The Teens Behind The Columbine High School Killing Spree | Absolute Documentaries
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- The detailed story of two troubled students who go on a killing spree inside Columbine High School killing 13 people on April 20, 1999.
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The principal initially was going to stay until the freshman class from 1998/1999 graduated, but then he stayed another 20 years - until every single child enrolled in that district for 1998/1999 graduated. So very, very admirable.
Huh
@@dee8505 The principle was going to quit, but he stayed until everyone that went thru the shooting graduated.
That’s a heroic move
@@Revishn its a heroic move??
Why would that take 20 years?
ALMOST 25 YEARS AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
Facts 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
That guy who learned to walk again is a true inspiration.
Yes, it is not an easy task from physical wounds to nerve wounds
I saw that part and right after that i read your comment, yes it's pretty horrible, 'cause he didn't realize
@@christiannnn1506 it helped to play roket league, imagine being stranded all day at home 🐷🐖
The guy who said he felt like a “coward” he was just a boy. He didn’t know what to do in that situation. He did the only thing he could do. The cowards were the attackers.
That's survivors guilt
Fr
@@Epic_C you could call it that too
Anyone in his position would feel the same way 😢
There's no shame in running away. There's no shame in surviving.
I bet all these students who survived this shooting still get their hearts shattered every time they hear of another mass shooting that's taken place, especially when it's taken place at a school...
You are 100% right, but if there's anyone that has a say in the change of gun laws, it is the survivors and some of the bravest ones are working towards change.
@@abbymkw12 no thanks
Can’t tell you how much I appreciate this. As if victims of shootings are the people in charge.
@@abbymkw12we the people do not have a say
Spoiled kids!
Craig lost his sister and his 2 best friends. He lost some of the closest people. I feel so bad for everyone. This is just horrific
Had two people killed right next to him, a few others nearby and his sister was the first one killed. And the last conversation he had with her was an argument. Can’t imagine how he can find peace in his life after all that. That would NEVER go away.
@@viniBR232........no just no
@@viniBR232bro your like 30, be productive
@@viniBR232your mom's real hot too, takes a trophy
@@OMEGASZN Look man, you are 100% correct about being productive, not gonna argue there or say if I am or not. But I am extremely amazed at how you guessed my age with absurd accuracy. You are very good at that.
Man hearing Daniel's father talk is absolutely gut wrenching what they went through. Him waiting on that last bus to come and then to find out it wasn't coming is just 💔
I had the opportunity to speak with him, he’s an incredibly kind man.
@@Provos7777 ya very nice guy
My heart absolutely broke and I broke down with it. How devastating and unfair. The picture of him as a little boy :/
truly heartbreaking
@@Difrentstyles Incredibly strong too, how he remains positive & true to faith amazes me.
@@klaudiaarriera9989 What happened to Daniel & the other kids is horrific. Rachel Scott really got to me as well.
Nothing cowardly about surviving. But the survivors guilt is real. Also, the pain in Daniel's father's voice when talking about there being "no last school bus" is heartbreaking. I couldn't imagine how that must've felt.
he is a coward it should have been him not his sister how can he live with himself, maybe some rope?
100% agree. It’s the Opposite of cowardice. Bravery if anything.
Only cowards were the privileged weak boys who couldn't fight but pull a trigger
This entire event was devastating. 😊❤
When the birds flew overhead at the end of the..... I felt that to the core. Poor guy, as well as the rest of the families that lost a child.
All the kids killed. Would be in their 40’s now if they was alive still
May they all rest in peace
✝️🕯️🕊️
I know Craig will never see this but, never feel ashamed of what happened in that Library. What happened to your friends was out of your control and done, and you did what you had to so you could be here to tell us about them today. Rest In Peace to your two friends man
RIP to his sister Rachel too.❤️
Well said.
Did you watch the whole thing? His sister was murdered too!
why won't craig ever see this?
Thanks - Craig
Craig came to my school as a special guest and talked about his experience. He talked about how he lost his sister and 2 bestfriends in js seconds. I started crying after his story. Rip 🕊️
We had a guy just like Dylan and Eric in high school and this was a couple years before Columbine. I remember telling my Mom, “I’m always really nice to Craig because if he decides to do something crazy, hopefully he’ll tell me to stay home that day.”
Haha good idea
Or, just be kind to everybody regardless
@@aaronscarpa7469 That worked out real well for those 13 nice kids and kind teachers, didn’t it?
Keep those rose colored glasses on though 👍🏻
@@barbarossa1780 in interviews there was one guy who they literally let go when they recognized him and remembered that he was chill with them
@@aaronscarpa7469 Smart fella
Craig Scott had to witness the massacre in the library, and witness his best friends get killed there as well. He's definitely an inspiration, but you can just see it in his eyes, that he's really messed up, even after all these years. He also lost his sister in the shooting. He probably suffers from PTSD, and probably can't sleep at night, unless he's heavily medicated. Poor guy. I hope he's doin alright these days.
@Jay Iidd why is that funny?
He broke my heart. I can't imagine his pain.
@Jay Iidd you are heart less to be putting a laughing emoji on this if I could call you certain names without getting deleted I would your an abomination of a human being. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@@alonsoswife I cried listening to him. So sad and terrible 😢
@@ramus9 me too
The young man with the dream of paralysis and then to be paralyzed after this sent chills to my soul
It’s very true, some dreams are warnings.
Wldd I've had a dream n it come to life, it's weird frr
Crying for Daniels dad, I hope he receives the help and support he needs ❤️❤️
That sweet boy who lost his friends and sister.. You are so brave! Not a coward.
The pain in the face of Daniels father all these years later at the end of this video as those geese started flying by... it's absolutely heart wrenching. Tom loved his boy more than anything, and Daniel was such a kind and gentle soul. It just breaks my heart.
The parents of the victims should have sued the parents of the killers
@@dawn2069 i don't agree with that... unless the parents actually knew their plans, then you can't hold them criminally liable. Besides, i bet their lives haven't exactly been smooth sailing as a result of their sons' actions.
@@dawn2069 The parents had nothing to do with what their kids did. There's interviews on one of them. She feels guilty enough.
@@Jackson-pu7gd unless the kids are mentally ill, how far does the apple fall from the tree?? Their parents were severely negligent. I've seen it growing up, the Eddie Haskell scenario; and they were Sued.
@@dawn2069 That makes no sense.
If people are wondering how long trauma lasts,......it lasts a lifetime. Ask anyone who endured a traumatic event and survived. You deal with it but it never leaves you. PTSD sets in soon after if not immediately.
Not always . Sometimes it can mainifest years later
@@sarahwynn6486hi very true as you try to forget and life goes on then you can be trying to sleep and you can’t,certain smells can set off memories and then it affects how you try to live your life.Terrible anxiety but you don’t know why ? You try to get help but no one is able to work out what’s wrong you just get treated for anxiety.Over forty years later before they say Hyper vigilant PTSD.X
Yes I know, you learn to live with it.
Left unaddressed, early childhood trauma will often haunt folks until they realize they need help AND get the help from a clinician who specializes in assisting people in working through their feelings about the trauma their subconscious mind is manipulating them into destructive behaviors.
It’s the scourge of humanity.
I have two friends from the las Vegas shooting and they still have PTSD really bad
The sad truth is that nothing seems to have changed, it is still happening.
nothing changed at all. in my school you can just walk in any of the doors, front back sides none of them are locked. some kid even brought a gun to school one time and was going to do it and he got in the school and decided he didnt want to, but the promblem there is the school knew all about it and deadass didnt care. and ive been in multiple schools as ive transfered to many and all of them are like that. not only that but i see school shootings on the news all the time. its sad to have so many people die and be perm injured and traumatized for nothing to be changed not even in their honor. no one should be scared to go to school.
Something has changed. It's getting worse. The evil in the world is steadily growing.
Sad but true.
Truth hurts
@@christopherfleming7505its actually not. Statistically less pppl die than ever before. Its just cuz we have media and can see it on screen in more ways than before
That's got to be the worst feeling waiting for your kid after knowing what just happen at the school and not knowing if your kids are walking out. Sad
Makes me absolutely nauseous thinking about that.
Chills
shut up. its not sad. its funny
That is the one thing I would never wish on my worst enemy. I have 3 kids who are still toddlers and I dread this happening. That has to be the most soul draining thing for a parent to do. you know there are dead kids because of a shooting but you wonder for an hour or so, whether or not, your own kid is the one that is lying dead on the ground. I will never be able to imagine that kind of worry and I hope to God I never experience this or any parents for that matter.
@@brantleylangford9192sthu edgelord, you aint "cool".
Hearing Daniels fathers grief was absolutely heartbreaking. I cant even fathom what it would feel like realizing that no more busses were coming.
The survivor's guilt must be brutal for those who got out alive, and those who saw their fellow students/friends die that day.
Peek-a-boo
For real it’s painful to watch this and think about all the pain it caused so many people
The most alarming thing about watching this documentary is the realization that NOTHING has changed since. All of these kids, and all of the subsequent victims of school shootings, have died in vain. 💔💔
So homie just had a website dedicated to openly talking about unaliving people and no one thought maybe this is an unhinged person that needs serious help?? TF??
From someone who's been bullied all of my life and on and on I can understand the frustration. I can understand the hurt the pain day in and day out of being ridiculed taunted bullied cashed out in front of your own peers everyday and it takes a toll knowing talked about that. No one talked about how much the bullies did to two young men standing on their own because they were kept that way. Only after so long you break free or you break mentally, emotionally and physically. Bullying has gone to a point where people commit suicide because they had no other options. They can't take it anymore and they don't. Bullying should be against the law. Law should be created to protect those who are bullied. Responsibility needs to be dealt with at both sides. Need to be protected
Very different times of the internet and definitely no "social media." No one was monitoring teens, making supposed spoof videos and no one in a million years would have expected this at that time.
Learn proper English
Please don’t say unalive.
@@BobBuilder-vn4ux get over it. It’s social media lingo to avoid comments being taken down for using certain words.
My youngest had just started high school. She was home sick that day. We sat together and talked about how scary it was. She started planning that day, finding out how to get out of the school, where best to hide, and it just changed her. It made her more determined to survive through anything. Two years later, on 9-11, she was again home sick (her senior year) and her brother and family also lived with us. We all sat watching and at one point my daughter looked at me and said, "that's it. I can't stay home again. Every time I do, something bad happens." Broke my heart. She grown now, has a senior and a sophomore in high school and a new baby. She taught college biology and now researches. We got through it, but so many haven't since that day. Bless you Craig, walking was the best thing you could do, and I admire you for the courage to do it.
@@woodya2842 nobody cares that you don't care.
@@martindkampmann and nobody cares that you don’t care that I don’t care that nobody cares about you not caring about nobody caring
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I am so deeply sorry for what u went thro
Acting as if she was one of the surviving students. 🙄😂
They looked like such nice kids in their photos.. its sickening on what people can do.. RIP all the victims
Betrayed by people they never thought would be there to hurt them
Thats what bullieing does it makes you hate people. I had same feeling just not a gun
That's what happens when you give kids prescription drugs. Americas answer to everything drugs
@@henkstoomflat8840thats never an excuse also, also there are numerous reports out there that say that these they were the ones bullying.
Never judge a book by its cover!
Bullying didn't cause these tragedies. They planned it as sociopaths.
I seen bullying in my life. They didn't look bullied. Just outcasts. What if some people have genetics that make them killers. prenatal DNA test needed for this.
It all starts at home.
It depends on the person u bully if they are sociopaths pushed by bullying then yes bullying is a problem that creates monsters people are not all wired to handle one thing the same
They were bullied. Bullying isn’t nice. This is what can happen. They finally got everyone’s attention , didn’t they?
If they were really "bullied" by the "jocks"... why'd they light up the library & not the gym where the jocks were probably at!
I will never forget the fear that this put into me and my classmates in 5th grade. I hope all the victims and their families find peace with this horrible tragedy
Yeah, I was in 6th grade when it happened. What alot of people are ignorant to is the peoples’ lives that these massacres ruin the most are their own families!’ Yes, the victims’ families’ lives are ruined too, but the actual murderer’s families are screwed up the most. They have to live with guilt, fear, agony etc for what their son did. The Asian dude who was responsible for the Virginia tech shooting in 2007, his family had to move because they were being harassed at their home
I was in the 6th to in they made us watch this in school the whole school
@@keishaburton4994 they made you watch the news feed?
@@nsasupporter7557 I too was in 6th grade. I actually didn’t find out until the next day until our teacher told us that morning.
You should never have known about this being in fifth grade. Whoever told you about this (msm ,parents,friends) they failed you and created many many more shooters. I blame them for all SS’s after this one.
I was born and raised in Denver, lived not too far from columbine high-school. My father did some work for Daniel's father, in turn, I hung out with and spent some time with Daniel as a child. I will never forget this horrific day.
I hope you’re doing well these days. I know you have gone thorough a lot and I know that I’ve never had to go through something like this, but I can guess what it feels like. I feel sorry for you and have a great life. R.I.P to Daniel Mauser.
RIP Austin Eubanks, who passed in 2019. He was a survivor of what happened that day and was best friends with Corey DePooter.
Oh nooo
What happend to him why did he kick the bucket 🪣?
I see how now acute heroin problem took him out
I remember when this happened. My own daughter was 18 months old at the time and I was watching TV and all of a sudden the news broke and interrupted the scheduled programming. I sat there in utter disbelief. Such a senseless tragedy that seems to repeat itself again and again. RIP to the victims and love and light to the families and survivors.
Wow, we was all wondering what you was doing at that time thanks for Finialy telling us.
Of course it’s gonna “repeat Itself.” This is an event that will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
I was doing the same. My daughter was a month old. Actually born that March. I remember watching this aswell
And each time it gets worse.
Until Americans actually do something about guns it will continue to happen..
When he said he slammed the door shut on his sister then he would never see her again I immediately started thinking of my little sisters and started crying 😭😭😭
Truly heartbreaking. So many of us wake up & think today will be another typical day, makes me grateful what my mother & grandmother taught me as a little girl - “I don’t care if you mad, I don’t care if you’re annoyed - don’t you ever leave this car without saying goodbye & I love you. You have no idea what today has in store. If we see each other again at the end of this day, it is a gift from God. But if today turns out to be written differently, you will always regret that you didn’t say I love you.” I’m writing this comment @ 3:41 am on a Monday morning - I pray today is just another typical Monday.
That was a horrible, HORRIBLE day. I was a high school senior in Georgia that day, and many of us, including me, just felt this ominous fear of whether surviving to graduation was even possible. I believe innocence was lost that day from then on.
Ironically enough there was another school shooting in Georgia in suburban Atlanta just a short time after Columbine. Although nobody was killed and only a few injured, it still was chilling because it made you wonder how many copycats it would inspire. Thankfully things calmed down for awhile after that, then 9/11 happened and then domestic terrorism became the most serious threat. Then Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook, Parkland and a few others. Now Uvalde (sorry if I butchered the spelling) then Nashville and now more recently wasn’t there somewhere else?
I agree. I was a freshman in metro Atlanta that year....I didn't want to go to school for a while. In ways, it made bullying worse because anyone daring to wear a lot of black or, god forbid a trench coat, was absolutely pulverized. It was awful 😭
So what no one is innocent
I’ve heard about this shooting but I didn’t know any details up until now. This is horrifying to listen to. I can’t imagine how the students felt. My classmates think I’m being dramatic when I fear a shooting but just imagine yourself in this position.
I’ll never forget this, hearing all those kids and teachers and seeing the raw footage puts and even more eerie feeling in my stomach 😢 RIP to everyone who lost their life this day.
