Hillsborough students at Virginia Tech OK

Local students checking on each other following shooting

By:John Patten
   Local students attending Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., where Korean student Cho Seung Hui, 23, killed 32 others Monday before killing himself, have been in contact with their parents and each other and are safe, according to Kathy Lysyj, mother of VT student Kyra Lysyj.
   Ms. Lysyj said her daughter began sending text messages to her parents early Monday, and communicated throughout the day.
   "She was actually in a building not far from where the shooting occurred," Ms Lysyj said Tuesday. "We were in touch with her the whole time."
   Ms. Lysyj said many of the local students had been in touch with each other also, and were believed to be unharmed in the incident.
   Among the other students from Hillsborough are Andrew Gewain, Peter Strapp and Vanessa Tumminia.
   For more on the students, see Thursday’s Hillsborough Beacon.