I wonder how the owner of this cup, and the numerous others who barely missed this week's tragedy at Virginia Tech, will change their lives in response to feeling like they were given a second chance. Have you experienced a life-changing close call?

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A coffee cup left by a mourner is shown at a memorial for the victims of Monday's shooting at Drillfield on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, April 19, 2007.