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Whitewater connects to shooting
Sarah Millard
Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News
"We saw we were surrounded by armed police," Cassidy said. "We actually saw them carry several people out on stretchers ... It was all very surreal. I was not afraid but I left. There were the police and then there were a lot of people just standing around, looking around. I think people were still trying to figure things out because this was less than an hour after had happened.I don't think it had really sunk in yet."
Cassidy said his office window could be seen on some of the media footage. He also said he could throw a rock out his window and hit Cole Hall.
"When I taught class in [Cole Hall], I would leave two minutes before class started and I would get there in time," he said. "It was much shorter than the walk from my office in the library ... to [Heide Hall], probably about after the satellite dishes [to Heide Hall]."
Even after last year's shootings at Virginia Tech, Cassidy said he knew a shooting tragedy could happen anywhere, but generally don't expect it to personally happen.
"You certainly don't expect things like that to happen to your university," Cassidy said. "It's not that kind of place, right?"
Kiederlen and Cassidy were not acquainted with any of the victims from the Valentine's Day shooting spree.
Cassidy said his office window could be seen on some of the media footage. He also said he could throw a rock out his window and hit Cole Hall.
"When I taught class in [Cole Hall], I would leave two minutes before class started and I would get there in time," he said. "It was much shorter than the walk from my office in the library ... to [Heide Hall], probably about after the satellite dishes [to Heide Hall]."
Even after last year's shootings at Virginia Tech, Cassidy said he knew a shooting tragedy could happen anywhere, but generally don't expect it to personally happen.
"You certainly don't expect things like that to happen to your university," Cassidy said. "It's not that kind of place, right?"
Kiederlen and Cassidy were not acquainted with any of the victims from the Valentine's Day shooting spree.
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