Yesterday’s tragic events at Virginia Tech caused Americans everywhere to stop in their tracks and take a deep breath. As a broadcaster, I started evaluating the media coverage and comparing notes with others in the industry. As a parent of two young adults at a university, the “on” switch for the “worry” part of my brain was flipped. Especially since my kids are at the University of Texas, site of the previous record of students killed. As I drove home from work, I noticed flags being lowered to half mast and a general feeling of sadness and depression set in. What kind of a world do we live in, where innocent students in the prime of their lives are gunned down? How can our country hope to continue? As I thought about it, I looked over just in time to see a car blow out a tire on the freeway, and manage to negotiate to the side of the road (a rather amazing feat, given the fact that it was Houston in drive time!). Almost immediately, not one or two but three cars stopped to offer help. Total strangers just checking on someone in need. It reminded me that while there are some bad people in the world, there are many many many more good ones. Take some comfort in that.
