At the University of North Carolina, two shootings 30 years apart show how much has changed

Posted Sep 25, 2023
Three decades ago, as a North Carolina student, he covered a deadly shooting for the school newspaper. Last month, as a journalism professor at the same school, Ryan Thornburg kept his students safe during a lockdown — after another shooting. Other UNC alumni who remember the 1995 tragedy now have children enrolled at their alma mater. (Associated Press)

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