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UW Prof Speaks About Being At Virginia Tech During Shooting

MADISON, Wis. — A group from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineering Department was on the Virginia Tech campus during the tragic shootings on Monday, and one professor shared his experience there.

Three UW faculty members — Professor Thomas Lipo, Robert Lorenz and Thomas Jahns — were there with five undergraduate students for an engineering seminar. That building sits adjacent to the one where the second shooting took place, WISC-TV reported.

Lipo had been to Virginia Tech about 20 times in the past 30 years. He said that a day later he is still shaken from what happened.