Columbine: 20 Years Later (Extended Cut)
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- Опубликовано: 17 апр 2019
- There is no one story about what happened on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School. Twenty years later, 9NEWS is revisiting some of the people and places that changed forever after the tragedy that defined the community.
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The principal didn’t retire until every kid in the public school system during the shooting graduated.(kids that were in preschool were the last in 2014)
He's a coward. He actively covered up the bullying and degeneracy in his school that led to this event. Pure negligence and deep favouritism towards athletes.
Seven yeah
@@Profile.4 And these paranoid public ended up blaming Marilyn Manson...a Shock Rock star who Klebold and Harris didn't even like!
Manson was innocent of all of this!
Dion R I’m not Manson’s biggest fan, but I do like how he responded when he was asked what he would say to Eric and Dylan if he had a chance to do so. “I wouldn’t say one word to them. I would listen to what they had to say, and that’s what nobody did.”
Um not true there's several kids that didn't graduate including one of mine and it wasn't because she couldn't she could but she was bullied like some others before her and friends after her until 2014.my daughter was an A AN B student it was the principal that swept it under the rug time and time again he's a liar, we as parents called him on it, several of us.. I hope he reads these comments..
😍 😍 he knows who we are😍😍
I love that they made a documentary honoring the victims, not once mentioning the names of the killers or showing their faces, simply focusing on those we lost
Yep, this is very rare with true crime videos
@@MeatCatCheesyBlaster fr
Yes especially rare with shootings. Media in particular likes to give the shooters way too much spotlight
Please, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to justify the murder, because nothing can justify this horrible act. What Eric and Dylan did was a horrendous crime but they were children too... troubled children, possibly with untreated mental illness. No healthy person goes out and just kills.
This is so sad
The pain these two boys caused to so many people on that day is beyond belief
Having endured bullying myself in high school, I can find myself sympathizing with that aspect of their lives. At the same time, though, they deserve whatever they’re getting in the hereafter for the way they responded to their problems.
I was bullied but I never shot up my high school
sam howell That’s exactly why I said they deserve what they’re getting in the afterlife for the way Eric and Dylan responded to their problems.
@@ThunderFist1978 I had issues with fitting in. Not necessarily bullied, just desperate to belong in a click. I wanted to be popular. So yes. I to can relate to thier mind set .... but never once thought of a vicious attack. Maybe putting itching powder in the cheerleaders uniforms. Writing there names in the mean girl book..etc
.. but that would have made me the bully.
@@marikiemarie7622 problems fitting in, isn't the same as the torment the jocks put them threw. They threw drinks and food at them, wedgies, put their heads in toilets and that's not including the verbal abuse. I'm not condoning their actions, by any means. I am pointing out that what you went through doesn't compare.
I can’t stop watching columbine videos
Dra Ter same. I’m finally watching the 20 Yr stuff. Tears.
Dra Ter same
You’re all potential mass shooters
jake you’re an idiot
look up shurkfuda fuck a can spell it. it is basically laughing about other people pain.
I was in 9th grade when this happened. One of the victim's mother... Isaiah's mother gave a speech at our school on the one year anniversary. She was so brave to share her grief with us. I'll never forget her.
Levi Blevins wow. Do you live near columbine?
@@compoundinterestinsights No actually I lived in Green Bay WI.... She went all over the country... It might have been the 2 year anniversary...
Liar
@@leviblevins513 liar
@@hamster1748 how am I a liar?
Imagine trying to focus in a library where half a dozen of teens were murdered...
That was not the library that was there back at the time of the shooting they tore it down and built an atrium, they build the library in a different area.
“dozens” of teens didn’t die in the library. The definition of a dozen is 12 for it to be dozens would be 24 or more.
Generic channel521 the said half a dozen
Bernadette QUINTEROS that’s good
@@genericchannel5217 You must be fun at partys
"There's a hole in my heart. It's a big one. That was placed there on April 20th. And the hole hasn't gotten any smaller. I don't expect it ever to. But I make it a goal to do something every day to make my heart bigger. So that the hole in my heart doesn't seem so huge."... That resonated with me so much. I've lost so many people in my life. This is what I need to do.
Ikr? Those youngsters had to pull this on 420!
Proverbs 4 ...
Ezechiel 36,25-27...
The footage of Sean Graves at the hospital learning to walk again broke my heart. His anger and sadness really hit me hard. This entire video was really difficult to watch. All my love to the survivors and the families of those who died. To think it’s been 20 years is still hard to grasp.
Yeah
The principal- what an amazing man. He never stopped keeping the memory of the victims alive. He still cries for them twenty years later. So much respect.
