Some families of the 32 shooting victims couldn't bear to attend Virginia Tech's graduation Friday. Others said they had no choice but to come.
"We have to. This is right for us," said Peter Read, whose freshman daughter Mary Karen Read was among those killed in the April 16 attack by student Seung-Hui Cho.
The school planned to issue class rings to Peter Read and relatives of the other 26 student victims on Friday night, then diplomas in smaller ceremonies Saturday. Five faculty members were also slain before Cho killed himself.
