Remembering Columbine, 25 years later
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- Опубликовано: 18 апр 2024
- Saturday marks 25 years since two seniors at Columbine High School committed one of the most infamous school shootings in American history, killing 12 students and a teacher.
At the time, the massacre in the suburban Denver town of Littleton was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
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I graduated in 2000 and I'll never forget this horrific event. Being the same age as these kids...knowing ive lived my life until now and they didn't have that chance. makes my heart hurt.
Second amendment thoughts and prayers repeat
Same
@@population-_-420lmao
@@ThatColineven if you don't agree with their solution, there's nothing funny about this.
@@KnockingONwood1111 they were making a joke about conservatives’ reasoning for horrendous situations like school shootings. I can laugh at a joke.
Wow, 415 people have perished in this way over the past 25 years. This never should have become a trend in the first place.
Biden is the problem
Sad to admit that I thought the number was much higher. Even if it was lower, the number should be zero. Too many just get used to this and that’s awful too. So many kids and adults should still be with us, living their lives today and being whoever they desire to be. So heartbreaking.
there were attacks long before that
@@Javra88 Well yeah…that’s why I said “over the past 25 years”.
And the US is alone on these numbers. Gun regulations however is still not a reality. Fucking insane
It's been 25 years... Wow. Many of those kids would have had children of their own and productive American citizens. May their souls continues to rest in enduring peace
😢😢😢😢😢
But they didn't because some idiot no some monster took their souls that day same thing with the school shooting in 2012 same thing with the parkland mass shooting in 2018 same thing with the 2022 Texas shooting :people this needs to stop and it needs to start with you you need to get your brothers checked your sister's checked it might be one of them whos the shooter-angry grandpa:
No, they would've had children that were out bullying other kids who were "different" just like they did to Eric and Dylan.
I am the same age as what these kids would of been if they lived rip Rachel you inspired me
@@jamielehman4934Please shut up not everyone who is bullied lashes out with a mass shooting. I know cause I was bullied.
This school shooting is right up there with 9/11 for me. It was one of those life changing events for me. Just like many others, I was a freshman at the time and this really hit me hard. No school shooting victims should be forgotten, but for some reason, this one has always dug deep into me. RIP Columbine victims
*drills
911 was an inside job by own us govemrnet Wont be surprised this high shooting was also an inside job
I'll never forget the victims and survivors of the Columbine shooting 25 years ago it happened a couple of months before I graduated high school may they rest in peace 🙏
I was just 16 when it happened, I also remember my younger sister was upset because they had preempted "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" The TV Series (Not the 1992 Movie of the Same Name), maybe showing their respects, I'll bet that's where they filmed most of the school scenes at that high school.
I am sorry what happened to you, I remember this 25 years later, and that day was a tragic day. I hope you can get help of what you have experience.
Take time every year to think about & remember all the ones that lost their lives. My heart & prayers go out to all the lives that were affected by this. May we NEVER forget this as well as 9/11
I hope you also remember the kids from that school who were bullied.
RIP we need to end gun violence save our children
It's not the guns. It's the idiots leaving it at there disposal
@Solo_RipCity And the idiots who actually pull the trigger.
ALot of the problem which people dont think about is How much American/our Media Sensationalize these events and The Copy cats are only Copying what The Media Sensationalized about the Shooters on National TV thats where all that stems from.
Rachel Scott’s movie “I am not ashamed” is how I learned about the shooting. RIP to everyone ♥️
I think I caught that film somewhere on TV several years ago. I'm not sure if I rented it on DVD from a local library, but I'm glad that I watched it anyways 💐💗💐
My God I'll never forget that day. 25 years later WOW.
There's no changing. Mental health is running even more ragged over the last many years. It's scary and unfair. Heartbreaking.
Yes sad 😞
Except not everyone who has mental health issues thinks the solution to their problems is to murder others.
Gun laws need to change and when the GOP decides to stop accepting monies/support from the NRA, change might happen.
The breakdown of family dynamics in the US is an interesting thought… most are single parent households.
.. we also have an unprecedented mental health crisis…
..coincidence?
@@TheCrispOne2024 except Eric and Dylan both came from ‘intact’ families, although if the parents are so ‘busy’ with life, they could be ignoring their kids.
