Paul Di Filippo ([info]pgdf) wrote in [info]theinferior4,
2007-04-16 20:00:00
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Horrid news of a possible death

I've just had word via John Kessel, who in turn received the news from a coworker of Michael Bishop, that Mike Bishop's son Jamie was among the murder victims at Virginia Tech.

There is no news-service confirmation of this yet. It might not be true. Perhaps Jamie is only among the wounded, or not involved at all.

But at the moment, it does not look good for this wonderful young man.

Please give a prayer for Jamie and all the other victims, as well as for the entire Bishop family.


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[info]jaylake

April 17 2007, 00:19:44 UTC 5 years ago

Ah me.

[info]pgtremblay

April 17 2007, 00:21:33 UTC 5 years ago

this is all just horrible beyond words

Anonymous

April 17 2007, 00:26:28 UTC 5 years ago

Oh Paul, that's terrible, terrible news. My heart goes out to Mike and his family and everyone who knows them.

[info]paulwitcover

April 17 2007, 00:27:47 UTC 5 years ago

hope

I hope that this will turn out to be a false alarm. I can only imagine what the Bishops are going through, and my heart goes out to them. But even if this report is proved wrong, so many have lost loved ones; so many lives senselessly ended or warped by some asshole with easy access to firearms.

[info]blzblack

April 17 2007, 00:28:30 UTC 5 years ago

I'm sorry to hear of this.

[info]ratmmjess

April 17 2007, 00:32:23 UTC 5 years ago

What a waste. So very sad.

[info]coppervale

April 17 2007, 00:49:47 UTC 5 years ago

Mike Bishop is a very good man, and I'm very much hoping this news is a mistake.

Please post as soon as you know, whatever the news.

[info]lizjonesbooks

April 17 2007, 00:50:43 UTC 5 years ago

So, so sad.
May it be a false alarm.

[info]matociquala

April 17 2007, 00:53:07 UTC 5 years ago

As if the news were not already terrible enough.

How horrible.

[info]alexotica

April 17 2007, 01:22:40 UTC 5 years ago

Jamie and Steffi are German profs at Virginia Tech. I've been trying to find word about them since I heard about the shootings. Doubly so since I read it was a German class. Don't let this be it.

[info]imnotandrei

April 17 2007, 01:23:37 UTC 5 years ago

I hate to be the bearer of further confirmation, but...

"I saw bullets hit people's body," Sheehan said. "There was blood everywhere." She added, "My professor, Herr Bishop, I'm not sure if he's alive.""

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/16/ap3618509.html

I'm sorry to have to add this, but I thought people would want to know.

Anonymous

April 17 2007, 01:31:37 UTC 5 years ago

Condolences to the Bishop family and to the other families who are suffering.

---mortal matter

[info]mouseworks

5 years ago

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[info]bondgwendabond

April 17 2007, 01:41:44 UTC 5 years ago

Words fail me.

[info]ellen_datlow

April 17 2007, 02:00:49 UTC 5 years ago

Oh no. Oh god. Poor Mike and Geri.

[info]lagringa

April 17 2007, 02:05:05 UTC 5 years ago

Please let us know what you find out. In the meantime, I'll send up a prayer for the Bishop family.

[info]marrael

April 17 2007, 02:06:22 UTC 5 years ago

This was the LJ post I did not want to see.

[info]casacorona

April 17 2007, 02:28:22 UTC 5 years ago

This is grievous news.

[info]carnwrite

April 17 2007, 02:34:16 UTC 5 years ago

Oh my God. I sincerely hope this isn't true.

Anonymous

April 17 2007, 02:42:29 UTC 5 years ago

To the Bishops, my regrets and sorrow.

To the community that supports them....my respect and admiration.

To ALL those dead and injured and traumatized -- my prayers.

Peg

[info]asterling

April 17 2007, 02:44:51 UTC 5 years ago

I hope so much this isn't true, Paul. Having lost a son - I hope so much that this has not happened to their family.

[info]sunpony

April 17 2007, 02:46:56 UTC 5 years ago

This makes an already-awful day much worse. Condolences to all who lost friends and loved ones today.

[info]jlundberg

April 17 2007, 04:15:46 UTC 5 years ago

The sad news is true. I just got off the phone a little while ago with a friend of Jamie's, and he confirmed that Jamie died around 5 p.m.

I am so damn upset about this.

[info]derrylm

April 17 2007, 05:12:42 UTC 5 years ago

As horrible as the news already was, this makes it all the worse for people who know Mike. Devastating is too ineffective a word.

D

Anonymous

April 17 2007, 08:04:02 UTC 5 years ago

Jaime Bishop and Paul's email

Sorry, my mouse is broken, making this computer difficult to use.
But I regret to report this page seems to confirm the terrible news:

http://news.bostonherald.com/national/south/view.bg?articleid=195169

'One of the slaying victims was young German instructor Jamie Bishop, whose wife, Stefanie Hofer, also teaches German at the college but was unharmed.

'"Jamie was a very nice man. He was dedicated to what he did," said grief-stricken friend Troy Paddock, whose wife, Mary, also teaches German and was comforting Bishop's widow last night. "He will be missed."

'Troy Paddock said he and Bishop - who was completing his second year at Virgina Tech - tried to have lunch once a week. "I haven?t been able to wrap my head around it," he said of the rampage.

'"This was a young, energetic, vivacious guy," said Kenneth Surin, who is married to French professor Janell Watson. Surin said his wife's colleagues were desperately trying to locate a French professor.

'The 33 deaths make it the deadliest mass shooting in United States history, eclipsing a 1991 shooting in Killeen, Texas, that left 23 dead, including gunman George Hennard.'

Paul, I tried to send this to you privately, but your EarthLink email address bounced with the error that "the user account is over quota."

--Mike Blake

Anonymous

April 17 2007, 09:12:23 UTC 5 years ago

Pete Crowther

I never met Jamie but we swapped several emails when he was working on the cover artwork for Mike's wonderful collection of essays A REVERIE FOR MISTER RAY, which PS put out a couple of years ago. He did a fantastic job. The news of his brutal murder -- let's not mess around with phrases like 'untimely death' -- devasted ME, so one can only imagine what it's done to Mike and Geri. Nobody should have to bury their kids -- it should be some kind of cosmic rule. My thoughts and prayers -- plus a whole skyload of good karma -- go out to them.

[info]shunn

April 17 2007, 10:51:33 UTC 5 years ago

Oh my god. I never met Jamie, but I know Mike, and there is no kinder, more gentlemanly person in the field. This is just unbelievable. The poor family.
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