Brooks Brown says differently in his book. That he turned a blind eye to all the bullying that went on, that he tried to portray it as a happy school when the reality was very different.
@@Ikaikiastar Maybe. But it takes a strong and true person to spend 15+ years working to right their wrongs and make a true difference. There is no way he could have known any of the bullying would have lead to such a tragedy, it was unprecedented at the time.
@@tr0picz33 Eric made death threats to Brooks Brown. He made an entire website dedicated to how he was going to destroy the entire state of Colorado. Bullying was rife at the school and lots of teachers turned a blind eye- especially the principal, an ex sports coach who made the school very athletics based and protected the athletes or "jocks". Read Brooks Browns book "No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death At Columbine" his book by his father Randy Brown is an excellent read too.
The signs were there for years and there were so many times the massacre could have been prevented, but police never followed up on a report made by the Brown family, a warrant was drawn up to search the Harris family home, reports were made to the school after the boys were put on a probation programme after stealing from a van. There were a million times it could have been stopped its why it's so heartbreaking.
@@Ikaikiastar not really though, because who would of know that that would of lead to a shooting?
As a parent it must be devastating to be always confronted with the blank space at the end ... when watching through a photo album and realizing there won't be any pictures after that ... can't even begin to think how that must feel like and i hope i will never have to ...
I lost my baby at three months old to Sids and I am the one who found her, even still I feel it would be so much worse to lose a child like this
Why do you have the number 911 in your username? It's a bad omen
Ugg this comment got me right in the heart 😥💔
arf vey sad
" untold stories of columbine " Vision Video.
Treat the people around you with respect
Always be nice to everyone, especially the weirdos and loners. That way they will let you know when to stay home from school or work when they snap.
@@BUDDYSHADOW they most likely won't do it at all if they have a lifeline to reality still. People just want to feel like they belong for the most part.
It seems like most people are too busy hating on Dylan and Eric to treat everyone with respect. Not saying that we should respect what they did but the message of being nice to people seems to fall on deaf ears for some.
@@seastorm9548 because this is the programmed behavior. People are given headlines and never know the true story. They aren't looked at as humans, just evil monsters with guns. Not only does that prevent any progress being made on this issue but it's a real disconnection from humanity and compassion. To verbally assault two people that are dead is so counterproductive and you're engaging in some of the same behavior that lead to this event happening. People just like a bad guy figure to hate, that's why we're always at war. There has to be an enemy that we despise. People feel like if they can label them psychopathic and evil that that distances any similarities they have to them. They like to believe that the average person, like someone in their family, isn't capable of this; but we've had plenty of examples that nearly anyone can fall victim to this mindset.
@@Profile.4 Eric's mother, for example.
20 years later and nothing has changed, the only question is “When and where is the next one going to take place?”
SpetZemas nothing has changed? Are you sped?
Karson Williams No I don’t believe. But I guess I was a bit wrong. Things has actually changed, changed for the worst in terms of shootings. Virginia tech, Sandy hook, Orlando, Parkland, Las Vegas. All top the columbine shooting so if we’re talking about measures being taken to prevent them? I would say no. Not much has changed
SpetZemas no, have you noticed the more gun restrictions we place, the more shootings happen
Karson Williams Because they are not good enough?
SpetZemas no, because criminals don’t follow laws. We need to start arming teachers
“ I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go. ”
-- Rachel Joy Scott
Is that really her quote?
@@LightHouseAbbayel as far as I remember, it was a quote from her essay, that was assigned at school.
I believe she wrote it in a diary & her family found it when they were going through her stuff (don’t take my word for it tho)
This quote is beautiful, I might get it tattooed, I also wrote it in my dairie. This quote helps when I'm ha I have bad day.
Absolutely love all humans
How do I keep falling into RUclips holes and watching 20+ videos of just Columbine Highschool?
Look deep within yourself, you may not like the answer
Tragic events are interesting, saying this in a non-cynical way.
@@letmetakeajormungandrattha8591 criminology is very interesting but watching these videos also helps me with my grief. A lot of the people involved give really good,realistic advice
@dylan klebold lmaooo
The part where Sean is trying to walk again made me sad because of how mad he was at himself for not being able to walk, even though it isn't his fault because he was shot in Such a horrible tragedy and the fact that he gets so pissed. That shit hurted.
Omg right.... I am listening to Dylan's moms book right now. It is very good actually. My heart brakes for her. I mean to pray for your own son to die, and then get the shock of your life seeing your own son on video saying these hateful things and to see the guns and bombs.... Then to find out about the depresion, cutting, and the suicidal thoughts he was thinking and feeling thru his journal. And to realize he was keeping all of this bottled up. Even to find out about the bullying from a few of his friends. She had no idea. And how he kept everything a secret is beyond me.
