We Remember: April 16th, 2 years later

SCHEDULE OF 2009 EVENTS

Midnight: Lighting of Ceremonial Candle, April 16 Memorial

8 a.m.: 3.2-mile Run in Remembrance, Virginia Tech Campus

Noon: University Remembrance, April 16 Memorial

Immediately Following Remembrance: Informal picnic, Drillfield

1 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Expressions of Remembrance, Various locations on Virginia Tech campus

8 p.m.: Corps of Cadets Silent Drill and Candlelight Vigil, April 16 Memorial

11:59 p.m.: Extinguishing of Ceremonial Candle, April 16 Memorial

 

April 16th, 2009 Stories and Information

Thousands light candles to honor April 16th victims (Video included) - April 16, 2009

7,000 candles were ordered for the vigil.

Dance for Reema Samaha (Video included) - April 16, 2009

A group of Virginia Tech students put on a special dance performance Thursday night to honor the memory of Reema Samaha.

2,000+ attend April 16th memorial service on drillfield (Video included) - April 16, 2009

Tech president Dr. Charles Steger led the Hokie nation in a commemoration of the 32 lost on April 16th.

Thousands run in remembrance at Virginia Tech (Video included) - April 16, 2009

More than 4,300 runners signed up for the 5k, 3.2 mile run.

Norris Hall peace center has first open house - April 16, 2009

Virginia Tech’s Center for Peace and Violence Prevention hosted some victim’s families and survivors of the 4/16 massacre for a private presentation.

First responders continue to be there for Hokies two years later (Video included) - April 16, 2009

A huge crowd gathers on the drill field to remember the lives lost two years ago, and it may be easy to miss the rescue personnel spread out among the people, ready to help if needed

Survivor’s mother says her family is healing after April 16th (Video included) - April 16, 2009

In Squires Student Center on Virginia Tech’s campus, 32 drawings captured the smiles of the victims from April 16, 2007. 

Slideshow from morning events - April 16th, 2009

Parking information for 2009 day of remembrance

University Offices to open a 10 a.m.

Counseling and Support Information for Students and Employees

More April 16th coverage

April 16th anniversary preps underway - April 15, 2009

Wednesday, many students and employees spent the day preparing and setting up for the remembrance events planned on campus

Two years later, Virginia Tech survivors take steps forward - April 15th, 2009

It was three months after he nearly died in Virginia Tech’s Norris Hall when Kevin Sterne took his first unaided steps.

The doctors and physical therapists at NovaCare, in McMurray, Pa., watched his first few steps carefully, calling out a running commentary of how and when the athletic then-22-year-old needed to shift his weight and change his posture.

April 16th: 2 years later, some Virginia Tech families still struggling - April 14th, 2009

Jerzy Nowak acknowledges he’s not yet comfortable in the peace center he helped to create at the site of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.  His wife, Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, was teaching French in Virginia Tech’s Norris Hall when she was gunned down on April 16, 2007.

Second floor west wing of Norris Hall re-opens - April 10th, 2009

One survivor, and several family members who lost loved ones, attended a short ceremony before the second floor west wing of Norris Hall reopened.  The wing had been closed since Seung-Hui Cho gunned down 29 people on April 16, 2007.

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