Skip to content
Chapter 5-Virginia Tech-April 16, 2007 episode artwork

Nov 22, 2024 26 min

Chapter 5-Virginia Tech-April 16, 2007

from THE ASSAULTED--A Novel Hosted by John

Send us Fan Mail Gerry Peters was the son of THE broadcasting Power Couple in Washington, DC. He had brains, looks, and was progressing toward a summa cum laude degree in Journalism. At Virginia Tech. In 2007. Where Gerry found himself in the wrong classroom at the wrong moment. "Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charlestown. It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." President Obama, 10/01/2015, after Umpqua Community College shooting

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Send us Fan Mail Gerry Peters was the son of THE broadcasting Power Couple in Washington, DC. He had brains, looks, and was progressing toward a summa cum laude degree in Journalism. At Virginia Tech. In 2007. Where Gerry found himself in the wrong classroom at the wrong moment. "Somehow this has become routine! The reporting is routine, my response, here at this podium ends up being routine, the conversation in the aftermath of it, we've become numb to this. We talked about this after Columb...

Ready to play

Chapter 5-Virginia Tech-April 16, 2007

0:00 26:08

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of THE ASSAULTED--A Novel?

This episode is 26 minutes long.

When was this THE ASSAULTED--A Novel episode published?

This episode was published on November 22, 2024.

Can I download this THE ASSAULTED--A Novel episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.