She makes not excuses for him... What so ever. In fact she was angry at him when she saw the basement tapes, and disgusted. But she offers some intersting insite and a form of understanding as to what was going through Dylan's mind. I mean how could a smart, seemingly kind, shy, reclusive but likeable guy pull a horrific and devistating stunt like this right? her book explains it.
I do the “I love you” in sign language with my mom everyday haha
stay safe
emuly that's how my best friend and I always end text conversations and FaceTime calls
Same as me
So be happy because it's a gift (unlike that girl)from God...
Saquon Barkley Is The Man 26 I'm sorry that you were taught showing affection to your loved ones is weird :(
In 2006, I Was In 6th Grade. We Had A Guest Speaker Who Was Friends With Rachel Scott, & talked about Rachel’s Challenge.
That’s how I learned about Columbine & her life. The day before the shooting, She drew a picture of a rose in her notebook that had 13 tears. The same number of students & the teacher that died.
Long Beach is my city
No, Hopewell Middle School In Round Rock, TX
15 students died
Frank Castle Not Including The Shooters.
@@JacobPMendoza whether or not you like it they are included. That's reality
Frank Castle well we are talking about who lives were taking from them
if Eric and Dylan hated society in 90s then imagine what they would think of society in 2020
It’s even worse than it was then probably
@@maryconn1 true.
I have the comfort of believing that they are now in eternal torment in Hell!! Thickening darkness, intense heat, blistering screams, rotten stench, constant pain, no joy, no breath, no time, no peace, no comfort, no end, no escape......Ever!! Hope you're having fun now boys!!
@@Donkaote-uh7in sorry but no such a place. Some would say we already live in hell because of all the tragedy’s
@@Halograph71 We will just have to disagree on that. I believe there is such a place. And I believe that Eric and Dylan are there. Can you prove to me that hell does not exist??? I will honestly tell you that I cannot prove that it does. But I would like you to prove your assertion that there is no such place. I will wait......
Hearing Kelly’s parents talk about her daughter broke my heart. Specially when they said that they look for signs that Kelly sends to them to let them know she is ok and that she is out there. I don’t think it’s a coincidence. I lost my mom to cancer and I also look out for signs from my mom. I know my aunt has also received signs from my mom to let her know she is there. Kelly is out there and she is looking out for her parents. I hope they know that it is not a coincidence. Kelly is in a better place looking out for her parents. May God bless Kelly’s parents & family and all the families and victims. All the stories touched my heart strings but Kelly’s parents spoke volumes to me. I wish I could give them both a hug.
it's more heartbreaking to me that they keep her bedroom untouched just the way she left it that morning. her room-- frozen in time.
This was so tastefully done.
Just imagine being the parents of the shooters. It's not their fault. It must be horrendous for them too.
I agree. Everyone forgets about them, pushes them aside, but my heart breaks for them as well.
I know this is old but the mother of one of the killers did a ted med talk called my son was a columbine shooter, she talks about her experience if you want to check it out
It look like Dylan mom did not care she just pretty much praise it.
@@Anon-lz1qy that was a really good TED talk . Very eye opening
@@boiboi8008 that is not true, watch her TED talk. She cared for her son very deeply, she had no idea who he really was. She is a victim in all of this too, I don’t know about Eric’s parents but from what I’ve read they were a relatively normal family.
I somehow always come back to videos about columbine. It's like a reminder to honor those who died. I might not have known them but I sure do know what the pain of losing a loved one feels like. I remember back in middle school we got the Rachel's Challenge rally, and it was supposed to happen every 4 years. I wonder if they still do that. It was so touching, I cried so much, may God keep them all in his glory, and give all families and victims the peace and strength they need each and every day💖
Watching Sean struggle to walk and getting frustrated got me so emotional. What a remarkable man! ❤️
I love Lauren’s parents.
None of Your business I think it’s Lauren’s or another who have a really strong friendship with Anne Marie Holchater who was shot outside the school and paralyzed
KarilynM I think you’re correct
Lauren was an amazing person from how she was described. So sad those monsters killed her.
Michael Terrell her death in my opinion was the most grueling and tragic
This is *THE MOST* emotional video ive ever watched! So sad that these families and students had to go through this!
" untold stories of columbine " Vision Video.
