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== Early life ==

[[File:Young Eric Harris.jpg|left|thumb|~~208x208px~~|An 11 year old Eric.]]

[[File:Young Eric Harris.jpg|left|thumb|196x196px|An 11 year old Eric.]]

Eric Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas. The Harris family relocated often, as Harris's father was a U.S. Air Force transport pilot. His mother was a homemaker. The family moved from Plattsburgh, New York, to Littleton, Colorado, in July 1993, when his father retired from military service.

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== Personality ==

{{Quote|Everyone is always making fun of me because of how I look and how fucking weak I am and shit. Well, I will get you back: ultimate fucking revenge here. You people could have showed more respect, treated me better, asked for my knowledge or guidance more, treated me more like a senior, and maybe I wouldn't have been as ready to tear your fucking heads off.|Eric Harris}}From all accounts, Eric was a "normal guy" when he lived in Plattsburgh. "My mouth just dropped," former classmate Kyle Ross said. "He was a typical kid. He didn't seem anything like what is portrayed on TV." Eric's father told his former classmates at Englewood High School's 20th reunion that his goal in life was to raise two good sons.

{{Quote|Everyone is always making fun of me because of how I look and how fucking weak I am and shit. Well, I will get you back: ultimate fucking revenge here. You people could have showed more respect, treated me better, asked for my knowledge or guidance more, treated me more like a senior, and maybe I wouldn't have been as ready to tear your fucking heads off.|Eric Harris}}

[[File:GleefulForsakenFerret-small.gif|thumb|252x252px|One of the few moments where Eric Harris got angry in the released tapes.]]

From all accounts, Eric was a "normal guy" when he lived in Plattsburgh. "My mouth just dropped," former classmate Kyle Ross said. "He was a typical kid. He didn't seem anything like what is portrayed on TV." Eric's father told his former classmates at Englewood High School's 20th reunion that his goal in life was to raise two good sons.

In April 2009, Jeff Kass published a book, ''Columbine: A True Crime Story, a Victim, the Killers and the Nation's Search for Answers''. Kass was one of the first reporters on the scene and has continued to cover the story as a staff writer for Denver's ''Rocky Mountain News''. He has broken national stories on the shootings such as leaked crime scene photos, and the sealed diversion files of the killers. He has also reported the story extensively for the ''Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, and U.S. News & World Report''.

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 == Early life ==
-[[File:Young Eric Harris.jpg|left|thumb|208x208px|An 11 year old Eric.]]
+[[File:Young Eric Harris.jpg|left|thumb|196x196px|An 11 year old Eric.]]
 Eric Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas. The Harris family relocated often, as Harris's father was a U.S. Air Force transport pilot. His mother was a homemaker. The family moved from Plattsburgh, New York, to Littleton, Colorado, in July 1993, when his father retired from military service.
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 == Personality ==
-{{Quote|Everyone is always making fun of me because of how I look and how fucking weak I am and shit. Well, I will get you back: ultimate fucking revenge here. You people could have showed more respect, treated me better, asked for my knowledge or guidance more, treated me more like a senior, and maybe I wouldn't have been as ready to tear your fucking heads off.|Eric Harris}}From all accounts, Eric was a "normal guy" when he lived in Plattsburgh. "My mouth just dropped," former classmate Kyle Ross said. "He was a typical kid. He didn't seem anything like what is portrayed on TV." Eric's father told his former classmates at Englewood High School's 20th reunion that his goal in life was to raise two good sons.
+{{Quote|Everyone is always making fun of me because of how I look and how fucking weak I am and shit. Well, I will get you back: ultimate fucking revenge here. You people could have showed more respect, treated me better, asked for my knowledge or guidance more, treated me more like a senior, and maybe I wouldn't have been as ready to tear your fucking heads off.|Eric Harris}}
+[[File:GleefulForsakenFerret-small.gif|thumb|252x252px|One of the few moments where Eric Harris got angry in the released tapes.]]
+From all accounts, Eric was a "normal guy" when he lived in Plattsburgh. "My mouth just dropped," former classmate Kyle Ross said. "He was a typical kid. He didn't seem anything like what is portrayed on TV." Eric's father told his former classmates at Englewood High School's 20th reunion that his goal in life was to raise two good sons.
 In April 2009, Jeff Kass published a book, ''Columbine: A True Crime Story, a Victim, the Killers and the Nation's Search for Answers''. Kass was one of the first reporters on the scene and has continued to cover the story as a staff writer for Denver's ''Rocky Mountain News''. He has broken national stories on the shootings such as leaked crime scene photos, and the sealed diversion files of the killers. He has also reported the story extensively for the ''Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, and U.S. News & World Report''.