Staying human: the French class massacre

“And the girl I was with was really brave. She didn’t cry the whole time. I know she got shot in the back, and I was looking at her in the eyes most of the time when we were under those desks, just, kind of, staying human.”

– Clay Violand, a student who survived the April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech massacre in his French class, said during an interview on NPR, broadcast April 18, 2007.