I remember being 8 years old and seeing all these children's photos on the news who was about the same age as my sister and I considered them almost as grown ups at the time and now I look back at it now that I am 31 and It makes me realize how all of these poor children was just babies who were just about to start life, so heartbreaking and even though it is 22 years later I still think about these precious children and what they must of went through
:(
I’m the same age as you and I still remember this when it happened. Both this tragedy and 9/11 are two pivotal moments in my childhood where I feel I “lost my innocence” by realizing what a cruel world we live in 😞
@@rallytonight8491 I Was Ten Year's in May 2003 So I Was Too Young To Even Understand What Was Even Going On in April 1999 My Brother Was 16 in 2004
These survivors are amazing, as part of the WTC survivors community, I cannot imagine going through that as a teen. We have issues and we’re adults. God bless all of them..
K Monster the government had nothing to do with it moron. Take your conspiracy theories elsewhere you have no proof to back them up anyway
Vanna Kegley explain the 3,000 missing people then.
Vanna Kegley so disappointing. We send kids through school only to have them come out as dumb as you.
@@iadesigns jEt fuEL caNt meLt stEeL bEamS
K Monster, just like with what they did to a whole city of Paradise, I have forgiven the evil men that were responsible but we will never forget...
It’s so sad to me that this comment section is so toxic, not here. Rest peacefully all those who’s lives were ended as a result of Columbine on 20/04/1999.
@Karen Harrison it’s the same thing, the us uses MM/DD/YYYY, the rest of the world uses DD/MM/YYYY. It’s clear here regardless as there is not a twentieth month. The sentiment remains.
@dylan klebold you still alive??
Thank you for putting this together and sharing everyone’s story, Columbine was my generation.. I’m the same age and my heart will always be connected to columbine high school.
God bless that principal. He has the biggest heart. Though I wish this tragedy never happened in the first place, I’m happy it was him who was principal when it happened. He handled it with grace when there was absolutely no handbook, or experience he would learn from. He wrote it and mastered it.
Ashley Saavedra what did he do during the shooting to deserve such praise? His staff knew of the bullying of the shooters and their unstable behavior leading up to the shooting
Lord Megatron the way he handled the situation after? Is it the principals fault for the shooting? The parents? At the end of the day, it was Eric’s and Dylan’s fault. Every single teenager is going through something in high school. To put that whole fault in the principle is a stretch
Ashley Saavedra or the counselors fault who saw their class journals and knew they were high risk. Maybe the Principal for not stopping the bullies who constantly attacked Eric and Dylan. Maybe the bullies themselves! Everyone was at fault here. Don’t blame just the gunman! We all make society work that includes mental health monitoring
Lord Megatron the gunmen are the only ones at fault. There are lots of people who’s actions could potentially have changed their paths but I find it incredibly disrespectful of you to say it was anyone but the gunmen’s faults.
Lord Megatron every school sadly deals with bullying. But if every student that was bullied reacted the way Eric and Dylan did and shot up their school, than every counselor and principal in the world would be at fault. Thankfully now we are more aware and have grown better into preventing these things from happening. But you have to understand that at the time, school shootings weren’t a thing to prevent because they weren’t happen. No one was shooting up their school for revenge. We now are more aware of the signs and things to look out for thankfully.
I just BAWLED my eyes out watching this whole thing.
It really is hard to fathom that Lauren Townsend would visit the Oklahoma bombing memorial and then 4 years later people would be visiting her memorial in Colorado.
The Columbine song still echoes through my head some days. I was a sophomore, and I lost a friend in Paducah. Columbine rocked the world of every high schooler, every parent, from 4/20/1999 onward.
I was 12 and in middle school and remembering not understanding what this was. We as kids thought they were random men going around to random different schools around the country doing this. It scared the 💩 out of us. I remember being in my school library a couple of days after columbine happened and looking around for the trenchcoat mafia to pop up.
Movie soundtrack of " I AM NOT ASHAMED. "
when Frank started listing the schools he offered support to and the list went on and on it really drove home that it keeps happening and nothing changed the laws didn't get any better
Such a story of strength & hope. Pity that 23 years later, our nation has learned nothing and parents have to fear dropping their children off each day at school.
Satan is alive and well on planet earth. Many demons live on earth.
Jesus saves souls, heals hearts and provides an eternal home to those who love and serve Him.
something i wish more people knew is that dylan and eric werent bullied as bad as the media liked to say they were. they were the bullies most of the time and had even threatened to kill multiple classmates at least a year before the shooting and the police didnt do anything about it :/
Where did you get your information from?
I’m asking because I think Dylan did fit in but probably was super insecure and he was having suicidal thoughts. Eric was sort of weird they said but he was a manipulator. They Eric was violent and out of his mind plus the columbine bullies added to the destructive behavior. The true question is was it nuture or nature or a combination of both. Dylan was graduating that year and going to college what would make him shoot a school. Suicide which turned aggressive because of bullies and Eric.
