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P: 4/18/2007 9:23:55 PM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,896 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	Late today at my son's boarding school, there was a threat of a shooter. My son sent me pics of police swarming his campus. Helicopters over head. My heart was in my hands. All I could do is think of VT, and say please let my son be ok. On Wednesdays they only have a 1/2 day, the rest of the day can be spent playing sports, studying or hanging with friends. This happened this afternoon. My son sent me pics of the cop cars, he said there were SWAT teams on campus. He did as he was told, crouched down away from the windows. My heart was breaking. He's ok !!! The guy was shooting a pellet gun. I am not sure what a pellet gun is, but think it's like a BB gun?? He was trying to shoot at animals, someone saw him and called 911. For anyone connected to VT, I feel immensley your pain. As it could have happened to me today. I am very shakey, but will be ok. It's been on all the news channels. My mom saw it on Fox news and called right away. ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 4/18/2007 9:23:55 PM

There are 36 replies to this message. There are 30 replies on this page.

P: 4/18/2007 9:30:32 PM
oshinbreez Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,135 Last Post: 8/20/2009 Member Since: 6/16/2006	Lisa, I'm sorry for the scare. Thank God everything is ok. Where is your son at? There are thousands of things kids need to be protected from. Hugging isn't one of them.
Posted: 4/18/2007 9:30:32 PM

P: 4/18/2007 9:36:35 PM
widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004	Oh geeze, Lisa...what a nightmare. Well thank God it turned out OK. I can't even imagine how scared/sick you must have felt... Yuck...what a world.. widget
Posted: 4/18/2007 9:36:35 PM

P: 4/18/2007 9:36:44 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,822 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	HUGS Lisa. Gosh, what was the bb gun kid thinking; what a sick sick joke in light of what happened yesterday. How shameful! I am so sorry. Really, what a scare; thank goodness it was a horrible joke. Give your son a huge hug. Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 4/18/2007 9:36:44 PM

P: 4/18/2007 9:50:32 PM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Good Lord. That's all I can say. I'm speechless. All of this is too close to home, as I have a child leaving for college in the not too distant future. Glad it was what it was. I hope they get that guy away from the campus. I hope the school has a good lock down policy. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 4/18/2007 9:50:32 PM

P: 4/18/2007 9:54:09 PM
poptart Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,852 Last Post: 9/27/2007 Member Since: 5/23/2006	That's so scary Kaleigh, I'm sorry. A pellet gun is like a BB gun, yes. I can relate to this story quite a bit, as someone on our campus was recently murdered (they have yet to catch the killer, who they believe was a student), and someone I know quite well was recently taken into custody for a psych evaluation after threatening to kill someone on Monday. It's really scary out there. I'm glad your son is ok. M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway." Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2007 9:54:09 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:03:42 PM
diamondfan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,996 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/17/2005	I am so sorry, Lisa. I am glad to hear he is fine and that is was not a tragic situation. **************************** "There is no such thing as fun for the whole family-there are no massage parlors with ice cream and free jewelry" Jerry Seinfeld
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:03:42 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:26:49 PM
Dani Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,603 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 11/12/2004	I heard about this incident on the radio today!! OMG!!!! Thank goodness it was just a scare and your son (and everyone else too) are okay. So scary!!!!
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:26:49 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:29:41 PM
starryeyed Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,587 Last Post: 10/5/2009 Member Since: 11/6/2006	Oh my goodness Kaleigh, how scary! I'm relieved to know that your son is ok! It's a sensitive time right now because the VT shooting is so horrific. I hope you can find peace-of-mind knowing your son has a good head on his shoulders and will make the right choice if ever faced with a difficult situation.
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:29:41 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:33:05 PM
Mag00 Rough Rock Total Posts: 66 Last Post: 6/16/2007 Member Since: 4/11/2007	Well, I hate to be the cynic, but its kind of expected for these things to happen. Usually after something horrible like the Virginia shootings there will be copy cats and pranksters. it sucks, but its true. good thing it wasnt a real gunman or anything.
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:33:05 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:33:45 PM
Gypsy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,306 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/9/2005	I would have been a mess! I can't imagine. I'm so glad that he, and everyone at his school are okay!
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:33:45 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:50:44 PM
lumpkin Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,491 Last Post: 2/29/2008 Member Since: 5/24/2005	How frightening, Kaleigh. I'm so glad your son is okay. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Opinions are like belly buttons. Everyone has one, but some are more appealing than others.
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:50:44 PM

P: 4/18/2007 10:57:30 PM
*DeeJay** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,491 Last Post: 9/23/2009 Member Since: 3/26/2006	Lisa, big hugs outgoing to you and your son. The entire VT situation is so sad, and I'm just glad the thing that happend today at your son's school was was a misunderstanding with the pellet gun and that your son is OK.
Posted: 4/18/2007 10:57:30 PM

P: 4/18/2007 11:32:57 PM
amylikesrocks Cut Rock Total Posts: 223 Last Post: 11/8/2007 Member Since: 4/2/2007	Oh my gosh, I am so sorry you and your son had to go through that. I heard there were a bunch of scares today including at VT again. Just so awful. How is your son now? Is he freaked out or has it all calmed down?
Posted: 4/18/2007 11:32:57 PM

