and views of many people. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, both seniors at Columbine High School, entered the school in the middle of the school day and conducted a massive assault attack on the teachers and students within the school. According to an article published by Jennifer Rosenberg, the boys had planned to kill hundreds of classmates. They walked down the halls armed with guns, knives, and several bombs (Rosenberg). When the shooting was over, Harris and Klebold had killed 13 people, 12 students
morning of April 20, 1999, Eric Davis Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold went into the Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and went on a rampage killing spree leaving 12 students and 1 teacher dead and over 20 people injured before killing themselves. This crime is known as one of the most deadliest school massacres in the United States history (Pittaro). On the day of the Columbine High School Massacre, previously to the attack both Erick D. Harris and Dylan B. Klebold placed a decoy bomb in
Wednesday, October 22, 2003, America revisited a national tragedy that occurred in Littleton, Colorado four years ago. When authorities released the video Rampant Range, the public for the first time got to see Columbine High School shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold at a practice shooting range six weeks before they carried out the real thing. The future-shooters “can be heard laughing, joking and making cavalier comments about what it would be like if the bowling pins [they were shooting] were human
turn, they could have easily morphed into Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, taking innocent lives in a society that breeds contempt – if looking for it. However, if Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were to somehow travel back in time to Holcomb, Kansas in November of 1959, would the outcome for the Clutter family have been the same? Would the Midwest farm life – sans internet – have bred two killers as it did in the late 21st century? Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were bullied at Columbine. This, coupled
seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, enacted a full-scale assault on columbine high school throughout the middle of the school day. The boys' idea was to kill many of their colleagues. With guns, knives, and a large number of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways and killed. Once the day was done, twelve students, one teacher, as well as the two murderers were dead; and 21 of them were wounded. The haunting question remains: why did they decide to do this? Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were very
On April 20th 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold placed bombs inside their high school but they failed to detonate. Even though the bomb attack went wrong, the massacre that followed shortly after remains one of the most well known shootings in US history. Columbine was the most fascinating but heartbreaking and revolting non-fiction book I have ever read. Reading this book taught me a lot about the shooters personalities and proved rumors that I had in my head wrong, such as, the Columbine killers
Judgement Day “They’re freaks.” These words, however small, were used to abuse two young men in life, and denounce them in death. After years of inner turmoil and over twelve months of meticulous planning, 17 year old Dylan Klebold and 18 year old Eric Harris unleashed a rampage that would cause over 5 million dollars worth of damage, ruin the lives of countless people, and send the entire nation into a state of shock. April 20 1999 started out as a normal day at Columbine High School in
commenced the shooting. In early ’98, when Harris and Klebold committed a petty vandalism in the neighborhood this brings police awareness about the two boys Dylan Klebold, age 16, and Eric Harris, age 17. In May ’98 the Browns, (neighbors of the Harris’s) turn in a 9-page print out of Eric’s web site over to the police. The web site was filled with violence, hatred, and aforementioned threats, in spite of all that there was no action taken. In June of ’98 Dylan and Eric began building pipe bombs, the parents
The Incident As the smoke cleared and the bodies were counted, it appeared as if Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris had turned their hatred of fellow classmates into a killing spree no one could explain. Twelve students and one teacher were murdered and twenty students injured at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999 before these two boys took their own lives. Although their plan had been to kill hundreds of people with guns and homemade bombs, what happened still shocked the community and the nation
columbine High School massacre”. 15 students, including the shooters Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris died, while 24 others were injured. The biggest question is why did Dylan and Eric do it? What caused them to mentally want to take others lives? Where was the signs? Dylan Klebold was a 17 years old depressive. He didn’t seem he wanted to kill as much as he wanted to die. He was suicidal, and his parents were aware of the struggle. When Dylan was caught and suspended, his parents took action to correct his