A note they left in someone's locker containing a death threat and the 1 occassion Eric threatened his friend is not "being the bullies most of the time". And I shouldn't even include Eric and his friend, because that was not even technically a case of bullying.
@LightHouseAbbayel Brooks' mother speaks on an incident where her son who was friends with Eric. How he would break the guys windscreen and het mad whne he didn't pick him.up from home to go to school, bcoz he had overslept.
eric was the bully and Dylan had art obsessed parents who didnt care.
i had bad things happen to me in my life. but i never took it out on other people.
I was only a few months old when Columbine happened. But I like watching documentaries about stuff like this. It helps me understand a bit about what happened that day. I always heard the name ‘Columbine’ without knowing what it actually was. This was beautiful
And you were a toddler when 9/11 happened. Just a little one.
" untold stories of columbine " Vision Video.
I had a AOL friend that was a senior in high school who lived in Littleton in 1999 and I remember emailing him saying ARE YOU OK and he said he was.
I can't believe Sean Graves got shot 6 times that's crazy.
While I understand your feeling of guilt, Mr. DeAngelis, just know that this was not your fault. That you view all these kids as your kids really says a lot about what a wonderful human being you really are.
It was his fault, he had a shit grip on bullying and fostered the atmosphere at the school by barely even knowing students unless they were athletes.
He’s a creep.
I specifically like this documentary because it focuses on the victims and their stories rather than the killers. Which so much pain these people's love could not be destroyed. Forget martys, forget killers, remember victims.
I don't know why so many comments here want to have a safe space so badly. The victims of a disator are not the most important part regarding said distastor, it's the cause that should be foccussed on. Foccussing on victims does not do anything except validate your feelings lmao
Rachel’s Challenge
1. Look for the best in others.
2. Dare to dream.
3. Choose positive influences.
4. Use kind words.
5. Start a chain reaction of kindness.
“You just may start a chain reaction.”
“Mrs. Caruthers, I’m gonna have an impact on the world.”
“I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.
People will never know how far a little kindness can go.”
“Alright well before we can use a vending machine, first we have to find money.”
“Don’t let your character change color with your environment. Find out who you are and let it stay its true color.”
“These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people’s hearts.”
“This will be my last year Lord… I’ve gotten what I can. Thank you.”
“I’m dying, quickly my soul leaves, slowly my body withers. It isn’t suicide, I consider it homicide. The world you have created has led to my death.”
--Rachel Joy Scott
Rachel’s family is doing an amazing job of keeping her legacy and what she stood for alive. As well as informing a generation that was young or not alive when this occurred. I remember her brother came to my middle school and spoke to us about her and the experience it was very eye opening.
It is so touching his the former students can now empathize with their parents.
I was born and raised in Oklahoma City I’ve seen the survivor tree it’s amazing and i’m Thankful we sent part of it to places who Dealt with tragedy the tree it’s represents what Oklahoma City is And it’s represents survival and hope
This is such a beautiful documentary. I honestly cried the entire time. I can't believe it's been 22 years now.
I'm from Sydney Australia, I was only 7 years old when this happened, and don't remember the day but for some reason this tragic event really impacts me, it's a mixture of sadness and yet it gives me profound wonder that humanity can heal and support one another in such a way that the families of columbine have and continue to do
I can’t imagine being a parent of the shooters or of the victims. Knowing your child just killed innocent people and you can’t stop them, or knowing your child could be dead and you can’t get to them. The mother of one of the shooters actually did a TEDtalk that I highly recommend, she’s a very loving person and revives so much horrible hate because of what her son did. She wants to raise awareness so it doesn’t ever happen again. She grieves not only because her son did such horrible things but because she lost him as well.
Every single year on April 20 I will always remember these young kids who were tragically murdered. Forever you will be loved never forgotten and always in our hearts forever and always 🌈🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌹🌹🌹🌹
Ain't nothing like a caring principal and staff of teachers that really care. Thank you to all the teachers and staff around the world, I hope that one day you get the pay you deserve.
Please take a moment to pray with me.
*Dear Heavenly Father, our world is desperately in need of peace, love and a lot less hate. God I pray with your mighty hand you could please show our world the love from you. Please protect America, keep us safe. Help us to stand up for things that are wrong. Help us not to be ashamed. It’s in YOUR name we pray for PEACE, LOVE and HARMONY... amen.*
yurgirlmaddie 17 meanwhile back in reality people are still dying every 30 seconds from gun violence. People need to act not god.
