In small numbers, mourners crossed the expansive green Drill Field to the makeshift memorial that they call The Wall.
The Virginia Tech campus was quiet. Classes were closed and most of the 26,000 students have left to escape the sadness that hangs over this small mountain town. Those that remain wondered how the university and its students will move on.
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