BLACKSBURG Va.
Virginia Tech has distributed more than $8.5 million in donations to aid victims of the mass killings on campus in April, school leaders said Tuesday.
Families of the 32 people killed by student gunman Seung-Hui Cho were eligible for cash payments or a combination of funds and endowed scholarships in the victims’ names.
Funds also were distributed to more than two dozen who were injured in the classroom building when Cho killed most of his victims and himself, as well as people who were uninjured but in the classrooms during the rampage.
“We make these distributions knowing there’s only so much they can do,” University President Charles Steger said. “We can’t bring back these young people.”
All 79 people and families eligible to receive payments and benefits applied to do so.
Families of those killed were eligible for $208,000 in cash or a combination of funds and endowed scholarships in the victims’ names.