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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).

[[File:Screenshot 2020-05-04 at 13.49.11|left|thumb|~~218x218px~~|A screenshot from the video "Eric in Columbine", which eerily features Eric near the library where he would later kill several students and himself.]]

[[File:Screenshot 2020-05-04 at 13.49.11|left|thumb|223x223px|A screenshot from the video "Eric in Columbine", which eerily features Eric near the library where he would later kill several students and himself.]]

On December 8, 1998, Harris and Klebold, together with some friends filmed a homemade movie titled ''Hitmen for Hire''. Both students portray two characters in black trenchcoats and wear round sunglasses who help the nerds by "killing" bullies who pick on them with their weapons. The guns shown in the film are props. One scene shows Harris and Klebold shouting rants at the camera telling them to leave the kids alone or they will kill them, displaying the aggressive behavior they would use in the shooting. In general, the film foreshadows what would become the Columbine High School Massacre.

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 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).
-[[File:Screenshot 2020-05-04 at 13.49.11|left|thumb|218x218px|A screenshot from the video "Eric in Columbine", which eerily features Eric near the library where he would later kill several students and himself.]]
+[[File:Screenshot 2020-05-04 at 13.49.11|left|thumb|223x223px|A screenshot from the video "Eric in Columbine", which eerily features Eric near the library where he would later kill several students and himself.]]
 On December 8, 1998, Harris and Klebold, together with some friends filmed a homemade movie titled ''Hitmen for Hire''. Both students portray two characters in black trenchcoats and wear round sunglasses who help the nerds by "killing" bullies who pick on them with their weapons. The guns shown in the film are props. One scene shows Harris and Klebold shouting rants at the camera telling them to leave the kids alone or they will kill them, displaying the aggressive behavior they would use in the shooting. In general, the film foreshadows what would become the Columbine High School Massacre.