Men in prayer at the April 21 community vigil/picnic on the drillfield.
Photo Courtesy of Ivan V. Morozov
Ivan V. Morozov
2007-09-17
Haeyong Chung
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Place of Prayer ...
On April 19, people volunteered to set up a place of prayer in the corner of the drillfield.
Na Mi
2007-07-31
Na Mi
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Ignite-LA, a Southern California young adults ministry shows support for those at Virginia Tech by holding a special memorial service for those who lost their lives on April 16th.
This is image of a collection of personal notes of prayer and encouragement, written by individuals in the congregation, that were later sent to Virginia Tech along with a banner that had similar notes written on it.
Orginia source: <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmly/469204121/in/set-72157600114401206/"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmly/469204121/in/set-72157600114401206/</a>
Photo Courtesy of Raul Moreno Jr.
Raul Moreno Jr.
2007-07-05
Chad Newswander
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Raul Moreno Jr.
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Praying
Two individuals pray in front of the main memorial site on the drill field.
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Photo Courtesy of Mark Ritchie
Mark Ritchie
2007-06-07
Chad Newswander
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Photo Courtesy of Mark Ritchie
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Prayer
On April 19, people volunteered to set up a place of prayer in the corner of the drillfield.
Na Mi
2007-08-06
Na Mi
eng
Prayers
People prayed for the victims in front of the Burrus Hall one week after the shooting.
Na Mi
2007-08-07
Na Mi
eng
People have come together on the drill field and offer prayer.
Photo Courtesy of Patrick Donohoe
Patrick Donohoe
2007-08-08
Chad Newswander
Permission granted by Patrick Donohoe
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Virginia Tech
Anyone who is not living an incredibly secluded life (if you are, can I join you there?) has probably heard about the tragedy at Virginia Tech. where a gunman killed some 33 people, including himself. I've struggled whether to weigh in on this or not, but I felt that I would do so because I feel like a lot of the subtext of what is being said is awful.
First and foremost, as a Christian, I am praying for those actually affected by this. Friends, families and Virginia Tech's students and faculty are hurting right now. God of all comfort, be near to them and somehow work this evil towards good. Christ, have mercy.
I implore people to not use this as a springboard for their agendas. Gun control lobbyists, anti-video game lobbyists and people of this ilk: I'm talking about you. While you may have some valid points, just shut up for a while and grieve with those who are mourning.
I also understand that, in pain, people want someone to blame. Since the killer committed suicide, he does not prevent the convenient target. Please don't turn the school's president and the the chief of campus police into scapegoats to satisfy your pain-fueled desire for justice. Guess what: there won't be any here. The pain won't go away just because you feel like you have someone to blame.
To the news media: you disgust me. Human suffering is not a commodity to be packaged, sensationalized and delivered to consumers. You're a pack of vultures; a bunch of parasites of pain. Stop giving voice to the lobbyists who want to twist this for their own cause. Learn to listen, learn to suffer with those who are suffering. Tell us what's happening, and get the hell out of the way. Please.
To those who will inevitably say, "let's ensure this never happens again," I have news for you: you can't do that. What you can do is learn to live a life that is full of joy and pain amidst many uncertainties. I'm not saying that nothing can be done, but I am saying that fear and pain do not drive anyone to make good decisions about the way things can be.
Every crisis is an opportunity. Let us not miss out, no matter how ugly the package this crisis came in.
Published on April 17th, 2007
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Original Source: mattwiebe.com
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Matt Wiebe
2007-07-16
Brent Jesiek
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Collection of Prayer & Encouragement
<a href=http://ignite-la.com>Ignite-LA</a>, a Southern California young adults ministry shows support for those at Virginia Tech by holding a special memorial service for those who lost their lives on April 16th.
This is image of a collection of personal notes of prayer and encouragement, written by individuals in the congregation, that were later sent to Virginia Tech along with a banner that had similar notes written on it.
Photo: <a href=http://flickr.com/photos/nmly/>Raul Moreno Jr.</a>
Raul Moreno Jr.
2007-07-03
Raul Moreno Jr.
eng
Holocaust Survivor Slaughtered On Yom Hashoah
The Jewish community mourns with Virginia Tech.
<i>-- Daniel Loeb</i>
The deadliest campus shooting in the history of the US occurred on Monday, April 16 at Virginia Tech. The tragic shootings at Virginia Tech happened on the day Jews all over the world observe Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and which is marked in Israel with two minutes of silence, prayer and reflection.
The United States Congress has called for a minute of silence on Friday, April 20 at noon, to remember Monday's victims, as well as the millions of other men and women around the world who have died at the hands of armed madmen and criminals.
Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 29 more before taking his own life.
Ironically, one of the Virginia Tech victims, aeronautics professor Liviu Librescu, was a survivor of the Holocaust. He died while barricading his classroom against the gunman, saving the lives of several of his students through his sacrifice on Yom Hashoah.
Librescu, born in 1930 in Ploiesti, Romania, survived the Holocaust in the ghetto of Focsani while his father was interned in the Transnistria labor camp. After the war, he studied Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and Fluid Mechanics at the Academia de Stiinte din Romania.
He distinguished himself as a researcher at the Institute of Applied Mechanics, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Aerospace Constructions of Academy of Science of Romania. However, then Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu did not allow him to emigrate to Israel, however, until Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin personally intervened on Prof. Librescu's behalf in 1978.
After making aliyah, Librescu served as a Professor of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering at Tel-Aviv University. In 1985, he joined the faculty at Virginia Tech where he distinguished himself as the Virginia Tech professor with the greatest number of publications.
At age 76, Professor Librescu held the door of his classroom shut so that Cho Seung-hui could not enter before his students escaped through the windows. Cho shot Liviu Librescu through the door mortally wounding this Professor considered a hero by his students.
Professor Librescu was <a href="http://www.pjvoice.com/v23/23001vatech.aspx">commended posthumously</a> by the President of Romania with the Star of Romania Order in the grade of Great Cross, "as a token of high appreciation for the entire scientific and universitarian activity, as well as for his heroic acts during the tragic events of April 16th 2007 in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus, when professor Librescu saved his students' lives at the cost of his own".
Rabbi Yossel Kranz announced that the new Chabad House at Virginia Tech will be named for Professor Liviu Librescu. "Professor Librescu's final act of heroism will be eternally memorialized in the life-affirming activities of the new center," said Rabbi Kranz. The professor's widow Mrs. Marilena Librescu and their sons Ari and Joe shared with Rabbi Kranz their wishes that Librescu House serve as a home of healing, joy and spiritual fulfillment to Virginia Tech's Jewish students.
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Original Source: The Philadelphia Jewish Voice
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Daniel E. Loeb / The Philadelphia Jewish Voice
2007-07-01
Adriana Seagle
Daniel E.Loeb (daniel.loeb@verizon.net)
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This photo was taken on the Sunday after the tragedy. It's a photo of one of the many memorials that were on campus that day.
Stephen Gunter
2007-05-01
Stephen Gunter
eng