Waco. 9/11. Columbine. On April 16th, a new location entered our lexicon of tragedy — Blacksburg.
Doubtlessly, ample time will spawn second-guessing of the administration of Virginia Tech in minute detail about what it could have done or should have done. Much will be filtered through the lens of 20/20 hindsight. Nevertheless, even lay people can understand the concerns regarding Virginia Tech's handling of this unprecedented crisis.
Within hours of the crisis, observers openly questioned many aspects of the administration's handling of the event. For example, why was the Virginia Tech campus not locked down earlier than 9:50 AM, right after the first set of shootings in the dorm? Why hadn't the university heeded troubling signs that the student, Cho Seung-Hui, was a potential menace?
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