NIU Valentine's Day Killings: 11th Anniversary

Yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of a very sad day in Northern Illinois University history when a lone gunman murdered five students and wounded seventeen more.  At least he did the decent thing and killed himself.

We were at K.C.'s Cabin in Spring grove, Illinois, and had just gotten their burger special when we saw on the TV screen video of what appeared to be the NIU campus.  There was no sound on at the time, but eventually the words NIU shootings came across the screen.

We were shocked.  It was one of those, well, it happens elsewhere, but not here moments.

February 14, 2018.