Continual updates from the Roanoke Times
How one dad found out -- "And then it just started to reveal itself to me that something was wrong. So I gathered my family and we drove down..."
He held the door closed while his students escaped --
"My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee,..Students started opening windows and jumping out."
"As soon as he started reading, the whole class started laughing and pointing and saying, `Go back to China..."
"There were just some people who were really mean to him and they would push him down and laugh at him,..He didn't speak English really well and they would really make fun of him."
Why we do wrong -- (on the video NBC has, the shooter blames everyone but himself)
"I'm going to let you in on a secret. I'm going to give you a foolproof technique...that is the most powerful and most potent defense against Satan you could ever employ. If you do what I say, and follow these instructions every time you are tempted...I guarantee this will solve your problem..."
And, though these were written in response to 9-11, they answer the same kinds of questions heard now: