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Kristina Heeger was wounded in her French class nearly two years ago when a gunman killed 30 of her classmates and instructors at Virginia Tech’s Norris Hall. Still coping with memories of the massacre, she returned to the historic stone building Friday as the university reopened the wing of the academic building where the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history occurred. “It’s still something I deal with every day,” Heeger told reporters during a tour of the newly refurbished west wing of Norris Hall’s second floor, where visitors took in the gleaming, contemporary space. “We’re still grieving, we’re still mourning,” she said. “But we are coming together in a very strong, powerful way. We are coming together to move forward.” The renovation after the April 16, 2007, shooting created six rooms and laboratories for the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, university officials said. The 4,300-square-foot area will also house the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Pr