Virginia Tech shootings
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The 34th Stone
My father called me the morning of April 16, 2007. Sirens filled the background on his end of the line—he asked if I was okay. “Yes, I’m fine. Where are you? What’s going on?” “Twenty-three dead,” he said flatly. I stood in the living room of my apartment with the phone to my ear. The…
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How to Google a Tragedy
Before you begin to Google a specific event or occurrence, first open your browser and type “tragedy” into the search engine. You will see a score of links to definitions, as well as the website for an all-metal tribute band to the Bee Gees called Tragedy. This is the surface. This is the jumping off…
