Yep, Jeff, he was an engineering student - of my dad's. He switched from mechanical engineering to architectural engineering, which was my father's department. Dad said he was the nicest guy, and a good student. He gave me a book about the tower shootings, and there was a photo of the Architectural Engineers Association that included Whitman and my dad (who was the group's advisor). Spooky! They've concluded that while he did have a brain tumor, that wasn't the cause of his actions. He was actually pretty messed up for a long time, although he was good at covering up his problems.

They just re-opened the tower right before I left in 2002. It had been closed down ever since that sad day. What is crazy is if you see the movie The Tower I think it's called. It was filmed right there and after you see the movie you know where some of the people were standing when they got shot. And when you walk in or near that spot it's really creepy.