Rachael Elizabeth Hill, age 18

Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Tech shooting
Rachael died along with Prof. Couture-Nowak and 10 other students in French class

She was a Freshman from Glen Allen (Richmond), VA Majoring in Biological Sciences.

Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.

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