Virginia Tech Lockdown

[raimius]

<p>Well, I hope this was a misunderstanding or mistake, and not a real problem.</p>

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Update at 11:23 a.m. ET: Amanda Huchler, a student on campus, tells USA TODAY’s Rachel Roubein that she is among students locked in Hahn Hall. “The professor is still teaching,” she says. “Everyone is calm, and no one seems worried. Tech is doing a great job of keeping everyone safe and secure.”

Locking your door is of VERY limited value against a determined attacker. I’m sad to say that naive thought is very prevalent today. That said, unless you have armed security, off-duty cops, or armed civilians, a locked door is about as good as you get.</p>

[shillyshally]

<p>I’m hopeful too that no new updates is the no news is good news variety and that it turns out to be a misunderstanding - I really feel though for parents about to send students to VT for the fall, it has to brings fears to the surface. Things can happen anywhere at any time but this one hits way too close for VT!</p>

[rockvillemom]

<p>Latest update:</p>

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Update at 1:31 p.m. ET: This the school’s latest message to students:</p>

<p>Campus alert remains in effect. We recommend that students, employees, and others on campus remain secured indoors. Classes are cancelled for remainder of the day. Students are asked not to come to campus. The university understands that it has been several hours since this began. Many officers from many police departments continue to search campus buildings. We have a very large campus and this will be a long process. There have been no further sightings or reports.

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[percussiondad]

<p>They have lifted the lock down apparently as no gunman was found. They say a large police presence will be there for a while. Lets hope it was nothing</p>

[charlieschm]

<p>This is a good time to remember the 76 year old Va. Tech professor who saved the lives of many of his students during the shootings. He was Liviu Librescu, a survivor of the Holocaust.</p>

<p>[Hero</a> at Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.aish.com/ci/s/48931877.html]Hero”>Hero at Virginia Tech - Aish.com)</p>

<p>He used his body to block the door of his classroom building from the gunman, while telling his students to open the windows and escape out the back. He died at the door, but many of his students survived. </p>

<p>"The published facts are somber and stark: Librescu survived the Holocaust, then trained and began his career in communist Romania until he was hunted down for the “crime” of lack of allegiance to the regime. Students and friends describe him as kind, generous, hard-working, and good-hearted …</p>

<p>A local Virginia newspaper, The Daily Progress, interviewed Josh Wargo, one of the last students to jump out the window to safety. In the moment before he jumped, Wargo looked back to see his professor determinedly barricading the door shut.</p>

<p>This is a man who risked his own life in the spur of the moment to save his students; who suppressed his own self-preservation instinct so that others could live on. A man who survived the horror of the Holocaust, then went on to be persecuted by the oppressive communist regime in Romania. If human accounting governed the theatre of life, this is a man whose many years of suffering would surely seem entitled to live out his life in comfort and die peacefully, surrounded by family and friends."</p>

[NC_Mom]

<p>Thanks for sharing Charlie. I remember his story well. He was a true hero.</p>

[Marshfrog]

<p>He was…</p>