@Lord Megatron
Well, so far, people haven’t done nothing. Hate to break it too non-believers, but our only hope now is GOD. *PeRIoDtTtTtTt.*
yurgirlmaddie 17 wow. Assume much? I’m not gonna tell you what church I go to but I practically grew up going to the same one.
yurgirlmaddie 17 God doesn’t help those who aren’t willing to help others. That’s my personal belief. While you pray I’d be doing all I could to stop this stuff from happening.
yurgirlmaddie 17 maybe afterwards I’ll thank the Big Guy for giving me the strength and determination to do what other believers simply can’t/don’t bother to.
my ❤ goes to the victims, their families, and the brave survivors. Your stories continue to inspire us and help us seek faith 🌷
The red rock auditorium is so beautiful. Honestly it is a must see area.
Mandie Wilson one of my friends who is a survivor works there for concerts. Imagine that being your office...
How is this relevant?
I lost it when Lauren's mother Dawn said that she and her family do the ASL for 'I love you'; my almost 5 year old and I do that.
This was a beautiful video. Now when i think about Columbine, I wont think of just the 2 guys that are responsible for all that happened, I now will have names and faces of real people that survived, and gave their life that day. This is by far one of the most informative, beautiful videos hands down. Thank You.
Kelly's parents are lovely ppl :(
20 years later, you will always be in our hearts we love you
Much love from lake helen reserve, ontario, canada ♡
The part where Sean accepts his diploma... He whips out his cane... And it was a nonverbal testimony of what he'd overcome to get to that point... Gave me goosebumps.
The tears are just streaming.
This really hit me in the feels. Prayers out to you all.
Frank is such a honorable principle and any school would want to have him. God bless him and his heart and soul and RIP to the students that were part of the tragedy.
That man probably has ptsd and has flashbacks every time he see a trench coat
Very powerful.
My heart goes out to all of those impacted.
It’s so beautiful to see the spirit of these kids to continue on and inspire those around them. 💕
Idk why I'm watching this. I'm not even American either but this has made me cry. Never forget the ones lost. Showing my respects from Liverpool, England ❤️
Heartbreaking but beatifully made ❤
Who in the nine hells would thumb this down?
Károly Papp huh??
Basement dwelling pussies.
*instant up scroll to see who tf did*
Eric and Dylan fan girls, romanticising horrible people, if only they knew the pain of loss, but they don’t because they are probably spoiled by their parents.
Eric and Dylan fangirls, the government conspiracists
All of the people hurt and killed that day have my heart. They’re ALL so brave.
@succulent kool-aid just us being alive and here is brave enough i think so for them to just be alive w the risk of this tragedy..
not that they had to choose to be brave, but it’s brave to be alive and they deserve respect for just being alive and not knowing the things they’d have to endure so unfairly
I think I watch this occasionally to remind myself of how fortunate I am to still be alive. Any of those kids could have been me or any other high school kids at the time. My heart goes out to all who STILL live with this today even though it happened over 20 years ago now. This was horrible. The families of these Columbine students shattered forever. Rest in peace. God bless you Frank Miles for helping others who have gone through similar incidents.
" untold stories of columbine " Vision Video.
We should keep Columbine standing instead of demolishing it because it needs to be a symbol against adversity.
Rose Karina are they planning on demolishing it?
@@ProfessorSassypants There's a survey out in the community of whether or not people want to demolish it. If it does get demolished they would build a new building but keep the same name,school colors and mascot. I don't think it would change anything because people will always know what happened that day and even some survivors of the shooting said they were against it
Rose Karina aw that’s sad, what happened there is awful but i agree it should be kept especially for a reminder, it’s been 20 years and it’s still pretty fresh for the people that were affected but it’s so important that it’s never forgotten. Why do people always want to do things like this? It’s not the same but it reminds me of when there was a lot of chatter about possibly demolishing auschwitz. It’s so important we don’t forget the mistakes people have made before us, if we do, it makes it ever more likely to occur again.
@@ProfessorSassypants I didn't know about Auschwitz but you can never erase history. Plus the shooters wanted to destroy the school so demolishing it is letting them win in my opinion. By demolishing it we're making it seem like the shooting was all there is to Columbine and that's not true. I don't know why they want to make a new building because people will still know it's Columbine. They should just enhance security measures
Rose Karina definitely, couldn’t agree more.
Sean seems like an awesome, headstrong person. I'm going to appreciate being able to walk a little more after watching this video.
