To all my friends: Just so you know, I love you.
Last night at around 11:30 or so a girl in my dorm jumped from the 16th floor and killed herself.
When we first saw the body covered by a white sheet, where you could see the exact outline,I had no idea what the true story about what happened to this lifeless body was.
There were so many rumors circulating Rhoads Hall: a guy got shot, a kid got shot and pushed out of the window, is it a boy or a girl?.
I was completely freaked out when I first heard anyone died. Then a three cops, a detective, and a security guard knocked on my door. They asked if they could come in, I let them. My first instinct was to shut my closet door so they could not see Mei.Ha.
I let them in, then the detective asked me to leave the room, so I did.
I stood outside of my room with two of the cops and the security guard who happens to be in my Spanish 205 class.
They began to ask me questions.. "Where is your roommate?""I'm not sure..at home I think?""What's her name?""Dominique" "Is she black?" "Yes."
I was extremely puzzled by the questions. Especially the last. It was not until today that it all made sense to me. They were going to each room on my side of the dorm to find out where the person who died may have lived/jumped from and they probably were white.
The detective and fellow officers started to mark my room off as a no-go.
I really did not know what to think of this. I was caught off guard and felt weird. I went to my friends and told them what happened. We then adventured down to the 5th floor to hopefully find some answeers and my friend's roommate. My friend's roommate actually saw the body before it was covered up. I cannot even begin to imagine how that felt.
When we went to the 5th floor, you could see the body in plain view. Of course covered up though.
The whole night was filled with fear and wonder of what happened to that body and who it was.I stayed up till 4am. It was not until about 2:00AM that I found out it was in fact a girl and she did jump. It was not until 3am that VCU officially notified the students.
With all this, it made me really think about the fact that so many people out there feel worthless. So I want my friends to know that they mean something to me & that they're wonderful. I know you forget some times because things get hard and you want to give up. But don't.I'm here. Your family is here.Etc.
I love you!
When we first saw the body covered by a white sheet, where you could see the exact outline,I had no idea what the true story about what happened to this lifeless body was.
There were so many rumors circulating Rhoads Hall: a guy got shot, a kid got shot and pushed out of the window, is it a boy or a girl?.
I was completely freaked out when I first heard anyone died. Then a three cops, a detective, and a security guard knocked on my door. They asked if they could come in, I let them. My first instinct was to shut my closet door so they could not see Mei.Ha.
I let them in, then the detective asked me to leave the room, so I did.
I stood outside of my room with two of the cops and the security guard who happens to be in my Spanish 205 class.
They began to ask me questions.. "Where is your roommate?""I'm not sure..at home I think?""What's her name?""Dominique" "Is she black?" "Yes."
I was extremely puzzled by the questions. Especially the last. It was not until today that it all made sense to me. They were going to each room on my side of the dorm to find out where the person who died may have lived/jumped from and they probably were white.
The detective and fellow officers started to mark my room off as a no-go.
I really did not know what to think of this. I was caught off guard and felt weird. I went to my friends and told them what happened. We then adventured down to the 5th floor to hopefully find some answeers and my friend's roommate. My friend's roommate actually saw the body before it was covered up. I cannot even begin to imagine how that felt.
When we went to the 5th floor, you could see the body in plain view. Of course covered up though.
The whole night was filled with fear and wonder of what happened to that body and who it was.I stayed up till 4am. It was not until about 2:00AM that I found out it was in fact a girl and she did jump. It was not until 3am that VCU officially notified the students.
With all this, it made me really think about the fact that so many people out there feel worthless. So I want my friends to know that they mean something to me & that they're wonderful. I know you forget some times because things get hard and you want to give up. But don't.I'm here. Your family is here.Etc.
I love you!