2008.04.16
Small groups continue to stand vigil with cadets
The crowds have gone. Crews are dismantling the speaker platforms used during the ceremony. The rattle of metal poles and the beeping of trucks in reverse make the only background noise. Only a handful of mourners are left at the stones. They cluster in small circles, or two at a time, arms around each other, some crying softly, others kneeling to read notes left for the dead. The smell of flowers hangs heavy in the air behind the Virginia Tech cadets who continue to guard the candle, two by two.
