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Hokies unite to begin healing process

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- When Virginia Tech student Brandi Baumeier saw thousands of people lined up on the sidewalks surrounding Cassell Coliseum and Lane Stadium on Tuesday morning, the scene immediately reminded her of a much more joyous event. "I looked out the window and it looked like a football game -- the colors and the mass exodus," said Baumeier, a junior from Newport News, Va., "but then you realize there are 32 people who aren't walking down to the football game." Cassell Coliseum a ...

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