Virginia Tech shooting victim known as loving, forgiving Christian
by Michael Ireland
April 23, 2007
BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA (ANS) -- On her MySpace page, Lauren McCain, aged 20, of Hampton, Virginia, who was an undergraduate majoring in international studies, listed "the love of my life" as Jesus Christ. Her family said McCain, who was among those killed in the Virginia Tech school shootings earlier this week, became a Christian some time ago. "Her life since that time has been filled with His love that continued to overflow to touch everyone who knew her," the family said in a statement.
Her uncle Jeff Elliott told The Oklahoman newspaper that she was an avid reader, was learning German and had almost mastered Latin. She was home-schooled, he said, and had worked at a department store for about a year to save money for college.
She spent several years of her childhood in Oklahoma, but her father's Navy career also took the family to Florida, Texas and then to Virginia.
"Lauren had such a sweet innocent heart," Jeanne Meadows, who attended church with McCain, wrote to MSNBC.com. "I can bet you at the last moment of her life she was most likely praying for the gunman and forgiving him."
© 2007 ASSIST News Service, used with permission.