On the flip side, if the movie “Dawn Anna” is accurate, Lauren Townsend was the youngest of four from a ‘broken’ home (the movie shows the mother finding love and remarrying).
When her mother became sick, she, her siblings and her older sister’s boyfriend got together to help each other get to where they needed to go AND help mother with medical appts.
As for mental health, not everyone who has mental health issues thinks the solution to their problem is to get a weapon, commit murder.
The hands at the end really hit me. RIP.
Absolutely heart wrenching.
Read "Rachel's Tears". I read it once a year, at least.
Have you seen the movie that they made? “I’m Not Ashamed” It's crazy to see everything line up that happened
This tragedy happened when I was 8 months pregnant with my second child. I remember the sadness I felt for these precious angels. The Oklahoma City Bombing April 19th, 1995. April 19th is a significant date for the Branch Davidian siege at Waco Texas. My best friend died on April 19th, 1985 at the tender age of 15. I still miss you everyday, my Dixie. My husband dated our D papers on this date. April 19th is a horrible day for so many reasons. God Bless.
My uncle died on April 19th too!! And that was way back in 1969!!
My daughter was 6 years and 7 days old on April 19 1990...the day she died peacefully, finally free from the pain of a disease inherited from my husband and me. Every time there is a school shooting anywhere in the world, I cry for the parents. (There has never been a mass school shooting in Australia, even before our gun laws changed.) I will never understand how the toxic worship of the "freedom" of gun ownership is more important to those "Patriots" than making the country safer for everyone. I count my blessings that I know exactly how my daughter died. Many of the parents of those children killed in these tragic school shootings will never know if their child died quickly or if their child was screaming out in pain for them. How can more children Under 19 in the USA die from gunshot wounds than children in war torn countries??
When is enough EVER going to be enough? When will it EVER be time to stop the condolences and prayers and begin to Unite the States to make changes to protect the most valuable of all commodities, children?
@@jessicawagers2321 sorry for your loss 😢
1999 was my senior year in high school, I remember this like yesterday. 25 years later, it seems as though people will never change.
25 yrs later and still nothing done for unstable people
Or access to guns 😢
@justsayin5609 well if they can't get them legally they'll get them illegally
And nothing is being done about bullying.
@@scaboi absolutely, it’s unacceptable
@@scaboibullying is the same with racism. you can’t change an ignorant persons mind. the only solution to bullying i can think of is bringing back beyond scared straight.
& in 25 years since, it's gotten much worse, unfortunately. Always be kind and caring towards others. You never know what kind of impression you'll make on people. RIP to the 13 people that lost their lives, 25 years ago tomorrow.
Yet everyday people continue to treat each other like crap.
@@thefox47545bidens America 🇺🇸
@@firstlast8258 Just America, period.
25 years later still heartbreaking and sad😭😭
Wow he remembered their names 25years later. What can we say? RIP to the victims and sympathy to the families survivors who feel hurt by their loss daily.
I remember watching the video they showed of Rachel’s story and challenge at my middle school and when she somehow knew she didn’t have long to live, people just know sometimes
They talked about Racheal too when I was in high school. Sad that this is still happening and nothing is done about it.
That how I found out about it too!!! I was in middle school by the early 2000s when they came to us & made us aware. I was so SHOOK because I had started seeing more of these investigative documentaries about these events on E! & A&E back then. Nevertheless, I definitely give a lot of appreciation & grace to the victims & loved ones who still carry the memories left behind 🙏🏾💗💐
Oh my God, is it 25 years already? Still remember the day when this came on Yahoo that afternoon. That was the breakroom conversation for many days.... RIP to the Souls....
I remember watching a soap opera and this came on action news.
It was horrific. Thank you for keeping their memory alive❤
I’m so sorry for Rachel Scott’s brother, who had to watch his friends be mocked and killed by those racists. I agree with Isaiah Shoels’ father, the parents of the shooters should’ve been charged. And I’m glad that Ethan Crumbley’s parents have been charged for allowing their son to take a gun to school and kill other children.
I was in Middle School, this still messes with me and every other school shooting after it. RIP to the victims and comfort to their families and everyone traumatized by this event.
