Friday, April 20, 2007

We are VA TECH! Today - Hokie Hope Day ... wear maroon & orange

Today ... here at home, around the country, and around the world ... we are all Hokies. In memory of the 32 students and faculty killed in Monday's senseless tragedy at Virginia Tech, many will wear the school colors of maroon and orange. A moment of silence will be observed at 12:00 Noon Eastern Daylight Time.

Five instructors, 27 students ... we remember:

Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, Saugus, MA.
Christopher "Jamie" Bishop, 35, Blacksburg, VA.
Brian Roy Bluhm, 25, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Ryan Clark, 22, Marinez, Georgia.
Austin Cloyd, 18, Blacksburg, VA.
Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, Lima, Peru.
Kevin P. Granata, 46, Blacksburg, VA.
Matthew G. Gwaltney, 24, Chester, VA.
Caitlin Hammaren, 19, Westtown, NY.
Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, Bellefonte, PA.
Rachael Elizabeth Hill, 18, Glen Allen, VA.
Emily Jane Hilscher, 19, Woodville, VA.
Jarrett Lane, 22, Narrows, VA.
Matthew J. La Porte, 20, Dumont, NJ.
Henh "Henry" Lee, 20, Roanoke, VA.
Liviu Librescu, 76, Blacksburg, VA.
G. V. Loganathan, 51, Blacksburg, VA.
Partahi Lumbantoruan, 34, Indonesia.
Lauren McCain, 20, Hampton, VA.
Jocelyn Couture-Nowak, Blacksburg, VA.
Daniel O'Neil, 22, Lincoln, RI.
Juan Ramon Ortiz Ortiz, 26, Puerto Rico.
Minal Panchal, 26, India.
Erin Peterson, 18, Centreville, VA.
Michael Pohle, 23, Raritan Township, NJ.
Julia Pryde, 23, Middletown, NJ.
Mary Karen Read, 19, Annandale, VA.
Reema Samaha, 18, Centreville, VA.
Waleed Mohamed Shaalan, 32, Egypt.
Leslie Sherman, 20, Springfield, VA.
Maxine Turner, 22, Vienna, VA.
Nicole White, 20, Carrollton, VA.

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