Columbine shooters why did they do it

No one was screaming or yelling at them to stop. It was actually really quiet. A boy who'd been shot in the leg I don't know his name got up and ran away. Blood spurted through his fingers as he held onto his wound. Before he reached safety, he looked back over his shoulder at the gunmen.

His eyes were so large, and filled with pure terror and pain. The look on his face will haunt me for the rest of my life. I just hope it's a look that no one has to see or give ever again. Eric and Dylan had stopped shooting. They'd gone inside. I started to run away. Then, I hesitated. Should I try to help Anne Marie?

She was lying there, still not moving. I decided that the best thing would be to get real help. As the gunshots rang out inside the school, I ran across the soccer field. At the same time, this unbelievable stream of people, of panic, came out of the cafeteria. That's when the screaming started. Everyone was screaming.

To get off of school grounds, I had to make it over a tall chain link fence. Somehow—don't ask me how—I just sailed over it. I was like Xena. The best way I can describe it is that I was on a mission. I was running so fast that I could barely breathe. I thought my heart was going to pop. Finally, I saw a house with an open garage. I ran in. There was a phone, so I called The house belonged to an elderly couple who let me in and helped me contact my parents.

As I waited to be picked up, I watched the news. I cried and cried as ambulances took my friends, including Anne Marie, away. For days, I didn't know if Anne Marie was alive or dead.

On TV, I could see my bookbag lying in the parking lot where I'd left it. Memorial items for Columbine: wreath with angel Beanie Babies, and book made by a first grade class I didn't get my bookbag back until June. When I did, it brought back all of my fear. My bag had been trampled on as students ran for their lives. My hairbrush was broken, and all of my books were damaged. Eric and Dylan ruined so many lives. They were outcasts, but violence is never a solution.

In junior high, I was tortured. August 12, - The families of victims Daniel Rohrbough, Kelly Fleming, Matt Kechter, Lauren Townsend, and Kyle Velasquez settle a wrongful death lawsuit against parents Susan and Thomas Klebold and Wayne and Katherine Harris, in which the victims' families claim that the suspects' parents should have known what their sons were up to before the shootings.

The terms of the settlement have not been released. October 22, - Home video of the two suspects is released by authorities. In the video, made six weeks before the murders, the suspects are seen in a forested area shooting at bowling pins. February 26, - Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar releases an investigative report about the attack. Authorities also release thousands of pages of documents and physical evidence. September 21, - The Columbine Memorial, adjacent to Columbine High School, is dedicated and opened to the public.

Klebold states that "If I had recognized that Dylan was experiencing some real mental distress, he would not have been there," she says. It takes a lot of time, skill and resources to produce journalism like this. Our stories are always made available for free so that they can benefit the most people, regardless of ability to pay.

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Previously, she was the deputy managing editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where she led innovation in storytelling and integration of print and More by Mila Sanina.

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