from the tailgating to the game crowd, and following. Everyday I am happy to be a hokie.
I was a senior in high school, home sick for the day. Had made my decision to become a hokie. Watched the news all day, and I never second guessed my choice. The community in Blacksburg and the whole hokie nation is a unique and inspiring family. Never forget, let's go!...
Freshman year, VTCC, we just got turned to upperclassmen. I was at the corner of Brodie Hall on the 5th floor and had a line of sight shot towards Norris Hall. I was actually skipping my first class and woke to horrors unfolding before me. Cops running to the building, guns drawn, and medics pulling wounded students out of the building...
I have grown up loving Blacksburg, VT football, anyone that called themselves a Hokie. That day I watched my heaven come crashing down. But honestly the next 48 hours of how our community responded is what really brought me to tears. Students, teachers, friends, family, folks from all over the country came in and came together. It was the best healing you could imagine. That candle light vigil will stay with me forever, the faces of the 32 we lost we stay with me forever, the Hokie pride and since of family will stay with me forever!
Take a moment please, read about those wonderful lives that we lost to soon. That is the part that hurts the most.
Thank you all, you are more than just a college sports fanatic blogging group, you truly are family and if I ever see that awesome key chain or Tshirt from the site I will be the first to buy a round! We are Virginia Tech!!
You mean the one embedded in OP's post? Or was there another?
Seth Allen and Ahmed Hill did one better than the original, Buzz tweeted it but I'm on my phone. Its great
I was at work as the news started filtering in...and the rest of that day became a sloppy unfocused mess for me. This past Wednesday 4/13/16 was the second anniversary of losing my son, so these two dates will now forever be intertwined for me.
I urge you all to use the remembrance of this day to tell those closest to you how much you really love them. You never now just how many chances you really have......
After watching this a couple more times, I really like this guy. It seems like he is all about mastering the fundamentals, then building something great on that foundation. And someone needed to explain to Strohman a long time ago that running away makes the lane longer. Now carry that knowledge with you into punt returns, Greg.
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FTFY
I did the annual 3.2 for 32 run today. I have missed it twice since they have been doing it. Haven't taken off my remembrance shirt yet even when doing chores around the house.
As for that date, I was home sick from work. Watched it on the news and told myself I can't take anymore sick days.
Didn't leave the house today, just home doing chores. But made sure to put on a VT shirt this morning, and will do so every April 16 forever.
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# | Coach Burden shows why you need to be on your best behavior in school. As a gold domer hater, every time I see the final play, I hope he blows a ligament
I woke up and this was the first thing I saw. I've been confused all day.
I just flew back from Columbus, OH this afternoon. Saw one Hokie on Ohio State's campus (easy to spot on the day of their spring game), and one was on my plane from Detroit back to Raleigh.
Glad to see that Hokies everywhere neVer forgeT.
Nise!
I was just next door, living in Giles. Shocked pretty much summed it up. I remember that although I lived twenty minutes away from campus, I avoided Blacksburg for three months afterward. At first, it was to avoid the media throng and unprecedented attention to the tragedy. Afterward, it was just too hard to face it. I knew one of the first responders, first in at Norris. He heard the shot that ended it. His descriptions of that day took a while for him to be able to relate, but when he did, it was obvious that as tough a cop as he was, his life was forever changed by what he encountered when he helped cut the lock off of that door. His story of that day will forever be burned into my soul, and because it came with a few dollops of fine Scotch whiskey, I'll never taste that spirit again without the memory of that recollection, told sitting in the grass beside a beautiful spring creek. I visited the memorial that following fall and cried like a baby.
Who down voted this? Up'd to cancel out.
Was thinking the exact same thing. Can't believe its been that long. Ill never forget how desolate and somber the campus was that day, a really frightening image. I still get so mad when I start thinking about it. Siiigh. What a punk.
Video didnt work on my phone, so on second check yes