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I live 20 minutes from VA Tech. This is so tragic. My son is a ......sm

Posted By: msdonnie on 2007-04-16
In Reply to: VA tech shooting - mlstoo

junior but he goes to Roanoke College and still lives at home. I called him because I wonder if some classmates he graduated with were involved in today's tragedy. I feel sick inside. We take way too much for granted.


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