I remember coming into a classroom at my middle school and seeing the live broadcast of the students being evacuated, it was so scary
@@ddthewolf yep crazy what they used to show on the news
Hard to believe it’s been 25 years now. I was out of high school by couple of years when this happened. And while this incident wasn’t the first school shooting, it was roughly the first that occurred with two shooters and really got high level media exposure. Obviously doesn’t make the unknown or largely forgotten shootings any less tragic. Virginia Tech is still considered as deadliest school shooting. A record that I hope never gets broken, let alone any numbers.
I was in 8th grade and it felt like the entire world stopped when this happened yet nothing changed. It’s been 25 years and it’s only gotten worse. I now have a 4 year old son and my husband and I have been talking about built proof backpacks or inserts for when he starts kindergarten because we feel like it would be foolish to think something like this couldn’t happen to our child. It’s the how many this time that will never make sense to me.
Again my heart & prayers & condolences go out to all the families and to the school period that were affected by this and lost loved ones.😓😓
I'm a teacher in Texas. I've been in eight lockdowns and lost three students to school shootings.
Yup and have learned nothing since 😢🙏🏾
Nope.
Very unfortunate for us all.
I can't believe it's been 25 Years...Damn.
I'll never forget that afternoon, watching the events unfold on the news. Who would have believed it would become such a common occurrence? May they rest in eternal peace.
ill never forget this and the tragedy of 9/11/01
I was a senior in high school when this happened. I still remember this day like yesterday. So sad and terrible. 😢
This happened a year after i graduated high school. I remember coming home from work and hearing about it on the news.
I was 12 years when it happened. My dad couldn't stop talking about it. I remember seeing it on the News, students running. It was just so sad. I'm still upset about it.
So sad to share a birthday with this tragic event. May all 11 angels rest in peace 🕊🙏
I remember this so vividly and the thought any of us could be next scared the hell out of me. We have to change this deadly pattern.
I worked in Denver then. I'll never forget the company-wide email: "If you have a loved one at Columbine HS, come to floor 26 immediately."
My sis did a high school report on this shooting. These kids had so much of their lives to look forward to…
I’m gonna graduate high school in a month and I’m glad nothing like that has happened in my high school experience. It’s a shame that those kids didn’t get to experience that and that Eric and Dylan were never caught before they committed the massacre, there were definitely a lot of red flags that were missed. I send my condolences and respect to anyone affected by the Columbine massacre
25 years later and yet it continues
I still remember 😢 the shock of such an event. The individuals lost and Peter Jennings reporting. Could still get WPVI on the radio.
Just reminds you to always be in good relations with the ones you love. I can't image how much Craig feels everyday because of it .
Class of 1999 here, this broke my heart then and it breaks my heart now. A week after this a copy cat shooter went through the school my grandmother worked at killing people there. I remember columbine and that shooting almost as one event, it took away my innocent hope for the world. Instead of graduation being a wonderful, joyous time for me it was just sad and bleak. 25 years later that sad, bleak feeling seems to be more on point than I would ever have wished on anyone.
Even tho I was 5 when this happened even as I got older and heard more about what happened at this school this broke my heart even still to this day
I was in the 8th grade when this happened. I thought it only happened in high schools at the time. But now it's happening everywhere. RIP
My school shooting happened 6 months after Columbine. It started a deadly trend that has just gotten worse in 25 yrs. We have more school shootings now than 25 yrs ago.
A quarter of a century. Crazy Sad.
I graduated in 1998 I’m glad I missed the trend. I know have kids in high school and fear for their live’s daily 💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏
Still a loss always will be 💔
I was born in 1999 and I am 25 on Wednesday but in High school learning about Columbine Columbine shooting because Rachel story of one of the students killed on tragic today. Rest in peace to the victim.
I was five when this sad day happened, I remember watching on the news. This was so sad. I pray for all of the families. My heart goes to the families
While this was going on my father was trying to call his nephew, who lived in Littleton. His daughter was in high school. Dad couldn't get through as lines were jammed. So he called his brother, the nephew's father and found, luckily, that the girl went to the next school over. When Columbine resumed school for the last few weeks of the year, the young people shared that other building, going to school in shifts.
A tragic tragic story.
