Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Many caught up in grief turn to Web
Thousands pour out their sadness in memorial messages and videos or join online support groups

By Abigail Tucker
The Baltimore Sun

April 18, 2007

So many people logged on to VTTragedy.com on Tuesday that Vy Le couldn't keep up with the traffic, and the site crashed.

The visitors were not just the classmates who the Virginia Tech sophomore thought would want to access the memorial site in the aftermath of the campus shooting that left 33 people dead. There were people from around the world.

"Everyone wants to share their feelings with Virginia," said Le, 19.

Which is why Le is not giving up on the site, which has consumed almost all of her time since the police let her back in her dorm after the shooting Monday morning.
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