@19:15 How heartless they were when they targeted a victim who didnt know to hide due to his disability... Poor soul.. RIP
Right? Absolute weakness. Cowards through and through.
Yeah.Kyle had Downs Syndrome. Heartless.
Evil, more like.
They probably had psyched themselves up to kill anyone they saw.. and as a disabled person, he had a major disadvantage in surviving such situations.
Is it fair to put a such person in a normal school? Was he bullied too? Properly..
The fact that the police just stayed outside and didn’t rush to help these kids is absolutely unbelievable and disgusting
I get what you're saying, but in a situation like that I'm sure it's a lot easier said than done! They had kids in the school still to worry about as well. It wouldn't have been very smart to just run up in there 🤦🏿♂️
@@TheBigshow000should have been a stealth plan. However forces are clear they are not obliged to lay their lives and body on the line to protect taxpayers.
I live in Texas and the Uvalde police are still being scrutinized how they handled the Uvalde shooting is still being handled is being discussed today
@yoshiwoollyworldsee: Uvalde
@@LucyLovettLestrange those were coward cops; they knew from Columbine and all other shootings before Uvalde
I have a couple of buddies off here on TH-cam that lost family members that day...I still can't shake this day...when the anniversary rolls around I just can't...the heartache sinks in once more
Being a freshman in High School when this happened and now being 38 and a father of 2 this just hits so different now
I think it’s crazy to say that bullying was a major factor. Many of us get bullied but we don’t resort to horrific acts.
I think some use it as an excuse to themselves to validate the reason they’re doing their actions
Crazy is as crazy does
@annabiotic1078
Agree 100%.
Right I was bullied as well I never let the evil forces come on me
One of the survivors spoke at my school. He spoke of the loss and pain he felt.
How much he missed his friends and how terrifying it was. It always stuck with me
Did he pump his kicks?
@@firstlast8258…
I will never forget that Friday afternoon in 1999. I was a young girl when the news of Columbine broke and my heart is still heavy with sorrow for all of the lives lost and all their loved ones that will continuously mourn them. 🥀
Tuesday
A day I’ll never forget. I was in my journalism class which was in our library & we watched this unfold. One of my very good friends grew up in Littleton & was at the middle school close by when they heard all of this going on. Such a tragic day, I still wish they would release the basement tapes so we all can analyze the warning signs they showed.
@@BlackSunHexagram the tapes these two jack-offs made about why they did what they did & other bs.
@@BlackSunHexagram dylan and eric had even more homemade tapes but these were never released to the public and have supposedly been destroyed but i feel like they have to be out there somewhere just for even more evidence to everything that happened
@@heavenleebiersack6743 that's interesting
You can watch the basement tapes on Columbine video archives it’s a TH-cam channel
@@leajohnson8441 oh wow thank you for the info!!! God bless y'all!!
I was severely bullied as a kid because I was smart and there were a few times when I almost lost it. I don’t think there was ever a point where I could kill someone but it really got me angry and frustrated because I didn’t get any help from friends or teachers. Bullying is a real problem and I suggest if you’re young don’t do it. If you’re an adult and have kids discuss it with them.
Craig calling himself a coward is heartbreaking…Eric and Dillion are the cowards!
Still so sad. I was 15 when this happened. Set the stage for what was to come. All these mass shootings in schools need to stop.
We need to really address why these violent white male thugs are prone to commit such violent inhumane acts….Could it be the culture that they come from?😳😳
The Religion of Humanism implemented in schools while kicking God out has been the destruction of a once godly society.
i met craig in 2018 at the middle school i used to attend. he's such a kind soul and when you hear his story you can see how much it has impacted his life. i really hope he's okay
I cried for 3 days when this happened :( I sent a donation to Columbine and they sent me a thank you card which I keep in my Bible
I (along with pretty much every other person in high school when this happened) cannot and will never forget this. There’s just no adequate way to describe just how many lives were directly or indirectly affected by it.
Read my comment. You needn’t have been in high school. The boy’s family moved, so I’ve no knowledge of how his life is now. He’d be age 28.
You’d think we as a society would have learned and made sure it never happened again 🤷
@@asawhitemanidjustliketosay like they say in wakanda, “we don’t do that here”. In all seriousness, I’m honestly curious as to how the gun issue is going to change as the younger generation living through all these school shootings become the majority in a couple of decades. Seeing as most of the resistance is coming from gun advocates who are 40+.
@@mariekatherine5238what boy u talking about? If its erick he's dead his parents moved away from the area n1 knows where they are
@@asawhitemanidjustliketosay Nothing like columbine had ever happened before. So whilst the death toll of victims tragically taken seems extremely low for a tragedy to be so infamous, the attack changed America. Never before had teenagers just outright attacked their school like terrorists, heavily armed with bombs and weapons. Had Harris and Klebold 'wanted' to kill 50 poor kids and teachers they could have because they were left unchallenged by confused law enforcement. I will always believe the insanely disgusting rise in frequency of such tragedies, and their respective death tolls is largely the result of how the world reacted to Columbine. The two killers not being challenged by police allowed them to roam around the school for an hour, throwing bombs destroying memorabilia and living out their fantasy of highschool revenge. Millions of depressed, angry, bullied or isolated teens got hardwired to that fantasy. 'I'll happily die if it means I can roam around my bitterly hated highschool for an hour, killing who I please and destroying it.' Becoming famous in the process. However, police were forced to adapt their tactics after Columbine and intervene immediately. So the would be shooters started to use ever more deadly weaponry aiming for mass casualties in the 5-8 minutes they would have to do it. So school, and mass, shootings in America just got ever briefer and ever deadlier.
