Tomlin drove to Mexico once to help build a house for a family in need. Steven was also a massive Star Wars fan. “I never imagined that we would be where we’re at right now, where there are so many mass shootings that we can’t even keep up … it’s just unfathomable that Columbine wasn’t enough.”. His friend Stephen Austin Eubanks watched on as Klebold aimed a semi-automatic weapon at Corey and pulled the trigger. Teacher, dad and grandfather William David Sanders, known as Dave, was in the cafeteria when he heard gunfire and rushed to warn the students. They went on the rampage, setting off bombs and shooting indiscriminately at students and teachers for 50 terrifying minutes before … At approximately 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, dressed in trench coats, began shooting fellow students outside Columbine High School, located in a suburb south of Denver.

Castaldo, who was shot eight times and left permanently paralysed from his injuries, said Harris returned when he realised she was still alive and asked ‘do you still believe in God?’ as he lifted her head by the hair.

She was shot more times than any of the other victims, but the reason for that remains unknown. From the youngest victim to the heroic teacher, here’s the full list of victims in the order they died: Rachel Scott was the first person killed in the mass shooting. “It’s hard to imagine it’s already been 20 years,” a visibly emotional Graves told NBC News. A 17-year old junior who had dabbled in witchcraft and drugs had turned her life around two years before she was killed. Let me go back from the traveled road
Explanations appear below the photos, in three sections: Columbine Library; Cafeteria; West Entrance and Exterior. Jennifer Rosenberg is a historian and writer who specializes in 20th-century history. Mauser wears Daniel's sneakers whenever he speaks publicly about the tragedy that still breaks his heart. Marshals and federal agents faced off against Randy Weaver, his wife and five children and his friend Kevin Harris.

A Columbine High School student is rescued by emergency personnel during the shooting spree at the school in the southwest Denver suburb of Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999.

She was celebrated by her teachers for being kind and for academic excellence. “And I had to break away.”. “You’ve got people that were physically injured, you got people that lost their lives,” he said. He had been attending Columbine for three months, and had only started to stay at the school through lunch. Her diaries have inspired many victims of bullying and charity Rachel’s Challenge is estimated to have reached out to two million students.

Hit in the shoulder by shrapnel near the west entrance. In the days immediately following the shootings, it was speculated that Harris and Klebold purposely chose athletes, minorities and Christians as their victims. Austin said in a tribute to Corey: ‘People said he was the kind of guy people like to be around. She became active in her church and was restructuring her life. Born with a heart defect, his parents said he was a fighter who overcame his disability and went on to play football and wrestle. The siege ended dramatically on April 19, 1993, when fires consumed ...read more, In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia. He has been hailed a hero after he successfully managed to get around 100 students away from danger. Tom Mauser also found his voice after his 15-year-old son, Daniel — a straight-A student and a member of the school debate team — was killed. DeAngelis, the Columbine High School principal that day, waited until 2014 to retire, saying he felt a moral obligation to stay until those who were in elementary school at the time of the shooting graduated. Note: Teacher Dave Sanders was the third victim to be shot, but the last to die. Aspiring comedian Isaiah Shoels was born with a heart defect, but managed to overcome his disability and went on to play American football and wrestle. Michael Johnson, 15. Patti Nielson, 35. Andy Cross / Denver Post via Getty Images file, Columbine families and survivors reflect on shooting 20 years later, Columbine 20 years later: Families talk life after tragedy (Part 1), Survivor Stories: Craig Scott reflects on the Columbine shooting nearly 20 years later, Columbine 20 years later: Families talk life after tragedy (Part 2). It’s been 20 years since their lives were stolen in a hail of bullets, but the memories are still fresh for those who knew and loved them. Darrell Scott said he frequently gets asked what he would advise other parents who have lost children in mass shootings. The Columbine shooting on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, occurred when two teens went on a shooting spree, killing … It was at the time, the deadliest shooting at a high school in American history. Seventeen-year-old wrestler, golfer and in-line skater Corey DePooter always wanted to be an US Marine, so a year and two weeks after his death, on May 3, 2000, Corey was made an honorary Marine during a graveside ceremony in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Littleton.

Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, marched to the school in Colorado around lunch time on April 20, 1999, armed with guns, homemade bombs and knives. A new student to Columbine, Kelly Fleming was a quiet 16-year-old who liked to spend time in the library writing short stories and poetry. Dawn Anna speaks about the anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School in suburban Denver on March 23, 2019. This is a tribute to those who lost their lives at Columbine … Described as a “teacher, a friend, a mentor and an inspiration,” when the killers began firing outside the school he ran to the cafeteria and sounded the alarm and along with two of the school’s janitors, helped get more than 100 students out of the path of danger. Dan was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg and died on the sidewalk. Dawn Anna speaks about the anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School in suburban Denver on March 23, 2019.