Joe Biden Gets Emotional At Virginia Tech Shooting Memorial
Joe Biden Gets Emotional At Virginia Tech Shooting Memorial
The Huffington Post | By Sam Stein
Posted: 08/15/2012 3:57 pm Updated: 08/15/2012 4:38 pm
An emotional moment transpired Wednesday when Vice President Joseph Biden made an unannounced stop at the campus memorial for victims of the April 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. The event was captured by the pool reporter on duty, to whom Biden hadn't been planning on offering remarks.
Your pooler asked what the memorial meant to him, prompting Biden to recall his own life's tragedy. VP paused repeatedly as he answered in an emotional, solemn fashion.
Biden staff initially tried to shoo the pool away when the queston was posed, but the vp wanted to answer.
"It means," he said, pausing. “I’ll tell you what it means. It means to me that – it reminds you how precious life is. And that – you know I think of those kids, but I also think of their parents. No child should predecease their parents. I remember what it’s like. [Pause] It brings back, [pause] It brings back memories. Whether it’s that call, out of the blue that you get, and it’s like how could this happen."
CBS producer Rodney Hawkins asked Biden about the recent shootings, prompting VP staff to again shoo the pool.
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Vice President Joe Biden visits the April 16 Memorial on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., Aug.15, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)
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Vice President Joe Biden visits the April 16th memorial on the campus of Virginia Tech following a campaign stop Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012.
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... the empathy he has makes me tear up too... 