This is exactly why bullying needs to be addressed in school.
they weren’t bullied
I was bullied. My kids were bullied. Bullies need to be beaten. No need to kill people who did nothing to you.
But the documentary said they were bullied, they said it a couple of times...
@@jado4prez rewatch the documentary. This one and quite a few others go into detail about the bullying
@@fumanpoo4725 Is that what I said? Pretty sure nothing in my original post said it's ok to kill people
The worst advice the teacher could’ve given students was telling them to hide under desks
It’s a life of death and the shooter was in the hallway
To be fair this was back in the 1990’s. Teachers weren’t prepared or trained to deal with this yet. Not everybody can be a super hero in situations they aren’t prepared for and that’s why teachers need/have training today.
You are correct, there was a back door directly attached to the library and the kids should have run.
Now we know:( if you hear shots, run. If you can’t run, hide. If you can’t hide effectively, fight. It’s your last chance.
Computer models show that the Columbine sh*oting would have had ~5 victims or less if they followed that model (Dylan and Eric would have been swarmed in the cafeteria).
But Columbine is a big reason we know that now 😢 it’s also why we know the police have to engage with the shooter immediately.
It’s easier said than done too😔 even if they did know (which they didn’t). My heart goes out to Pattie Nielsen ❤ she did her best in a horrific situation.
@@Illinois_mapper4It’s a life of death? What does that mean ?
May the people who passed away Rest In Peace and my deepest condolences to their families and friends.
the bullies are the ones who are at fault not the innocent kee-aids dat done nuffin wrongs.
Wow. When all those birds flew over Daniels father, Goosebumps. Rest In Peace to all who was lost that day. And my thoughts and prayers are with all the victims families, and the survivors. ❤️💔🙏
i cried 😭💔😔😞😞 😢😢 poor Tom
Timestamp??
I feel like Craig definitely suffers from survivor guilt ☹️💔
No parent should ever go through this rest in peace😭
Karma for the atomic bomb 💣 😊
i couldn’t help but break down and cry when the father said “it’s like they did it for daniel” 😢 44:32
Absolutely heart wrenching.
😢😔
Brooks Browns parents kind of irk me. I don't really think they grasp the fact that Eric genuinely hated everyone. He thought human beings in general were a waste. He wanted to surpass the OKC Bombing. He talked about dreams where he would violate women, in very graphic detail. While bullying might have added fuel to his fire, I don't think it was a primary driver for him. Dylan seems more complex to me. I wish he had been shown another way to handle his emotions.
Dear Craig Scott, you carry a burden and guilt that isn't yours to carry. It wasn't your fault your sister was where she was and first to be killed. It wasn't your fault some friends were targeted in the library while you ran for your life. You did what anyone on this earth would have under the circumstances. Place the blame where it belongs: two young men who committed unspeakable acts on others. I pray God will lift the burden and guilt from your heart.
One lesson to be learned here, respect everyone around you and never let your guard down.
we remember eric and Dylan.
let's not forget the others. i'm going to give the name of the victims, all in order of death, i think, and some comments made about them by family, friends etc.
Rachel Scott- a young woman, who was making changes in her life to find her religion again. she wrote extensively about finding God again and following his lead. she wrote about how she wouldn't live long, but would make an impact. she also drew a columbine flower, with 13 tears falling form it. her family keep her message and life alive despite her being gone. Rachel was 17 years old.
Daniel Rohrbough- a boy who is loved by his mixed family, both his mother and father adored him, he loved electronics and games, and looked froward to getting a driving license soon. Daniel was 15 years old.
William "Dave" Saunders- a father of four loved Children and 5 grandchildren, a teacher at columbine for around 25 years, teaching computers and business' at the school were said to be "tell my family, i love them" dave was 47 years old. the only teacher to be killed during the shooting.
Kyle Velasquez- a student with a learning difficulty, but happy and enjoyed life around him. he was a gentle giant, a lovable boy at heart, whos' family were going to spend their time staying with him. Kyle had a stroke at a young age, which left him with disabilities, despite this, he was loving and is adored by his family. Kyle fought a lot as a child to overcome the illness and now disability he had. Kyle's last words to his mother were "goodbye, i love you, mom". Kyle was 16 years old.
Steven Curnow- his dream was to be a navy top gun piolet. this child was loved and close with both parents, despite them being divorced. his favorite colour was green, and he fell in love with aviation after a holiday to England. Steven had made repairs with his family shortly before the shooting. Steven was 14 years old.
Cassie Bernall- This girl struggled with mental health herself as a younger teen, she was suffering and using unhealthy coping mechanisms to deal with this trauma. Eventually she found herself finding religion again and life became better to her. Cassie's story "the girl who said yes" is likley not hers, However it is possible she was praying before her death. Cassie was 17 years old.
Isaiah Shoels- this child enjoyed comedy and music. Isaiah had been born with a defect of her heart, and had struggled yet overcome the disability this gave him, playing quarterback at school. at the time of his death, he was subject to racial comments, as passed away with a friend. he was popular at school, and after. both parents love their son. Isaiah was 18 years old.