I was only 10 when this happened but remember it so well.. changed the way our school did things.. always so sad to think about this and those that lost their lives.. continued prayers for all those involved and their families
This is the school shooting that most people remember but just one year earlier there was a school shooting in Arkansas at a middle school.
I remember being 12 when this happened and thinking wow this is the craziest thing ever I'm glad this doesn't happen very often here... Then 2 years later I think two boys went into Arizona somewhere in a school and I remember thinking okay that's not so bad let's only two that I can remember since I've been alive.. now this happens regularly with multiple tens of people getting killed And everyone just keeps going on about their lives. It's crazy to me that this used to be the only instance I can remember of an awful school shooting.
I gave my life to the Lord 5 weeks later, in May 1999. It’s hard to believe it’s been a quarter of a century since this tragedy 🎭 happened. Continue to Rest In Peace ✌🏻This is the first school 🏫 shooting and sadly there’s been numerous school shootings since. Rachel did change so many lives
She has changed mine
Oh Rachel. What a beautiful soul.
I was in 10th grade. Me and my friends skipped school that day to partake in 420. When we got back to school the next day things were never the same again. Closed campus, we couldn't go out for lunch anymore. It was really rough on the smokers as once they left the building they wouldn't be allowed back in.
Rip to the kids who lost their life god bless them and their families 😢
And then sandy hook
😢i remember getting ready for school that day, my little brother's younger than I sat beside me as we watched kids like us pour from Columbine, it was when I realized how dangerous bullies can be and learned that the "adult" population was naive content to rest its fault on music or clothing style.
Rachel Scott hits me every time
I remember this day. I don’t think anyone who was alive then could ever forget, especially if you were a high school student.
Or the Loved one of a high school student.
This changed everything
No, Colombine didn't change anything...and that's the totally tragedy for the victims and their families. People may never forget but despite all those crosses and graves, NOTHING has changed to make the USA or its schools a safer place despite security guards and bulletproof backpacks and ALICE giving lessons on how to zigzag!
On March 13, 1996, at a school in Dunblane Scotland 16 young children, aged five and six, and their teacher were slaughtered...and then the people campaigned to change the laws. There has NOT been another school shooting in the past 25 years in the UK (but in 2010 12 people were shot and killed and in 2021 another 5 people were murdered...a total of 17 people in 28 years!)
Similarly, on April 28, 1996, 35 people were killed in a mass shooting in Australia...and 12 days later all States United to change the gun laws! Since then, there has been a total of 9 people murdered in two mass shootings and both of the perpetrators knew their victims. BTW There has NEVER been a mass school shooting in an Australian school!
Where is the freedom to live without the fear of being killed at school, or in church or at a movie theatre etc etc etc etc ...(and all those other popular massacre sites like parades or sporting celebrations) Whe is the USA going to register and check on people who bought a gun at the corner store! And that's the tragedy of the USA that needs to change everything!
@@eddykate3700Cool when are yall taking away knives?
it was the first time i had ever heard of something like this happening, i was in high school when this happened
April 19th hss ALWAYS been a horrible day! My uncle died on April 19th of 1969! And with all the shootings and bombings that happened on this very day!!! I STILL remember the Columbine shootings! I was pregnant with my daughter at age 22!! And watching this on the news was so sad!! RIP to ALL the victims on that day!
Just seeing the news report with Peter Jennings takes me back.
This is the new normal folks. Political differences will continue to prevent any change whatsoever from taking place.
My Dad and Uncle were there that day of the shooting, My Uncle ran out the lunchroom, and my dad was one of the few students who was in the library, my dad says it was the scariest moment of his life and he told me something that gave me chills and its that he looked right into the eyes of Dylan Klebold. Without my dad's calm.bravery I wouldn't be here today, him and my uncle both,
We are Columbine for life ♥♥♥
I remember this very well. I was in high school at the time, and my school was very paranoid that something like Columbine would copycat, so we were virtually under 'lock down' in terms of our freedom to move about during lunch, etc. And just a depressing time, right before the end of the school year. May all the vitctims continue to rest peacefully...
So sad.
This is sad. But teachers and principals have to put a stop to bullying. They let kids get bullied and they end up shooting up schools. Its messed up
When I was a kid and this happened, I was told it was the trench coat mafia. 😂
This is the American Dream the whole world wants??
