VT still affects us

Yes, it has happened. Once again the merciless teacher gods have forsaken me, assignment after assignment they curse me with. "Write about this, write about that. Write about a tragedy that you think still affects the world." I hear this constantly. So as my assignment states, there are some tragedies that will affect us until the end of time because people don't learn from others mistakes. Yes the massacre at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia is one of those tragedies.
On April 16 2007, as you may or may not already know, a gunman(I will not say his name because of his purpose of commiting this crime) commited two seperate attcks about two hours apart. The first of these crimes was commited at West Ambler Johnston Hall co-ed residence hall that houses 894 students, at about 7 a.m. The hall was normally only accessible to its residents via magnetic key card before 10 a.m. However, the gunman's student mailbox was in the lobby of the building, so he had pass card access after 7:30 a.m.
The gunman shot his first victim at 7:15 a.m. It was a freshman, Emily J. Hilscher, age 19, of Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia, and a male resident assistant, Ryan C. Clark, a senior, age 22, of Martinez, Columbia County, Georgia, were shot and killed in the room Hilscher shared with another student. Almost two hours after the first killings, the gunman appeared at the nearby post office and mailed a package of writings and video recordings to NBC News; the package was postmarked 9:01 a.m. He then walked to the site of the second set of murders.
The second set of killings were even more violent than the first.About two hours after the initial shootings, Cho entered Norris Hall, which houses the Engineering Science and Mechanics program among others, and chained the three main entrance doors shut. He placed a note on at least one of the chained doors, claiming that attempts to open the door would cause a bomb to explode.By the end of this second attack, which lasted nine minutes, the gunman had fired at least 174 rounds, killing 30 people and wounding 17 more. Police insist that he was well prepared to continue, finding more than 200 live rounds.
Society today could learn from this incident, realizing the trauma and mental stress that the bullied are put through.