Matthew Kechter- Matt played football, both offensive and defensive and was well known for his laugh. he was also a strait-A student who would put his all into academics with impressively good results at school. Matt was killed with his friends by his side. Matt is adored by his family, and respected by his friends. Matt was 16 years old.
Lauren townsend- Captain of the girls' volleyballs team, a candidate for valedictorian in her class, She had a very good school record, strait-A student, who often volunteered at animal shelters, heading for study in biology. Lauren is loved by her family, and still remembered today, as her parents received a gift from Oklahoma. a tree that survived the bombing of Oklahoma still gives seed, and one of these seeds was gifted to her family after her death. Lauren was 18 years old.
John Tomlin- this young boy was newer to the area of columbine, having moved their in 1995, about 4 years before the shooting. he found it difficult at first, but soon found comfort in the baptist church, and was a devoted church-goer. Having just gotten his license, and a new car he was saving up for for many years, life was looking good. he is adored by his family who claim he had a very good sense of humor. John was 16 years old.
Kelly Flemming- very new to the area, Kelly moved there 18 months prior to the shooting. she was shy and reserved, loved Halloween, and adored reading. her dream was to be an author. her mother mentioned kelly had come home from school, 2 months prior to the shooting saying she was no longer shy. kelly is loved by her family. Kelly was 16 years old.
Daniel Mauser- this young boy excelled in math and science. Daniel loves his parents deeply, and they love him in return. he was very much important in their lives. Daniel's father has worked around the issue surrounding gun violence, with a quote of "walking in daniel's shoes" after the shooting, he received Daniel's items back. in particular a pair of shoes daniel wore on the 20th of april 1999. they wore the same size, and so he wore his shoes to events, when talking about gun violence. Daniel was shy but also coming out of his shell. his father wrote a book after, talking about the incident. Daniel was 15 years old.
Corey DePooter- Cory enjoyed the active life, he enjoyed hunting, golf, fishing and hiking, as well as wrestling. fishing was his passion, he loved it, helping his friend's and sister about it. loved by his family, Corey was classed as the "all-American" boy. Corey was 17 years old.
ill fix any mistakes via edit. if anything is inccorect, let me know, most of this was from memory. these are the victims. these are the innocent lives taken by Eric and Dylan. yes, Dylan had issues that may have been able to be solved, but that did not happen, and instead we are left with a webpage, books, documentaries and memorials to preserve these victims memories now.
It’s crazy to think how after Columbine, school shootings got so much more prevalent. I hope the survivors and their families have found some sort of peace. 🥺
“Be careful who u bully”
They weren't bullied
When he said there was no last school bus my heart broke into a million pieces 😢
Tom mauser and the other parents waiting for kids who were never coming home its heart breaking.
Over here in the U.K. we had a shooting in Dunblane Scotland, a man killed 16 children and one teacher, 15 others were injured, the school was a primary school and the children were between five and six years old, I went to get my children from our primary school at home time, the playground where we stood waiting was so quiet, everyone was in shock at what had happened to those poor children and their poor families. I will never forget that silence.
Omg in Scotland?! I'm only across the way (ireland) and this has shocked me ,I'd never think that would happen to ye...thats horrible 😔 😊
Can you imagine how many lives would have been saved if any teacher that chose to do so, were allowed to carry a firearm?
That is one of a bad idea if teacher were equiped with firearm then a shooting would have happened more easier.
@@Nighthawk0954 typical liberal thought process. Guns save lives..... approx 2 million per year. Actual gun deaths in this country per year are a fee thousand. That purposely inflated 35k number you always hear includes police shootings ( most of which are white men not black men) and suicides.
@@TheBigfoot425 Gun are the second biggest cause of death for children after cars.
@@Nighthawk0954 negative
Do you see how tall high schoolers are nowadays they can easily overpower a teacher
This wasn't because of bullying, they were pure spoiled and evil
Bullying was part
Like they said, you just aren’t born with that much hatred.
Rubbish. Bullying was DEFINITELY involved, and the teachers and principal turned a blind eye to it. Yes, Harris was a monster and Klebold seemed more of a follower. Mental health was also a huge issue here. But denying bullying played a role is to deny reality. In no way does it justify their crimes though.
@nopcshere6097 dont think so. those kids planned that for a very long time and targeted other kids randomly. And called them bad slurs and names while doing it. If it was bullying, why not target the ones they no who called them names directly. The videos, their attitude, stop blaming everything on mental health.
I lived in the community when this happened. Just heartbreaking. God Bless all those who were impacted.
The saddest part we still talked about them instead of all the victims. I hope the victims can forgive them in heaven.
You don't get into heaven with unforgiveness in your heart...period. So if they are in heaven, they have forgiven the shooters.
Gut wrenching….Unfortunately this has become far too common in our society. Prayers for all
Far too common in America
@@philipsmith9923Murica
Only in america actually...this isn't an issue in other countries.
One of the saddest things about this case to me is that Littleton was a normal community. Then this happened, then the Littleton bowling alley shooting, then the Aurora Theater Shooting. So much tragedy in the town, I feel so bad for everyone effected. Rest In Peace to all the victims and prayers to the families of the victims 🙏🏻💚
That ending with the father and the ducks.. you do not have a working empathy if that didn’t bring you to tears.
absolutely agree
To tears?? I don’t have empathy because I didn’t cry? Bro it’s sad but come on man I don’t cry a lot bro I haven’t cried about anything at all in almost 3 years it takes a lot to make me cry. Doesn’t mean I don’t have empathy
@@teal2913 Haha I’m obviously just making a point.