This happened all because the two poor kids couldn’t take the bullying any longer and finally snapped. People need stop bullying and excluding introverted men.
Rip victims 🙏
Shame on America for not learning from this attack and for letting such violence become a normal occurrence. America's apathy is beyond appalling.
I couldn't agree more.
Exactly. It's sad.
God bless these kids, they will never be forgotten. ❤️
More legislation was called for regulating video games than the weapons used in this tragedy.
It seems there s no place is really safe.
I remember this day, so sad…. I went into labor watching the news and thinking “My God I’m bringing a new baby into this world while other parents are losing their babies 😭, why?” May these beautiful children continue to rest in peace 🙏😭
Sorry a reply had to come so late but I’m sorry you had to go through this on a special, yet sad day like that. I was only 7 at the time but I remember vividly watching this unfold on tv and it still haunts me to this day. I hope your child, yourself and family are doing well!
The FBI told us to take all threats serious but also a year later and 2 years later there were police patrols in school.
So sad. Daniel Mauser would be 37. Can't believe it.
He'd be 41 this year.
I lived 1 hour away from columbine when this happened 😢it was very sad! I hope they 🙏
Back then it didn't always happen. The whole country was in shock for a while.
Thinking about Columbine brings back memories much like recalling 9/11-a moment etched in memory where you vividly remember where you were and what you were doing. I was in high school, so full of hope...
I recently made a video on my channel discussing this, reflecting on the significance of these events. I'd appreciate it if you could watch and share your thoughts. Let's always honor and remember the victims-they are part of our community. May they rest in peace.
So sad. Remember vividly. I was 5mths pregnant with my 1st. 25 yrs and still nothing has changed. Just image if someone would gave stood up we could've prevented Sandy Hook, Uvalde and others
It's become even worse. It's unimaginable but true.
It's been 25 years since this happened
25
This is moving
And imagine if Linkin Park whould appeared at Woodstock 99 that whould gone so crazy than ever
We never, learn. 😞💔
Incredible Story. Such grief such pain such loss! 😢 But,guess what? Love wins over hate. Just look at Rachel Scott: her message of' 'love your neighbor as yourself 'reached dozens, then hundreds, and now millions through "Rachel's Challenge". ❤
My birthday is on April 19th, so happiness and sadness are a day apart for me.
Ever since a student at my school has announced to do something like this and I’ve written a term paper about the news coverage of Columbine, I often have to think of what happened, especially today. During my research, I saw so many things I didn’t want to see. I’m from Germany where unfortunately, school shootings have also happened.
Last year, I spent a semester abroad in the US. Whenever I was in class or in a building in general I wondered where to sit or stand so that I would not be killed immediately if somebody came in and started to shoot. Throughout time, I (sadly) got used to that uncomfortable feeling. I will never ever forget the victims and although I wasn’t even born when this shooting occurred, I’ll always feel deeply for the 13 victims🤍🕊️
I borned after this. Imagine the fateful noon when those boys and girls slightly below my age enjoying their lunchbreak in springtime. wow.
Crazy it’s been this long! And honestly that was the beginning of the end as far as school shootings are concerned
i woke up on april 20 and the first thing i remember was columbine
To All People. I WISH I WAS THERE TO
PROTECT ALL.RICHARD.
I'm proud of Craig. You can tell he's still haunted by it but is doing better perhaps he's used to the pain now but at the same time, life does go on.
if only someone helped those boys and took the signs seriously maybe this could’ve been prevented
RIP to all of the victims
I was born two months after this happened. So i didn't know anything about this until I was older i watched a documentary about this case. And found a movie called I'm not ashamed. Based on the story of Rachel Scott. One of the victims... I watched the movie every year on the anniversary. To pay my respects
The question to ask is this what could make kids carry weapons into school? What is disturbing the minds of kids going to high school? The schools has not done enough to address why the mental health of kids has deteriorated up till that point. What would make kids to orientate into that state. It's sad that instead of address it, parents and the government prefer to just avoid it altogether but how do you stop future occurrence.
Irresponsible parenting is a huge cause.
It’s also my 17th birthday on it’s 15th anniversary