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Jonathan Gaines: Remembering with students, professor
Name: Jonathan Gaines
Age: 25
Hometown: Charlottesville
Occupation: Mechanical engineering doctoral student, Virginia Tech
Salem Farmers Market memorial service
12:15 p.m., Farmers Market, Salem
Community members gather at the Salem Farmers Market at noon to honor those who were killed on April 16th, 2007. The Virginia Tech Memorial Service was put on by Roanoke College and the City of Salem.
Photos and audio by Jeanna Duerscherl | The Roanoke Times
Matt Hudgins: Grieving with friends
10 a.m., Washington Street, Blacksburg
Name: Matt Hudgins
Age: 22
Hometown: Blacksburg
Occupation: Senior, Virginia Tech
Major: Horticultural landscaping
Blacksburg resident Matt Hudgins, 22, is a senior at Virginia Tech, majoring in horticultural landscaping. On the anniversary, he said it's important to grieve with friends.
Submitted by Duncan Adams | The Roanoke Times
Susan Duarte: 'Just doing my job'
9:18 a.m., Post Office
Susan Duarte helps a customer at the Main Street Post Office in Blacksburg on the anniversary of the Virginia Tech Shootings. Duarte took Cho's package that contained his manifesto before his rampage in Norris Hall.
Photos and audio by Justin Cook | The Roanoke Times
Joshua Nester: Reality hasn't set in
8:45 a.m., PowerZone, Christiansburg
Photo and audio by Duncan Adams | The Roanoke Times
Name: Joshua Nester
Age: 27
Hometown: Christiansburg
Occupation: PowerZone
"The only way I can seem to express myself about the day is with tears."Nester, a VT graduate, said the reality of April 16 has yet to sink in.
April Nye & Matthew Schrader: Alumni return
8 a.m. Duck Pond, Virginia Tech
Tech alums and Northern Virginia residents April Nye and Matthew Schrader returned to campus for the Day of Remembrance.
Photos and audio by Angela Manese-Lee | The Roanoke Times
Taps at midnight
12:01 a.m., Drillfield, Virginia Tech
Members of the Corps of Cadets stood guard as taps echoed across the Drillfield and a candle was lit to honor and remember the victims of last year's shooting.
Photos and audio by Josh Meltzer | The Roanoke Times
Prayer of thanksgiving
Before midnight (April 15), Drillfield, Virginia Tech
Students sing a prayer of thanks before the candle on the Drillfield is lit at midnight.
Photos and audio by Josh Meltzer | The Roanoke Times
"There is none like our God"
11:45 p.m., Drillfield, Virginia Tech
About 100 people gathered on the Drillfield for music and prayer before the lighting of a memorial candle late Tuesday night.
Photos and audio by Josh Meltzer | The Roanoke Times