Virginia tech massacre

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About the Virginia Tech Massacre

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Why should we care?

The Virgina Tech Massacre was a

traumatic event that join a number of

events that dramatically changed

schooling throught the 20th and 21st

century. This event was a terrible tragety

and we should care and remember to

prevent another school shooting from

occurring.

2007

The decade I am picking to describe is

2000-2010. This decade consisted of

the World Trade Center being crashed

into. The U.S. Starting the Iraqi war. The

U.S starting the War on Terrorism. The

1st African American President.

Who was involved?

The shooter involved with the viginia

tech massacre was Seung-Hui-Cho

32 people were killed.

Emergency Responders.

Police and Local Swat.

Virginia Tech Massacre

The Virginia Tech Massacre occurred on April 16th 2007. Seung-Hui-

Cho Shot and killed 32 students and faculty members before taking his own

life. Each shooting occurred within a hour of the other. The two shootings

occurred in West Ambler Johnston Hall, where two people were killed and

Norris Hall, where the remaining 31 people were found including Cho. Cho

carried with him 19 10 and 15 round magazines and a remaining 400

rounds. He went from room to room peaking in and then shooting at

students. At the end 33 people were killed including himself.

The Picture states that we should

probably have more laws that oblige to

the mentally ill, and that can control

them.

Video Clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiHG

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Questions?

Do you remember this shooting?

How does this event make you feel?

Do you think the right to bear arms

should be questioned?

Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyFX

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This song represents the Virginia tech

massacre because it shows how we feel

after this event occurred.

Website

http://www.remembrance.vt.edu/2007/

Conclusion

Virginia Tech was a terrible event that

occurred in our school system, which

has changed our school system. 32

innocent people died, and it will never

be forgot. It has changed the worlds

though about gun control, and will

always be a unwanted memory.