APRIL 20, 1999 - LITTLETON, COLO.
On April 20, 1999, two students walked non-chalantly into Columbine High School at 11:15 a.m. and fired shots from a multi-gun arsenal and lobbed homemade bombs throughout the school. At the end of the rampage, 12 students, one teacher and the gunmen were dead. The following articles, photos, audio clips and polls recount the events of that day as well as the recovery of the wounded and the remembrance of the victims. Below, are articles from the first five days after the shooting. At right, key stories are divided into certain issues surrounding the tragedy.
Day 5: April 25, 1999
Day 4: April 24, 1999
Day Three: April 23, 1999
Day Two: April 22, 1999
Day One April 20, 1999
Shattered Dreams: Struggling to find meaning out of
madness, Columbine community looks inward for answers lead storyKiller's diary describes plot of hate full storyPositive feelings emerge from shooting tragedy full storyFor clergy, tragedy highlights the ages-old problem of
evil full storyThe day Colorado and the nation cried photo essayBroomfield Klebolds inundated with calls full storyFuneral services for Columbine victims full listList of memorial services full
briefs1927 school bombing killed nearly 40 children full storyBuchanan blames entertainment industry for killings full storySuspensions, arrests across country full storyNevada parents protesting Marilyn Manson concert full story911 calls testify to terror, confusion lead storyLast rites begin full
storyColumbine 911 calls show chaos full storyAudio: 911 call from a studentAudio: 911 call from a teacherAudio: Police radio trafficShootings prompt review full
storyDA: 'These deaths cannot be in vain' full storyWhite hats, black coats, good hearts full storyColumbine students will finish year full briefsDangling student inspired SWAT team full storyStudent arrested for bringing bomb to school full storyHow can you help full
columnWeapons used full
story
Vigil honors teachers, victims lead storyDecision hasn't been made on completing school year full storyAnother bomb found full
storyIn memory of a good person, teacher full storyLocal man organizing violence forum, vigil full storyLocal parents discuss shootings full storySchools and violence around the nation full briefsGrief becoming unfortunately familiar full storyBarney Hutchinson: Game helps, but hearts with victims
full columnLa. school site of another shooting full storyMarilyn Manson concert canceled full storyShooting notes Bombs found in Columbine kitchen full storyList of those slain at Columbine full story
Photos of victims In pictures photo essayAnguish full storyPromising lives end too soon full storyGrieving people gather full
storyPark near high school gathers students, media full storyClique tension common full
storySchools evacuated after bomb threats full storyClint Talbott: Death, be not proud full columnBombs packed a powerful punch full storyIllness to thank for survival full storySuspects' neighbors stunned by shootings full storyStudent group had a dark lifestyle full storySchools' security reviewed full storyTerror hits home for CU students from Littleton full storyStudents, schools lend support full storyTrip keeps father from knowing fate of daughters full storyA mourning community looks to grief counselors full storyLeaders scrap gun bills full
storyGuns and legislatures full
storyBoulder Valley cancels games full story'What can we do?' county leaders asked full storySuspects' parents speak full
statementsShooting notes full
storyChronology of events full
storyReaders' comments full
reactionWhat now? full
editorialLet the forums begin full
editorialMotives, identities of victims still not known full storyA look at the 'Trenchcoat Mafia' full story
Student massacre full
storyNo one can vow schools are safe full storyParents advised to talk and listen full storyShooting follows crisis talks full storyInternet threat not taken seriously full storyLegal speculation sparked full
storyHospitalized victimsLocator map and chronologyColorado's leaders reactRecommendations for safe school plan full storyClint Talbott: Questions without answers full columnWhy? What can our community do to keep our schools safe?
full editorialOregon students think it's happening to them again full storySchool violence statistics
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BACKGROUND
Reaction from the first weekRelated stories indexFull index of the shooting Reconstruction of the shooting TimelineSchool locationFloorplanWeapons used
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MULTIMEDIA
Photos and audio from the shooting and its aftermath.
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YEAR BY YEAR
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INTERACT
With the recent rise in school violence, do you feel
schools are still safe? vote here
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HOW TO HELP
Columbine Memorial Fund, c/o The
Jefferson Foundation, 809 Quail St., Building 1, Lakewood, CO 80215.
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