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My Son William

My sixteen year old son William was shot and killed in 1997 at a fast food restaurant where he was working. He was on his second day at work, and he...>

A True Story About Home Invasion: Would You Be Ready?

My husband occasionally hunted and had guns in our home. I was scared of guns because I had never been taught much about them. Through the years,...>

First on the scene at Virginia Tech

On April 16, 2007, Patrick Hodges, a photojournalist at CBS station WDBJ, Roanoke, Va. was the first television photojournalist on the scene of...>