To the entire JPG Photography community:
The news of tragic incident in Blacksburg has now touched the entire world. This senseless act is unfortunately a history making event, one that will be with the country for days, months and years.
The good news is that people and organizations are coming together and will work to correct and prevent similar future incidents from happening again. Simultaneously, we realize that the insane free will of one can ruin the lives of many. We hope that reforms are put in place to prevent the ease for this one gunman to carry out his crimes.
In this awful time, Dan and I offer our prayers to the friends and family of the victims, students, alumni and community of Virginia Tech.
We also are asking for your prayers, thoughts and patience. While Dan and I are both fortunate to not have lost anyone close to us, as journalists, we are now interviewing the friends and family of the deceased.
As many of you know, Dan and I met in Smithfield, Virginia, and one of the 30 student victims, Nicole White, 20, graduated from Smithfield High School in 2004. Another one of the wounded also came from Smithfield. Dan has spent time interviewing family and friends for The Smithfield Times. I also will be conducting follow-up coverage for my newspaper in Maryland.
We have friends who are photographers and clients across Virginia and near Blacksburg too. One client graduated from VT, and our prayers go out to him and his family too. We're with you Beth and Josh, who are scheduled to marry this September.
To grieve for the victims, as well as friends and family of VT, we will be posting messages of our experiences on our BLOG: jpgphotography.blogspot.com. WE INVITE you, or anyone you know, who has a message or story they would like to share to contact us. We are looking to share stories and help because even our tiny community can overcome the tremendous pain and sorrow that the entire country is feeling.
Thank you for your time.
God Bless!
Joe And Dan
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