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{{Infobox_civilian_attack|title = Columbine High School massacre|location = Columbine High School|date = April 20th, 1999|type = [[School Shooting]]|deaths = 13 (15 including perpetrators)|non-fatal_injuries = 24|perps = [[Eric Harris]] | {{Infobox_civilian_attack|title = Columbine High School massacre|location = Columbine High School|date = April 20th, 1999|type = [[School Shooting]]|deaths = 13 (15 including perpetrators)|non-fatal_injuries = 24|perps = [[Eric Harris]] | ||
[[Dylan Klebold]]|image = REB & V.jpg|caption = Columbine shooters Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold (right) on CCTV.|target = Anyone with a white hat|numparts = 2}} | [[Dylan Klebold]]|image = REB & V.jpg|caption = Columbine shooters Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold (right) on CCTV.|target = Anyone with a white hat (the jocks)|numparts = 2}} | ||
{{Quote|While every other mother in Littleton was praying that her child was safe, I had to pray that mine would die before he hurt anyone else.|Sue Klebold, the mother of [[Dylan Klebold]]}} | {{Quote|While every other mother in Littleton was praying that her child was safe, I had to pray that mine would die before he hurt anyone else.|Sue Klebold, the mother of [[Dylan Klebold]]}} | ||
The '''Columbine High School massacre''', also referred to as '''NBK''', was a [[school shooting]] and attempted bombing at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado on April 20, 1999. The perpetrators, [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], killed 12 students and a teacher before turning the guns on themselves. | The '''Columbine High School massacre''', also referred to as '''NBK''', was a [[school shooting]] and attempted bombing at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado on April 20, 1999. The perpetrators, [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], killed 12 students and a teacher before turning the guns on themselves. | ||
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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.]] | [[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 (referred to as "The Basement Tapes") they kept secret. | ||
Their journals documented their plan for a major bombing to rival that of the Oklahoma City bombing. Their entries contained blurbs about ways to escape to Mexico, hijacking an aircraft at Denver International Airport and crashing into a building in New York City, as well as details about the planned attack. The pair hoped that, after setting off home-made explosives in the cafeteria at the busiest time of day, killing hundreds of students, they would shoot survivors fleeing from the school. Then, as police vehicles, ambulances, fire trucks, and reporters came to the school, bombs set in the boys' cars would detonate, killing these emergency and other personnel. In the event, the explosives in their cars did not detonate (safe for one explosion that triggered hours after the massacre). | Their journals documented their plan for a major bombing to rival that of the Oklahoma City bombing. Their entries contained blurbs about ways to escape to Mexico, hijacking an aircraft at Denver International Airport and crashing into a building in New York City, as well as details about the planned attack. The pair hoped that, after setting off home-made explosives in the cafeteria at the busiest time of day, killing hundreds of students, they would shoot survivors fleeing from the school. Then, as police vehicles, ambulances, fire trucks, and reporters came to the school, bombs set in the boys' cars would detonate, killing these emergency and other personnel. In the event, the explosives in their cars did not detonate (safe for one explosion that triggered hours after the massacre). | ||