...paul... (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} icantread01) wrote,@ 2007-04-17 13:37:00 |
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A Follow Up on a Most Emotional Day
This entry is meant for those truly concerned about the events of today, and of course of the people involved (mainly Kate). This is not a post that can be used for any reason by reporters or journalists simply trying to get a story out of what transpired today. There are way too many emotions flying around at this point that any duplication of this entry used for anything other than true and pure concern, such as trying to use it to find out who is to blame or as a slander towards VT is in my opinion inhumane.
Now that that is out of the way...
Thank you to everyone who has expressed concern for Kate and all of us here at VT. It has been a very emotional day for all of us where not a single student has been able to sit calmly for more than a half hour without shaking their head in pure disbelief. Kate is for all intents and purposes fine. She came out of surgery with flying colors and with a sense of humor still. She now has a giant cast around her hand which is constantly attended to with bags of ice and a supportive family and friends by her side willing to help her in any way possible. When she came out of surgery, she was not aware of exactly HOW large the magnitude of this tragedy really was, and made us all in the room cry a bit from the story she told us being in the same room with the lunatic who changed our lives forever. It really hit me hard how much of a heroine Kate really was today, and how glad I am that she is alright, breathing and living. As she held my hand today I couldn't help but be overwhelemed with the feeling that I could get through all of this relatively unscathed now that I knew that my other half was going to be alright. Rest assured, I will be at the hospital for the remainder of all of this. My mom asked if she needed me to have her come down. My response was that it didn't matter what I needed, but what Kate needs, and right now I think she needs me by her side.
I came home after visiting hours with the notion that it would be impossible to sleep tonight, so I simply sat listening to the concerns of others for a while and the other stories of the other people on campus. It was at this time that I came into contact with an extremely nice representative of ABC's Good Morning America, who not only was concerned for Kate, but was genuinely concerened about all the students at Tech and wanted to know if there was any way she could help us with anything. With the help of this representative, I went through my phone book and was calling up as many people as possible from Tech to see if everyone they knew on campus were accounted for, and we made a list of people that we still needed to get word on. She has helped me through the night getting back to me on the condition of these students, as I let the parties concerened know of the news (good or bad). I think that perhaps one of the things overlooked by many journalists today, was that we were not interested in giving interviews because we were the same as our parents in that we needed to know that everyone was ok and breathing and living. Kate was really a truly fortunate person from the events of today, and I wish I could say that everyone I know is fine and made it through ok, but even that isn't the rubric for concern. What happened today will hit us all regardless if we knew someone personally hurt or not. And for all of us, we need to be there for each other to help us get over the insane amount of trauma we no doubt have gained from this experience.
This entry is meant for those truly concerned about the events of today, and of course of the people involved (mainly Kate). This is not a post that can be used for any reason by reporters or journalists simply trying to get a story out of what transpired today. There are way too many emotions flying around at this point that any duplication of this entry used for anything other than true and pure concern, such as trying to use it to find out who is to blame or as a slander towards VT is in my opinion inhumane.
Now that that is out of the way...
Thank you to everyone who has expressed concern for Kate and all of us here at VT. It has been a very emotional day for all of us where not a single student has been able to sit calmly for more than a half hour without shaking their head in pure disbelief. Kate is for all intents and purposes fine. She came out of surgery with flying colors and with a sense of humor still. She now has a giant cast around her hand which is constantly attended to with bags of ice and a supportive family and friends by her side willing to help her in any way possible. When she came out of surgery, she was not aware of exactly HOW large the magnitude of this tragedy really was, and made us all in the room cry a bit from the story she told us being in the same room with the lunatic who changed our lives forever. It really hit me hard how much of a heroine Kate really was today, and how glad I am that she is alright, breathing and living. As she held my hand today I couldn't help but be overwhelemed with the feeling that I could get through all of this relatively unscathed now that I knew that my other half was going to be alright. Rest assured, I will be at the hospital for the remainder of all of this. My mom asked if she needed me to have her come down. My response was that it didn't matter what I needed, but what Kate needs, and right now I think she needs me by her side.
I came home after visiting hours with the notion that it would be impossible to sleep tonight, so I simply sat listening to the concerns of others for a while and the other stories of the other people on campus. It was at this time that I came into contact with an extremely nice representative of ABC's Good Morning America, who not only was concerned for Kate, but was genuinely concerened about all the students at Tech and wanted to know if there was any way she could help us with anything. With the help of this representative, I went through my phone book and was calling up as many people as possible from Tech to see if everyone they knew on campus were accounted for, and we made a list of people that we still needed to get word on. She has helped me through the night getting back to me on the condition of these students, as I let the parties concerened know of the news (good or bad). I think that perhaps one of the things overlooked by many journalists today, was that we were not interested in giving interviews because we were the same as our parents in that we needed to know that everyone was ok and breathing and living. Kate was really a truly fortunate person from the events of today, and I wish I could say that everyone I know is fine and made it through ok, but even that isn't the rubric for concern. What happened today will hit us all regardless if we knew someone personally hurt or not. And for all of us, we need to be there for each other to help us get over the insane amount of trauma we no doubt have gained from this experience.
