Virginia Tech shooting: Difference between revisions

In the hours and days following the shooting, makeshift memorials to those killed or injured began appearing in several locations on the campus. Many people placed flowers and items of remembrance at the base of the Drillfield observation podium in front of [[Burruss Hall]]. Later, members of Hokies United, an alliance of student organizations on campus created to respond to shooting,{{r|OwczarskiUnited}} placed thirty-two pieces of [[Hokie Stone]], each labeled with the name of a victim, in a [[semicircle]] in front of the Drillfield viewing stand.{{r|HinckerMemorial}} What was originally termed an "intermediate memorial" was modeled after the makeshift memorial. Thirty-two upright blocks of Hokie Stone were engraved with the names of the victims and placed in a semicircle at the base of the reviewing stand. The original pieces of Hokie Stone placed by Hokies United were offered to the families of the victims. The engraved markers are embedded in a semicircle of crushed gravel with a brick walkway for viewing.{{r|HinckerMemorial}} There is ground lighting for nighttime illumination{{r|RememberMemorial}} and two benches, one on either side of the memorial, in honor of the survivors.{{r|RememberBenches}}