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=== Teachers === | === Teachers === | ||
This is a list of educators who had died in the shootings. The victim's names are followed by their date of birth, and their age at the time that they were killed. | This is a list of educators who had died in the shootings. The victim's names are followed by their date of birth, and their age at the time that they were killed. | ||
# Dave Sanders, computer and business teacher, and coach - October 21, 1951 (47 years) | # [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/William_%22Dave%22_Sanders Dave Sanders], computer and business teacher, and coach - October 21, 1951 (47 years) | ||
=== Students === | === Students === | ||
This is a list of students who had died in the shootings. In total, 12 were killed. 8 of the victims were male and 4 were female. The victim's names are followed by their date of birth, and their age at the time that they were killed. | This is a list of students who had died in the shootings. In total, 12 were killed. 8 of the victims were male and 4 were female. The victim's names are followed by their date of birth, and their age at the time that they were killed. | ||
# Rachel Scott - August 5, 1981 (17 years) | # [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel_Scott Rachel Scott] - August 5, 1981 (17 years) | ||
# Daniel Rohrbough - March 2, 1984 (15 years) | # Daniel Rohrbough - March 2, 1984 (15 years) | ||
# Kyle Velasquez - May 5, 1982 (16 years) | # Kyle Velasquez - May 5, 1982 (16 years) | ||
# Steve Curnow - August 28, 1984 (14 years) | # Steve Curnow - August 28, 1984 (14 years) | ||
# Cassie Bernall - November 6, 1981 (17 years) | # [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Cassie_Bernall Cassie Bernall] - November 6, 1981 (17 years) | ||
# Isaiah Shoels - August 4, 1980 (18 years) | # Isaiah Shoels - August 4, 1980 (18 years) | ||
# Matthew Kechter - February 19, 1983 (16 years) | # Matthew Kechter - February 19, 1983 (16 years) | ||
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# Daniel Mauser - June 25, 1983 (15 years) | # Daniel Mauser - June 25, 1983 (15 years) | ||
# Corey DePooter - March 3, 1982 (16 years) | # Corey DePooter - March 3, 1982 (16 years) | ||
== Background == | |||
=== Start of High School === | |||
In 1995, [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]] graduated from Ken Caryl Middle School, where both boys met each other in either the 7th or 8th and began their freshman year at Columbine High School. During the summer that same year, the school underwent a $15 million renovation adding a new front entrance and cafeteria, in addition to a library. | |||
In 1996, Harris created a private website on America Online. Harris initially created the site to host gaming levels of the video game Doom, which he and his friend, Dylan Klebold, had created, primarily for friends. On this site, Harris began a blog, which included jokes and short journal entries with thoughts on parents, school, and friends. By the end of the year, the site contained instructions on how to cause mischief, as well as instructions on how to make explosives, and blogs in which he described the trouble he and Klebold were causing. Beginning in early 1997, the blog postings began to show the first signs of Harris's ever-growing anger against society. Harris's site attracted few visitors, and caused no concern until late 1997. | |||
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== The massacre == | == The massacre == | ||
=== | === Arrival at Columbine === | ||
On the morning of Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Harris and Klebold placed a small fire bomb in a field about three miles south of Columbine High School, and two miles south of the fire station. Set to explode at 11:14 a.m., the bomb was intended as a diversion to draw firefighters and emergency personnel away from the school. (It partially detonated and caused a small fire, which was quickly extinguished by the fire department.) | On the morning of Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Harris and Klebold placed a small fire bomb in a field about three miles south of Columbine High School, and two miles south of the fire station. Set to explode at 11:14 a.m., the bomb was intended as a diversion to draw firefighters and emergency personnel away from the school. (It partially detonated and caused a small fire, which was quickly extinguished by the fire department.) | ||