Between sunrise and sunset today, we were most definitely educated on the subject of knowing what is important.32 people were gunned down at Virginia Tech on Monday, April 16th, in what was the deadliest shooting on in modern U.S. history. CNN played coverage all day of everything, from the gunman shooting to the students sounding out. We watched the coverage as if it was a terrorist movie, but unfortunately it wasn’t.
This shit was real.
As most of us on the Fairfield campus sat in wait, we placed ourselves in the place of the students of VT. Some of us were mad, other confused, and still many shock
ed.“What if this happened here?” was a question that some of us could not separate from our minds. The very thought caused us to relate to those that were on the Blacksburg campus. Cause after all we are college students.
And that last fact is what the real down fall of this situation was.
They were just college students. They were just fucking college students.
They enrolled and paid tuition for what was supposed to be the best four years of their life. They worked day and night on papers and studied hard for tests, to better themselves. And for what?
To be gunned down on their way to class.
If there is a tragic reality that this brings to our attention it’s that, bad shit happens, and more importantly there ain’t anything that could have been done to stop this.
To those who suffered a loss today in the horrifying shootings, I wish to extend my deepest sympathies. To those who question today’s events, I am right here questioning with you.
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