April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Virginia Tech students began a day of mourning and reflection at the Blacksburg campus today as they marked the one-year anniversary of the deadliest U.S. shooting rampage.
``The world was cheated on April 16 a year ago -- cheated out of the accomplishments that were sure to come from these lives,'' Governor Tim Kaine said at a gathering on the campus's Drillfield. ``Their lives were just too short for all the promise and good within them.''
Thirty-two students and teachers were slain at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University when English major Seung Hui Cho embarked on a shooting spree in classrooms and dorms before killing himself.
