Penn State Candlelight Vigil: LaVar Arrington Delivers Powerful Speech

The Penn State community is hurting after the campus was blind-sided by the allegations of sex abuse levied against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky last week. An emotional week that included Joe Paterno being fired, an embarrassing riot and what seemed like a torrent of terrible details about the case came to a close on Friday night with a candlelight vigil for the victims of the alleged abuse on the Penn State campus. It was the beginning of the healing process for the students and community as a whole

Student leaders spoke and read letters to the large crowd gathered in front of Old Main. LaVar Arrington, though, maybe have delivered the most powerful speech. Below are some of the excerpts.

Arrington says this is a wake up call and a time to protect one another. "I'm honored and humbled to be able to speak with you." — @DailyCollegian via Twitter

Photos from the candlelight vigil can be found here.

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