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Bush Observes 'Day of Mourning' at Virginia Tech
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ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: President George W. Bush delivered a brief, six-minute address at a convocation ceremony on the campus of Virginia Tech, site of the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history.
The President said he and First Lady Laura Bush traveled to Blacksburg Tuesday with "hearts full of sorrow", proclaiming, "This is a day of mourning for the Virginia Tech community and it is a day of sadness for our entire nation."
Bush, who ordered flags at half staff over federal buildings including those at the White House and Capitol in Washington, expressed sympathy to the students, faculty, staff, and families of those affected by the tragedy.
"In this time of anguish, I hope you know that people all over this country are thinking about you and asking God to provide comfort," President Bush said.
Describing the horror that took the lives of thirty three victims Monday, Bush said, "Yesterday began like any other day," before it took a "dark turn" that would not only be the worst campus attack in U.S. history but also the worst day in the lives of many young people at Virginia Tech.
The victims were, as the President put it, "simply in the wrong place at the wrong time."
The President said, "It's impossible to make sense of such violence and suffering" and commended the school for their "compassion and resilient community".
Bush read from a blog in which a fellow Hokie offered support to the current students and explained that although many students may feel far from home at this moment, as a father, "a parent's love is never far from a child's heart."
The President closed with an appeal to the greater good, citing Scripture, and concluding, "In times like this we can find comfort in the grace and guidance in a loving God."
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I am so glad we spent billions of dollars and thousands of lives making war on terrorists abroad. It really does keep us all so much safer from attack here at home.
Posted by: safeathome | Apr 17, 2007 7:17:10 PM
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