I was in a shooting in high school! I seen a childhood friend get killed by somebody I had classes with but had just met that day! I was sitting with him and a friend at lunch when my other friend approached the guy and he got up and acted like he was going to walk away! He reached in his coat and pulled out his gun! I was so shocked I just sat there! My girlfriend pulled on me telling me we had to go! I got up and went into the building and my childhood friend followed us! The guy with the gun followed us too! He fired a shot at my friend and my friend turned and looked at me and said son of a bitch that hurts! More shots were fired it was complete chaos! I got pushed out the back of the building and the lady in front of me got hit with fragments! I ran around another building and seen my friend laying on the ground dying! I had to testify at the trial! I live with this everyday! This happened in 1988! I just think maybe I could of saved his life or stopped it! I am scared of guns, loud noises and big crowds! I currently live in a secure building! I have been diagnosed with PTSD! When Columbine happened I pulled my kid out of school! I live in IL! Nobody speaks of this in my hometown! I moved 30 miles away and rarely go back anymore! I guess I have survivors guilt at 47 years old! I also don't understand how the guy who did it has been out of jail for almost 30 years! School shooting have been happening since for me since 1988! How have they not figured out how to stop this! Each time one happens it brings back all these memories! Needless to say there was another school shooting 8 miles from Columbine the other day! RIP Robert " Toto" Johnson!
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I'm so very sorry 😞 😢
❤❤❤❤ love to you
Sean, you are so strong!❤️
I graduated in 1996...I remember watching the news coverage of columbine while it was happening...at that moment I, selfishly thanked God I was done with high school...
Now I have a high school student of my own...and I pray every single day he is safe
What a great thing Frank is doing and I'm so happy he's a resource for others who've sadly been through the same thing. It's just too bad that that work has ever been necessary in the first place.
whew this is soo sad :(
My two girls were in a high school less than 5 miles away. I'll never forget how terrified we were, and felt so helpless and brokenhearted. God bless them all.
Remembering all of those that lost their lives and that were injured that awful April day 20yrs ago..Just know that you all have been in my thoughts and prayers..Will this ever end? I doubt it very much.
Lauren Townsend loved animals and volunteered at animal shelters and was going to be a vet. Pretty sure she never bulled either of those monsters. Yet Dylan shot her an astounding EIGHT times, she died comforting her friends telling them it would be ok. For good measure, Eric shot her again after she had died. She was the valedictorian and had such a bright future. I feel for all the victims of course but she - at least for me - is the saddest death of them all. RIP Lauren and all the other victims. Dylan and Eric may you burn in hell.
Hebprobablyl hated that she was positive and intentional about her future. As most bullies and witches are. They ahte to see others happy and excited.
Beautifully done. That tragic day will live on in infamy. But the healing is so apparent today. The wounds of that day do heal with life’s band aids, but some scars never go away. Prayers always with the family’s,the ones who aren’t with us today. And of course the the ones who survived and live with the tragic memories of that awful day! 🙏🏽❤️💯
Omg man, I could not hold back the tears with this one
I was in 8th grade. I was one of the weird kids
I went to a regular high school for a year and a half. In that time my friends and I were treated like we would be kids who would shoot up the school, even teachers treated us like that. Alot of my teachers didn't even know my name. I did get bullied but I didn't care about that. I was tired ended being stuck with shitty ass teachers. I ended up dropping out and going to an alternative high school where I got along just fine. Even with the teachers. I was weird, I had black hair, my best friend was a goth with blue hair, but there wasn't anything wrong with us. Columbine was tragic and I am sorry it happened. But regardless of if those boys were bullied or not they sure fucked up high school for a lot of us weird kids who just wanted to be weird and not looked at like we would be the next to shoot up the school.
Now that I am a parent, (I was in 10th grade when Columbine happened) I cannot and don't want to phathom the strength it takes to go on. Her parents are so strong.
We literally take every day for granted we have absolutely no idea how lucky we are to come home safely I really don’t think we fully grasp the blessing of getting to lay our heads on our own pillows at night safe and in one piece❣️
This is so true. Very well said, and it especially rings true TODAY, given what happened in uvalde, Texas on May 24th.
It’s 20/04/2020 we will never forget and will teach our children and grandchildren to respect each other and prevent bullying as much as possible. RIP to those who died on that terrible day.
22:22 I cried 😥 such a strong individual. Not giving up after being shot 6 times, and imagine going through this. The survivors guilt.. we can learn so much from this. Truly live every day like it's your last
Wow, very impactful stories to rise from the ashes. Beautifully told, God Bless all who were touched by the tragedy.
You can’t change the past... but you can always choose to listen to people no matter what! No matter who! A little kindness goes a long way ❤️🙏
I was born after Columbine. And for a long time it didn’t hit me. When I was a teen it didn’t hit me. But having turned 20 and rewatching it with a bit more maturity and less teenage angst I feel it now. More than 20 years after it happened I can grasp the impact and it pains me to realise the amount of pain it caused.
