Hokie ClubOnApril 16, 2007, tragedy struck the Virginia Tech campus when a disturbed gunmantook the lives of 32 people. In the days, weeks, months and years since then, anation provided prayers, thoughts, sympathy and support to those in theBlacksburg community. A lot of those came from the sports world, where many expressedtheir thoughts in countless ways.
ThisApril marks the five-year anniversary of the tragedy. Here is a column by ESPN’sChris Fowler, published two days after the shootings, that captured the spiritof the Virginia Tech community. Please take time to read this, as a campus andcommunity remembers those lost and injured.