Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Virginia Tech shootings

David and I were listening to the radio on the way in to work this morning, and a statement made by the announcer caught me off guard. They had been talking about the Virginia Tech shootings, mostly focusing on the shooter. This is such a tragic situation; these stories always just appall me. Then the announcer closed the segment by stating that classes would resume at Virginia Tech on Monday, but that in the meantime, students and faculty were mourning the loss of 32 people. The fact that they are mourning didn't surprise me; that is to be expected. But there were 33 deaths. The 33rd person is the shooter- Cho Seung-Hui. Shouldn't we be mourning 33 deaths? Do we not consider him a victim because he was the one who caused the other 32 deaths? Or perhaps it was an unintentional slip, numbers have gone back and forth. But it just made me stop and think. God is mourning 33 of His childrens' lives; shouldn't we as well?

2 comments:

lacey said...

So true, Sara. Thank you for that reminder.

Roger said...

You are so right! There were 33 and the shooter is as much to be grieved for.