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=== Journals and videos === | === Journals and videos === | ||
[[File:Columbine-1-1455906261.jpg|thumb|250x250px|One of the many videotapes featuring Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, referred to as "The Basement Tapes". Only a select few of these tapes were publicly released.]] | |||
Harris and Klebold both began keeping journals soon after their arrests. The pair documented their arsenal with videotapes they kept secret. | Harris and Klebold both began keeping journals soon after their arrests. The pair documented their arsenal with videotapes they kept secret. | ||
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=== Library massacre === | === Library massacre === | ||
[[File:995396b496232d59e809e4e95cd14b4d.jpg|left|thumb|228x228px|The Library Media | [[File:995396b496232d59e809e4e95cd14b4d.jpg|left|thumb|228x228px|The Library Media Center, where most of the killings occurred.]] | ||
As the shooting unfolded, Patti Nielson talked on the phone with emergency services, telling her story and urging students to take cover beneath desks. According to transcripts, her call was received by a 9-1-1 operator at 11:25:05 a.m. The time between the call being answered and the shooters entering the library was four minutes and ten seconds. Before entering, the shooters threw two bombs into the cafeteria, both of which exploded (one of the explosions from the bombs can be seen on the surveillance tape, a staff member jumping away from the explosion). They then threw another bomb into the Library Hallway; it exploded and damaged several lockers. At 11:29 a.m., Harris and Klebold entered the library, where a total of 52 students, two teachers, and two librarians had concealed themselves. | As the shooting unfolded, Patti Nielson talked on the phone with emergency services, telling her story and urging students to take cover beneath desks. According to transcripts, her call was received by a 9-1-1 operator at 11:25:05 a.m. The time between the call being answered and the shooters entering the library was four minutes and ten seconds. Before entering, the shooters threw two bombs into the cafeteria, both of which exploded (one of the explosions from the bombs can be seen on the surveillance tape, a staff member jumping away from the explosion). They then threw another bomb into the Library Hallway; it exploded and damaged several lockers. At 11:29 a.m., Harris and Klebold entered the library, where a total of 52 students, two teachers, and two librarians had concealed themselves. | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
[[File:VgSvQS1.jpg|thumb|276x276px|Eric and Dylan cosplayers.]] | |||
Columbine is one of the most infamous school shootings of all time. It has inspired numerous copycat shootings. A multitude of individuals have cited Harris and Klebold as inspirations, including: | Columbine is one of the most infamous school shootings of all time. It has inspired numerous copycat shootings. A multitude of individuals have cited Harris and Klebold as inspirations, including: | ||
*[[Seung-Hui Cho]] | |||
*[[Adam Lanza]] | *[[Adam Lanza]] | ||
*[[Nikolas Cruz]] | *[[Nikolas Cruz]] | ||
*[[Randy Stair]] | *[[Randy Stair]] | ||
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*[[Kimveer Gill]] | *[[Kimveer Gill]] | ||
*[[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] | *[[Christopher Harper-Mercer]] | ||
*[[Thomas Wyllie and Alex Bolland]] | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||