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nitpicker Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:13 PM
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One speculation about a VT victim
One of the news networks just mentioned that one of the Norris Hall victims attended the same high school as did the shooter. This may be mere coincidence, but...
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gaspee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:15 PM
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1. It being a state school
And hte shooter being from Virginia, I would think many students from their high school attend VT. I know a large percentage of my graduating high school class went to URI.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:18 PM
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4. Yup, and he went to a large high school in an urban area
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:15 PM
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2. It's a state school.
So a significant proportion of the students would be virginia residents. Thus, a lot of them would have ended up graduating from the same high schools.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:17 PM
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3. I've lived here for 15 years and know and know of approximately 100
current students. A LOT of kids from VA go to Tech. Obviously. State school.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 01:41 PM
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5. I'm guessing it is...
my husband (Tech grad) and I were speculating last night that probably at least a third of the victims would be from our county, just based on statistics, turns out the shooter was too..:cry:
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