Virginia Tech marks 5 years since campus massacre Students were headed to class Monday at Virginia Tech, the first year the school hasn't suspended instruction to mark the anniversary of a 2007 rampage that left 32 people and the gunman dead. Virginia Tech holds classes on five-year shooting anniversary BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Five years after a mentally ill student gunned down 32 people at Virginia Tech, the university on Monday held classes for the first time on the anniversary of the country's deadliest mass shooting. Virginia Tech marks 5 year anniversary of the shooting Virginia Tech is commemorating the 5th anniversary of the 2007 shooting on Monday with a candlelight vigil and memorial service for the 32 victims of shooter Seung Hui Cho. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. read more Virginia Tech shooting anniversary marked as students return to class BLACKSBURG — April 16. That's how everyone at Virginia Tech refers to the horrific events of that frigid Monday morning five years ago when a student gunman with a history of mental health problems opened fire in a dorm and then in an academic building. Read full article >> Virginia Tech marks 2007 rampage that killed 32 (Reuters) - Today, Virginia Tech will mark the fifth anniversary of the deadliest act of gun violence in modern U.S. history, a massacre that killed 32 people, prompted congressional action and spurred universities nationwide to enhance their alert systems. Va.Tech marking 5 years since campus massacre On the fifth anniversary of the campus shooting rampage that left 33 dead, students at Virginia Tech would be heading to class Monday, a departure from past years when the school marked the day by suspending classes. The April 16, 2007, massacre was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Sen. Menendez: Virginia Tech Could Have Done More To Warn Students On the fifth anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting rampage, Sen. Robert Menendez is introducing a bill that would increase penalties against colleges and universities that don't warn students about campus emergencies. VA Tech massacre survivors, family press US lawmakers Survivors and relatives of victims of US shootings marked the fifth anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre Monday by calling on Congress to "put an end to this madness" of gun violence. Virginia Tech Student Remembers Shooting 5 Years Ago The Virginia Tech shooting is deemed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. History. To mark the fifth anniversary, bells sounded 32 times at Virginia's Capitol Square at 9:43 a.m. to symbolize the 32 students shot and killed. Va. elected officials remember Virginia Tech shooting In Richmond, Washington and, of course, Blacksburg, politicians are recognizing the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting at Virginia Tech, when a gunman killed 32 people and himself. In Richmond, the Capitol Square Bell Tower rang once for each victim this morning. Read full article >>
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