Columbine High School massacre It happens in April
Columbine High School massacre
It happens in April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School � The attack was planned by two students of school: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. � They started to shoot in the school’s cafeteria, in the time that all the students was having lunch. In addition to the shootings, the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices, and car bombs. �
The Students
Everything started in 1996, when Eric created a blog. The real intention was talk about a game and in this blog, he started to write things offending his parents, school and friends. In the end of the year, Eric started to teach in his blog, how to make explosives. � Harris began to write in a journal, in which he recorded his thoughts and plans. In April 1998. � Harris dedicated a section of his website to posting content regarding his and Klebold's progress in their collection of guns and building of bombs (they subsequently used both in attacking students at their school). �
April 20, 1999: The day. � At 11: 10 a. m, Harris and Klebold started to execute their plan. They parked their cars and started to put the bombs in the planned places. � The school cafeteria, their primary bomb target, with its long outside window-wall and ground-level doors, was between their parking spots.
April 20, 1999: Massacre starts The boys went to their cars, and was waiting the bombs started to explode, and when the students get out of school, their will be waiting with guns to shoot in everybody. � But the bombs exploded, so they had to start PLAN B. �
Plan B At 11: 19 a. m the massacre really started. They were going to shoot anyone who appeared in front of them. � The first victim was a 17 years girl, that was having lunch with her friend in the garden. She received four shoots. � But, it was just the beginning…They entered in the cafeteria and started to shoot in everybody that was there. �
The massacre continues � � They were not satisfied, and they went to the hall of school, where many students were. They began to throw bombs in all the classrooms, where there were still some students and teachers.
Library � When they were of shoot in the hall, they went to the library. Many students were doing works and others was scaping of them. They had killed a lot of people in the library, including people that were they friends. � Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had comitted suicide together, after kill a lot of people.
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