Sean Harringan: 'Back of my mind'

2 p.m., Torgensen Hall, Virginia Tech

In shorts and a T-shirt, Tech sophomore Sean Harringan, kneeled in the dirt of the flower bed outside Torgensen Hall near the Drillfield. He pointed his Nikon at the rows of yellow blooms on this warm spring afternoon.

“It’s in the back of my mind,” he said of the shootings. But on this day off, he and a friend were “winging the day.” He said he might go for a run or a bike ride later to relax -- or possibly camp for the night with marshmallows. He did not know if he was going to attend the candlelight vigil later on the Drillfield.

For now, he was concentrating on the beauty in front of his lens, kneeling in the dirt to take more shots of the new spring flowers.

Submitted by Erinn Hutkin | The Roanoke Times