WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush commemorated the first anniversary Tuesday of the deadliest U.S. university campus shooting, expressing hope that the victims' families will be healed and comforted.
Cho Seung-hui, a Korean student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, shot 32 students and professors in a rampage before killing himself one year ago.
"The horrific crimes committed at Virginia Tech University filled our souls with sadness," the presidential statement said. "One year later, we remember the victims murdered and wounded that day.
"We join our fellow Americans in praying for the families and friends whose hearts ache for their loved ones," it said. "Students, teachers and alumni have overcome evil with good by supporting each other with love and compassion. We are humbled by their resilience and confidence in the university's bright future.
"We pray that God will continue to comfort and heal the people of the Virginia Tech community," the statement said. (Yonhap)