Health & Science
How Technology Captured the Tragedy
By Charlene Israel
CBN News
April 17, 2007
CBNNews.com - Some of the first sights and sounds from the deadly shooting at Virginia Tech were caught via cell phone and broadcast around the world.
Students in this Internet age used blogs and e-mails to exchange information.
It's all part of 21st century technology that is helping students at Virginia Tech and around the country communicate their fears, sorrow and thoughts about the tragedy.
Social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have come alive with blogs, messages and pictures about news of the shooting.
"The list has begun. I read it and re-read it, double checking each name on Facebook to see if I could recognize any of them," Someone named Bryce wrote.
One worried student wrote: "None of my Virginia Tech buddies are answering their cells. I really hope they're just all just hung-over."
A Virginia Tech alum wrote: "I have not lived there for years. I still consider Blacksburg my hometown; I am stunned by yesterday's tragedy. Simply stunned.
Some call for a day of remembrance for those killed, "Wear maroon & orange ribbons or shirts to remember those victims of Virginia Tech."
"We serve a God who can see the bigger meaning in all this because we're not able to understand it, let that be strength in times like these," Jill wrote.
One student even got messages while in the hospital.
"I've been getting calls and texts from people I haven't heard from in a long time, just checking to see if I'm okay," the student said .
These are all examples of instant reporting technology has made possible from the community closest to this tragedy.
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