P: 4/19/2007 12:25:24 AM
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,204 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005	Good Lord that's scary.. what an idiot!! I'm glad no one was hurt. sigh. Where ARE people's heads? My daughter attends ASU.. today we had two emails from ASU's parent's association regarding the Virginia shootings.. its a horrid thing to HAVE to send. They've had threats.. here at SDSU we have as well. People are a**es.. it was tragic what happened, pull your head out of your bum and don't pull crappy pranks. It infuriates me. Sickos.
Posted: 4/19/2007 12:25:24 AM

P: 4/19/2007 1:09:38 AM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,896 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	Thanks guys. He's doing well, and is looking forward to coming home this weekend. He spared me some of the details, but they came out later on. Hubby is away on business in TX, so that made it super hard. Once we talked, he was full of emotion as you can imagine. But our son?? He made us proud today. And can't wait to hug him and kiss him over and over until he says quit it mom and dad... ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 4/19/2007 1:09:38 AM

P: 4/19/2007 1:16:37 AM
Mag00 Rough Rock Total Posts: 66 Last Post: 6/16/2007 Member Since: 4/11/2007	Date: 4/19/2007 12:25:24 AM Author: SanDiegoLady My daughter attends ASU.. today we had two emails from ASU's parent's association regarding the Virginia shootings oh whoa. I go to NAU. We also had some letters about that too.
Posted: 4/19/2007 1:16:37 AM

P: 4/19/2007 1:20:37 AM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,896 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 4/19/2007 1:20:37 AM

P: 4/19/2007 1:24:50 AM
diamondfan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,996 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/17/2005	If ANY kid thinks it is funny to prank a school or phone in a false threat, especially now...well, I have no words for THAT either **************************** "There is no such thing as fun for the whole family-there are no massage parlors with ice cream and free jewelry" Jerry Seinfeld
Posted: 4/19/2007 1:24:50 AM

P: 4/19/2007 1:46:59 AM
monarch64 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,544 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/12/2005	Yeah, this is not an easy time for anyone, and things like this just make it worse, especially for parents and students. Sorry Kaleigh you had to go through this. I remember several bomb threats when I was in high school and also college, we students didn't think much of it then, but if I were a student now I would definitely be affected and shaken by it. "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau
Posted: 4/19/2007 1:46:59 AM

P: 4/19/2007 7:38:37 AM
Madam Bijoux Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,053 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/15/2005	Kaleigh, I'm so glad eveyrthing turned out OK. I wonder whether the world will ever be the same after this. "I never met a diamond I didn't like." No jewel is as beautiful as a cat's eyes. Madam Bijoux (Gabrielle)
Posted: 4/19/2007 7:38:37 AM

P: 4/19/2007 7:48:47 AM
anchor31 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,353 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 10/18/2005	How scary... I'm glad everyone's all right. ******** R & J 08-02-08 Expecting baby on 12-30-09
Posted: 4/19/2007 7:48:47 AM

P: 4/19/2007 7:51:56 AM
Harriet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,800 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 7/7/2006	Kaleigh, I'm glad your son's ok, but I'm sorry for what you had to go through. "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." (Souren Melikian)
Posted: 4/19/2007 7:51:56 AM

P: 4/19/2007 8:14:08 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Good grief, I'm glad he's ok Kaleigh. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 4/19/2007 8:14:08 AM

P: 4/19/2007 9:47:45 AM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,822 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Kaleigh, How are you doing today? I am thinking of you and your son. Sorry you guys went through that. Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 4/19/2007 9:47:45 AM

P: 4/19/2007 10:08:21 AM
Sundial Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,590 Last Post: 7/14/2009 Member Since: 3/14/2005	Oh Lisa I am so sorry that you had to go through such a scare with your son. I am just glad it turned out okay. We live in such disturbing times.
Posted: 4/19/2007 10:08:21 AM

P: 4/19/2007 10:19:23 AM
KimberlyH Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,538 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 6/15/2006	Lisa, I am so very sorry for you scare. My thoughts are with you! ~K
Posted: 4/19/2007 10:19:23 AM

P: 4/19/2007 11:22:38 AM
scarleta Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,545 Last Post: 9/20/2009 Member Since: 2/25/2006	THat was a terrible scare. I feel for you.Maybe they should really start concentrating on guns ( of any kind) and schools.I often see kids ( 4-6 yrs old )playing with toy guns.Can't they get different kind of toy to play with? Where is this going to? Glad it turned out ok for you and your family..
Posted: 4/19/2007 11:22:38 AM

P: 4/19/2007 12:37:47 PM
Miranda Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,042 Last Post: 9/24/2009 Member Since: 2/18/2006	Oh Lisa, I'm soooo sorry! Yes, you hug and kiss that boy until he begs you to stop. And send him some from your PS friends. I know we are all so relieved that he is OK.
Posted: 4/19/2007 12:37:47 PM

P: 4/19/2007 12:55:01 PM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,212 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	OMG Lisa, I am so sorry you had to go through this, thank God he is ok. Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be... - Stephanie M Thorn
Posted: 4/19/2007 12:55:01 PM

P: 4/19/2007 1:35:35 PM
FireGoddess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,145 Last Post: 3/23/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2005	I am deeply saddened by how frequently people continue to astound me with their stupidity and cruelty. Shooting bb guns on campus, at animals , particularly after all this has been going on at VT? I mean, seriously?? That makes me so angry. I am glad that this turned okay. I can understand why you would be shaken up. What is WRONG with people today!?
Posted: 4/19/2007 1:35:35 PM

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