Don’t be such a bro.
anti depressants, I can't cry
Yeah I don’t cry at a ton of things very often. That made me cry
I feel horrible for that young man that was telling the story.. I don't want to imagine what he's went through. It doesn't make sense why humans and especially kids could do this!? And what we're still hearing in the news lately just really concerns me. The future of this younger generation. Things don't seem to be getting better.. we're not put on this planet to kill each other! We're all meant to live life to it's fullest. We have to do better raising our children!! It's the most important part of life is how your raised!
I really wish, that was the case, but unfortunately we live in a society that doesn’t value innocent lives x
He'd be thinking what else he could have done that day that could have change the circumstances of at least the people that were hiding next to him. And he could have done things differently that might have change things both for better or worse, but he needed to understand that he was not a coward for laying down and not draw attention. Im sure his friends that wasn't as lucky as he was that day weren't angry or weren't blaming him. And the fact that he was rescued and had been taken out of the scene passing his sister laying there was just so sad. I hope he lets this go all of it and understand that he is not a coward. I hope he doesn't blame himself for those incidents that he had no control over.
The US government would disagree.
i also feel for the young man, i do hope he dont carry guilt about anything around with him,
@@ihiaolookihiatoo1640 so true
i was lucky enough to meet Rachel Scott’s father in a assembly at my middle school. he’s such a sweet man that didn’t deserve what happened to his child. at least rachel is happy in heaven knowing she’s in a better place. she was ok with the fact she wasn’t going to live very long. R.I.P to all the victims of Columbine ❤
I could never imagine this as a parent. I lost my brother when I was 16, he was 19, and all I remember is what it did to my parents!!!!
This forever changed America. Between this and 9/11 the world changed, there was an innocence that we will never know again.
You really, really, REALLY need to open up a history book. You should be embarrassed by this comment.
@@tyler4108 Irk like Timothy Mcveigh? or ruby ridge or Waco how about the far left terrorists of the 70s and the far right in the 80s could go on forever 😂
Waco, The Menendez Brother's murders, Oklahoma City, WTC bombing, OJ Simpson, The Olympic Bombings, Rodney King Beatings, Jon Bonnet Ramsey murder, not to mention the two biggest rap stars were assassinated, also come to mind. The 90's were a nightmare.
America is not the world..
Some of the world was affected by it, and at the most the airport security protocols are the most influential thing.
The rest of the world does not have school shootings
It’s absolutely messed up that someone would ever think of attacking a school like they are only students who did nothing wrong-
it was crazy being down the street when this happened. almost unreal hearing all the police cars flying down the street. even more emotional going to the memorial the next day
Eric was a classic case of neglect from his pilot father who was probably never around. He probably never had any sort of discipline and was spoiled out of guilt of his own parents.
He was a POS!! Nothing more. His mother should of had an abortion.
I usually don't agree on blaming the parents but in this case, I agree. Why did this pilot leave all his guns out for the son to use. He really neglected his stupid son.
@@vee6769 They got their guns illegally via a straw purchase.
Wrong. Just the opposite.
This is absolutely heartbreaking. My dad went to church with these two teenagers and he had friends in that church who were killed in the shooting.... Luckily he didn't go to that school but he did go to a private school my grandparents helped build just a couple miles away. I learned from my parents just recently how scared and heartbroken everyone was considering how my grandparents knew their parents.. RIP even now to those poor students who lost their lives.
I had recently turned 10 when this tragedy happened, and I remember seeing it on the news that day, and for days and weeks afterward. I never forgot it. I'm so sorry for all those people lost and traumatized by this horrible tragedy.
They went to go kill the jocks but instead killed the kids that were really being marginalized. Very ironic. Proof those were cowards.
My heart goes out to those who were affected by this tragedy 😢
To Daniels father - Yes, the birds did it for him and all of the others - They are all with you, always.
It's disheartening that we've become desensitized to mass shootings like this, for lack of a better word because no sane person ever truly can be, but this was truly one of those "where were you when?" moments...I remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what I was doing when I first heard the news of this. I'll never fully shake it, especially since it was in most people's minds the match that lit the fuse of everything that's happened since.
I was a freshman in high school at the time, our teachers put it on the news for all of us to watch and we were allowed to go home if we wanted, I stayed and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Ive seen many fights break out in my school but you would never imagine some kid doing these things
I was in my mid twenties when this happened. I felt at the time that this was the start of a breakdown of our society. As I sit here in 2022, I think I was right.
It was the beginning of giving incidents like this constant news coverage. Making a bunch of attention hungry adolescents idolize heinous crimes. We get death and crime on our morning news in chicago only. We have to listen to it all while waiting for the weather report. Its sad sad brainwashing.
You were correct my friend... 😤😤🤯🤯😢😢
This was the inspiration . But when guns became a thing was the break down of what the earth was really supposed to be . Imagine where we would be if guns and other weapons like explosives never existed if you wanna fight you use fist or sword how many would have it in them to kill then?
Society been broken for thousand years
I was a senior in college, about to graduate & move. It was the day we went apartment-hunting. I feel the same as you.