I was 22 years old and a college student. I heard about it on the radio on the way to my church's Bible study. No smartphones back then. Young people nowadays cannot imagine that school shootings were incredibly rare, basically unheard of. It was truly shocking to every American. I later met a girl whose older brother attended Columbine high school when this happened. Hearing her perspective was an honor.
I’m crying and tearing
M G which is the same thing....
ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY PUNK you need help asap 😂
A slightly irritating thing that I keep finding in comment sections of different columbine documentaries and such is that people believe bullying was the cause when it very much wasn't. Dylan and Eric were both very friendly and had many friends. Dylan was depressed and suicidal for different reasons than bullying and was manipulated by Eric to believe that killing others was the answer for his pain. Eric wrote in a diary of sorts about what he wanted to do and his thoughts. It's believed that Eric was completely unstable and had a superiority complex and was borderline psychotic. Dylan just met the wrong person at the wrong time in his life. In a sense Eric controlled dylans thoughts, making him believe that this is how they should go out. Showing other people the pain that they felt. Dylan saw it as a way to end his own life. I feel just as bad as the victims of the shooting as I do for Dylan and Eric. It was all senseless death that could have been stopped if people paid attention to their actions. I recently watched a documentary about Sue Klebold (Dylan's mother) who said that she regrets not attending to her sons mental health better. Now she's an activist for mental health and suicide prevention. Yes bullying is an issue but it is not the reason.
Many school shootings are actually prompted by motivation from other school shootings. It's almost as if there's a pattern. The most important thing to remember is that hurt people hurt people. In lots of cases it's bullying but Dylan and Eric decided to hurt people in the most painful way possible.
Came here to say exactly this
They were picked on occassionally, not bullied in the way the term "bullied" means. But with minds that were already twisted and dangerous. Those jocks and others who could be mean to Eric and Dylan played a part in fueling the rage to the level they lost the contact with reality, but mostly Eric sounded like a spoiled brat who got very angry and aggressive if life showed it was not all about him. And Dylan sounded like a depressed kid that had no will of his own and would do anything to please Eric who he might have thought of as the only one who accepted him. And oh my god did especially Dylan yearn for that. It is not a simple formula why they did this. But everything had a part in it. These kids should have been locked in, because trying to reach out would not had helped them. Since january 1998 everything points in the direction they would not have accepted help anymore. They were too far gone. Sorry, a long answer...but that "bullying" people talk about had a part in this but just one piece of puzzle, not the reason.
I do not remember where I heard it from but somewhere Eric stated "picking on others" were a part of human nature, therefore he made it sound the so called bullying made him think he needed to punish the human race. So no. Bullying was not the plain reason. But since he already was fueled with rage, obsessed with death etc.. it was a reason.
Sorry but thats nonsense and you're clearly going off people like dave cullen's viewpoint, if you had done proper research and studied the case thoroughly you would see statements from students who witnessed the bullying first hand, not to mention all the other evidence that shows how much they were tormented on a daily basis without any help from teachers and other staff memebers
They were bullied nonstop at school
I will always remember Columbine it makes me scared (even now),to think students are capable of doing this.
beautifully put together..
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I just recently moved to Colorado and the odd personality that I am, i have to go see this school. May the souls lost on April 20th, 1999 have eternal peace.
Columbine reminds me of 9/11 I was a freshman during columbine & senior the latter in Illinois. Same school
Wait, are you serious? I’m gonna check that, but if you are telling the truth, looks like a godamn terrorist group took inspiration from some boys, holy crap.
@Gonzalo Baca seriously?
We need action (just as much as thoughts and prayers). 1999-2019 RIP
"These kids died on my watch"... what a powerful admission of unnecessary guilt. That's a powerful feller right there.
I feel bad for the principle. The kids would have been 36 this year. Lauren and Rachel both probably would be helping the world. Rachael in the mission field probably. That man god bless him must still have guilt or nightmares to this day and haunted by the ghosts of the past. I can’t imagine god bless him I want to hug him. I’m sure most of the students have forgiven him in the afterlife and don’t want him to blame himself.
I can't stop watching the Columbine Videos too About what happened on April 20 1999😭
this documentary has simply brought me to tears.
Can't believe it will soon be 22 years & my heart still hurts!!! I have friends from here on RUclips that lost family and friends that day...the pain of this day will forever haunt each of us!!! Columbine we 💙 you!!! Please continue to be resilient and be strong!!! My heart is with you all my 💜 Bostonian love to each of you
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I can’t stop watching these