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A year later (written on the first anniversary by an Alum)

A year ago was the sound – the piercing shriek that split the silence.

In the midst of its stunning noise, even though we were far from its source that day, we stood still, mouths agape and minds blank – living for unimaginable lifetimes…

Tags: echoes

Before the permanent memorial

The Hokie stones on the drillfield before the permanent memorial was built

Tags: Drillfield, Hokie stone, memorial

Norris classes moved

A sign posted on a door to Cheatham Hall directing students from Norris to their new classrooms in the aftermath

Tags: aftermath, Cheatham, Norris

Bear Hugs

Free bear hugs set up in the Cheatham Hall student lounge shortly after Apr 16 2007

Tags: bear, Cheatham

Drillfield tent

The sun shining over the tent full of memorials on the Drillfield one evening

Tags: Drillfield, memorial

No More Media

One of the signs that went up on the buildings around campus shortly after Apr 16 directing the media to stay out of the campus buildings

Tags: campus, media

Memorial After Rememberance

View of the April 16 memorial with Burruss Hall in the background. Photo taken April 17, 2008.

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Tags: anniversary, memorial, remembrance