Around 21 years ago, I heard a conversation that caught my attention. It was being held by some women, and it was about a nephew of one of them, a teenager who took his own life. This kid had a dog, a german shepherd, whose name was "Rambo". He loved his dog. He was introvert and shy, and almost didn't talk to his own family. Some days after the massacre at Columbine, he showed really bad signs of depression as a result of the killings, the sadness and pain he was experiencing due to this evil events. He told his family: "Mom, dad, please take care of Rambo when I'm gone". They just said (in Spanish): Ok son, don't worry, we will!. Because he never had a conversation with them, they didn't take him seriously as a person, and they didn't even know the outcome of his words. It was about 2:00 A.M. of the next day when they heard Rambo barking. His dad woke up and, through the darkness, he could distinguish his son leaning back to a tree in the back yard, while Rambo was playing with him, putting its paws on his chest. His dad said to his wife: "Let me go to see what's happening with this weird kid, playing with the dog at 2:00 A. M!". When he got to his kid, he found him dead, purple, barely hanging from the tree. Later on they knew that Rambo was just trying to take him down to save him. They found a letter in the garage, where he was living alone, where he stated that he was tired of living in this world full of pain and sorrow. He mentioned Columbine as one of the reasons that finally triggered his fatal decision. He ended his horrific letter abruptly, by saying to his parents: "I got to go, but don't worry about me, because satan is right by my side at this moment".
This is why I strive to have a relationship with god, Jesus is our savior and the devil will only stir us to the wrong mindset. My life has become better with god in my life.
Guns and bubble gum are EXTREMELY similar...pull either one out in a classroom and suddenly everyone's your best friend
I like how that old guy calls a homicidal mass murderer "a nice gentle young man".
Well he was saying that’s how he knew him but yeah
Was.. he said was.
Anyone here in this comment section, can be brother, son, father, neighbour or colleague with a potential mass murderer without knowing their true face. Psychopaths are usually clever and devious
We had a shooting at my high school in LaFollette Tennessee. An assistant principal was killed. You never think it can happen where you live.
@@toy4tao Wow kid real edgy.
@@toy4tao Tuff Guy Over Here‼️
@@toy4tao does your mother know that you are posting comments online? Finish your homework and don’t forget to take out the trash, kid
@@toy4tao you’re living proof that psychopaths are truly everywhere.
@@toy4tao yeh psycho
This all happened while I was a 20 year old U.S. Marine and it feels like just yesterday.
Gawd bless Murica
Those paramedics are truly heroes
Some ppl view these two as the victims, it is disgusting.
they are aswell.. hurt people hurt people
Exactly!! Absolutely disgusting
@@steadychasingmoneybands6213 don’t care no matter how bullied you are shooting and killing innocent people shouldn’t even pop into your head and they are evil
@@steadychasingmoneybands6213 They are not. They come from white, racistic priviledged rich families. They were just pure evil end of !!!! And their parents ignored all the signs
@@dimieneyitemi1721 the crazy part is i still haven't seen any proof of them actually being bullied
The fact that the first kid killed was disabled😭😭😭😢
This is actually disgusting it makes me sick to my stomach,no joke when those geese flu up in the sky for that victim gave me chills
The parents who lost their children is heartbreaking 💔
thank god japanese schools here in japan 🇯🇵🇯🇵 and some parts of asia we dont have this kind of school shootings
no its not
philippines schools dont have school active shooters too i forgot
@@hedgehog1684 nearly no country has school shooters, not just japan and philippines
We don’t have them in the uk as guns are banned . Hence the only way to stop this madness !!!
15 dead and 25 injured. I can’t imagine what evil possessed the two boys to enter into such a deadly rampage. Good luck entering heaven boys.
They both accepted Jesus before they died and were saved. That's how Christianity works right?
@@johncase1353😮
Obviously not. In order to enter heaven you must BELIEVE wholeheartedly that Christ is the Saviour. Even if these boys “said a profession” it was untrue and selfish for themselves as to try to justify those travesties
My grandchildren were bullied and our local school did nothing but twist it that it must be them causing it. I the school counselors, teachers and bullies who got away with it were repulsive and the reason why these atrocities happen.
And your grandchildren didn’t go off a kill a bunch of people I presume… yes kids need support for bullying, but being bullied does not excuse or even explain murder. If they murdered their bully then maybe it would be excusable, but to murder innocent people who have no involvement with you is inexcusable
Cool story. They weren't bullied though. Do your research.
@@guyrose2350facts
This event definitely reverberated throughout the country. I was in 8th grade in April 1999 in NJ and I remember everyone talking about columbine and trench coat mafia. At that time, I think everyone around our age was looking at their own classmates and wondering what was really going through the minds of some of the less popular kids or those who were socially awkward.
This was one of the few major events I will never forget along with OJ Simpson and then of course, 9/11.
I was a sophomore in high school when this happened and will never forget it as well as the other events you mentioned.
I would almost consider columbine a precursor to 9/11, in the way it affected the country with surveillance and security. Obviously 9/11 was a way bigger event and the affects were heavier, but it almost feels like columbine kind of had that affect too.
wonder how many social awkwards kids you and everyone else picked on after this
@@vincenthammons6705 …what?
@@Thrashman-ye4cf how many do you think were targeted after this come on man pretty simple if you think about it.