Whether miles away, or just a few doors down the road.

Binghamton University students watched the events at the ACA unfold while on Spring break.

Now, back on campus, many of them came together tonight, to remember the victims.

Action News Reporter Reed Buterbaugh shows us how.

The attack on the ACA transpired on television screens across the country.

BU students home for spring break anxiously watched the events unfold.

But Front Street's student population saw the events up close.

"I woke up that morning seeing a bomb squad coming across my house so as I walked outside I saw the scene there were guns drawn," said Paul Liggieri, a senior at BU.

"It's really sad," said senior Brian Young. "I live in the neighborhood and I was home when it happened."

"Some close friends live right across the street from there," Senior David Bolatin said. "My heart was in my throat just thinking about what was going on."

At tonight's candle-lit vigil, students remembered the lives that were tragically ended that Friday.

Three of whom had a strong connection to the University community.

"I think it really affected a lot of students here we like to think of ourselves as kind of a multicultural campus," Young said.

A candle for each one of the 13 victims.

A 14th candle was for the gunman Jiverly Wong.

It took more than a week for organizers to decide whether or not to recognize Wong.

"It was decided that he still had a life and his family is still suffering and but we wanted to make sure that his candle was separate from the rest because he needs to be treated different," said Matthew Landau, President of the student association. "We cannot honor the way he that took away those lives. "

Multiple attempts to light Wong's candle were unsuccessful.

As a strong wind rolled through the ceremony.

BU also held a remembrance service for the victims earlier today.

Students wrote their condolences, which will be incorporated into a memorial book.