Families retrieve items left behind in Norris Victims’ belongings are jolting reminders of the Tech shootings.By Christina Rogers Plunging his hand shoulder-deep into a massive brown paper bag on Thursday evening, Roger O’Dell is among the first to receive the trickle of notebooks, book bags, wallets and calculators being returned to the Virginia Tech shooting […]
Hero emerged from a tragedy
Chess Heroism at Virginia Techby Michael Atkins From every tragic drama surrounding a mass shooting, heroes arise. Ordinary people who do extraordinary things in the midst of a chaotic crisis. One of the heroes that emerged from the April 16th Virginia Tech massacre is a chess player. Derek O’Dell is the President of the Virginia […]