Thankful My Mother is Alive

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I have lived in the Blacksburg, Virginia area my whole life. My mom has worked at Virginia Tech since she was 17 so when I woke up to my grandmother telling me that fleets of ambulances were being sent onto campus from neighboring counties, I was horrified. My mother works in Burruss Hall which is right next door to Norris Hall. She spent the entire day yesterday huddled up underneath a desk in her office along with her co-workers. I was so mad to hear that the first shooting was at 7:15 in the morning and that Virginia Tech allowed all the students and staff to roam around on campus without being notified that there had been two murders on campus until after another 30 people had been massacred. It's sick. The media is all over the place here trying to question me and my boyfriend while we are working at a pizza place, harassing gas station attendants trying to find out where to go to get their story. I just want this to end. For once, I miss living in a small town. Two shootings in one year in such a small area is ridiculous. Anyway, my mother got off campus at 4 yesterday, 2 hours after they were told that they had to leave. She is fine and so is everyone in her office and her building.