The Columbine Story: A Morning of Terror

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The Infamous Columbine Massacre was a national tragedy that shocked the world. On April 20, 1999 two disturbed teenagers (Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold)unleashed a horrific attack on their high school in Colorado. The incident shocked many and left parents and students devasted. We uncover the details and find out the truth.   Columbine 0:00 Intro 0:35 Background 1:40 Signs 3:16 Plans 3:57 Day Begins 5:27 Plan B 7:16 Outro

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00:00It was an unthinkable event that left many shocked and devastated in the aftermath.

00:16Two misguided teenagers set to wreak havoc on hundreds of innocent students at their

00:20high school.

00:22But what were their true motives behind the madness and cruel intentions?

00:27Let's take a look back at the infamous Columbine incident and find out what actually happened.

00:34Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris had what would be considered a typical middle-class childhood.

00:40They both were able to make friends, played sports, and even grew up with both parents

00:45in the household.

00:47The boys would first cross paths in middle school during the seventh grade.

00:52The two shared a number of similarities, and developed a deep connection with one another.

00:58As they entered their teenage years, they would attend Columbine High School.

01:03Eric and Dylan were basically an inseparable duo.

01:07The two even began working together at a local pizza place.

01:11When they weren't working, the two could be found doing all sorts of things with one another.

01:17But somewhere along the way, a more sinister side of the teens started to emerge.

01:22Much of their free time was spent on their computers, playing violent video games like Doom.

01:43Aside from gaming, they also engaged in a number of delinquent affairs, which they referred to as rebel missions.

01:50Eric even created his very own personal blog, where he would post about the troubling behavior.

01:57Other entries made on the blog involved long passages about their hatred for society and their murderous fantasies.

02:04During one of their rebel missions, the police would catch the boys breaking into a car as they attempted to steal computer equipment.

02:12They both were arrested, and pled guilty to felony theft.

02:16The judge ordered them to participate in a program for troubled youth.

02:21While this should have been a wake-up call for the teenagers and their parents, it apparently

02:25wasn't.

02:27More explicit dark fantasies would be written in their personal journals, and also posted

02:31to their blog.

02:33The violent themes also began to surface in their school projects, and class assignments.

02:39Now writing short stories about Charles Manson, poems written about bullets, and other class

02:45work centered around guns in school.

02:48The pair were also enrolled in video production classes, and they would make multiple videos

02:53focused on violence.

02:55Producing short films of themselves dressed up in trench coats, and unleashing havoc on anyone

03:00that stood in their way.

03:02The warning signs were on full display.

03:06Soon the teenagers would put the wheels in motion.

03:09And turn their graphic art films into reality.

03:14While Eric and Dylan were too young to purchase guns themselves, they were able to convince their

03:18older friends to do so on their behalf.

03:22The duo now had shotguns and handguns in their possession.

03:26In addition to the firearms, the boys had used the interwebs to extensively research homemade

03:31explosives.

03:33The troubled high school teens had planned a horrific massacre.

03:37On a Tuesday morning, two backpacks filled with homemade bombs were placed in a remote field

03:44about three miles from their school.

03:47The intent was to create a fiery diversion when detonated, to lure emergency services away

03:52from their primary target.

03:55Klebold and Harris then would head to their school and place additional bags filled with

03:59explosives in the cafeteria.

04:02The lunchroom holds about 400 students and the bombs were rigged to blow during the first

04:06lunch period.

04:09After arranging the bags, they went back to their cars to wait for an explosion.

04:14Both of their cars were also rigged to blow, for the purpose of creating more chaos.

04:19The very first part of their plan worked as the explosives dumped in the field created a small

04:24fire.

04:26It alerted emergency vehicles away from the school as they expected.

04:31After waiting several minutes in their cars for the cafeteria bombs to go off.

04:36Nothing happened.

04:38The boys then resorted to Plan B of their treacherous scheme.

04:42Fully armed with an assortment of weapons, and another bag full of explosives, they headed

04:47toward the school entrance.

04:50Along their way Eric and Dylan tossed pipe bombs in the parking area.

04:54Some students assumed the boys were playing some sort of senior prank.

04:59Others saw they were up to no good, and ran away in a hurry.

05:03The teenagers dressed in trench coats like worn in their short films, proceeded to enter the

05:08school to eliminate the students one by one.

05:11They began opening fire on several students in the hallways, while making devious remarks.

05:17Shortly after the chaos started, the police were made aware of the horrific happenings,

05:22and quickly arrived on the scene.

05:24A brief gunfight then took place between the boys and the officers.

05:30The gunfire kept the police at bay, allowing Klebold and Harris to advance to the other parts

05:35of the school.

05:37The pair went to the library, where they assumed more students would be hiding.

05:42They first sought out jerks in the room, instructing them to come forward.

05:46The boys began tormenting the frightened teens, and confessing their disdain for them all.

05:52They proceeded to check around for students hiding in the room.

05:56When they found some students, they would open fire.

06:00While in the library, Klebold and Harris killed twelve people, and badly injured ten.

06:06The two then left the library, and made more rounds throughout the school.

06:11They began checking classrooms for other students, and tossing more pipe bombs down the halls.

06:17To their surprise most students had already managed to evacuate the building, during their

06:22attack in the library.

06:24Now unable to find more potential victims in the school, the misguided teenagers decided

06:30to go back to the library, where they concluded their horrific plan.

06:35Harris and Klebold shot themselves as their final act, ending the morning of terror.

06:40The Columbine massacre resulted in over twenty injured, and twelve dead.

06:45After the shocking event took place, the school was shut down for the following three weeks.

06:52After the incident, many of the survivors that were in attendance suffered from PTSD.

06:57And more fear was instilled in students nationwide after what transpired.

07:02Some schools implemented stricter security measures, such as checking bags and installing metal

07:08detectors.

07:09Unfortunately, more incidents have taken place over the years, causing more concerns for

07:14parents and students.

07:16people.

07:17What do you think about this story?

07:19Leave a comment below and let me know.

07:37Peace.

07:37over.

07:39Bye-bye.

07:41A look at the surprise.

07:43Bye-bye.

07:51Bye-bye.

07:56Bye-bye.

07:58Bye-bye.

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