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Virginia Tech alert system fails

Nov. 14, 2008
Campus officials were trying to notify students and faculty about reports of gunfire
One of four methods Virginia Tech uses to alert students and faculty in an emergency failed when school administrators tried to warn the Blacksburg campus about reports of gunfire in a residence hall. This is the first time Virginia Tech has used its new emergency alert system since the April 16, 2007, massacre. That day, a student gunman killed 32 people and himself.
To read the USA Today article, click here. ALSO: The university is trying to determine why the system did not work exactly as designed. To read The Richmond Times-Dispatch article, click here.

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