Columbine
School violence, is an issue that is hard to deal with. There are things that may be done to decrease it but it does not seem like it will ever go away. Parents send their children to school to learn, to have fun, to pass notes, and to meet new people, not to be shot at and never have the chance to come home ever again. They should not have to think or be afraid of sending their child to school and never seeing them. Last year one of the worst school shootings took place at Columbine High School. Not only did it effect the famlies of the victims and of the killers, pretty much the whole nation was involved and many people were brought in to figure out what had happened, and why it happened. This incident brought our nation together, and touched many people in some way or another, whether it was kids going to school, parents sending their child to school, or all the people involved in the investigation. It was a day that many people will not forget what happened, and how it affected so many people. It seemed like just another average day on Tuesday April 20, 1999, until hell broke out. Two students of Columbine High School, walked into their school and opened fire on students and faculty. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Following the April 20 massacre, authorities believed Klebold and Harris had made about 60 bombs. 13 people were killed, while 22 others were injured in this horrible tragedy. The extent of their arsenal was not revealed until around the last week of March when members of the Littleton Fire Department met with Gov. Bill Owens' Columbine Review Commission, The Denver Post reported Monday. "He was the nicest person I knew," remembers classmate Justin Norman. "He would always go up to you and say, 'What's up?' even if you didn't know him." Young and other officials are so worried the killers' plans and arsenal could be used as a blueprint to launch other attacks, they would not tell the commission why the bombs failed. April 20 will be upon us shortly and counselors are trying to prepare for what ever might happen. Many kids will probably need counseling, and the for the few days around April 20, it will be hard for them to move on and remember the friends and peers they lost one year ago. "He was black and he was an athlete," Michael Shoels said. "That's why my son died. Because of the color of his skin and the achievements that he wanted to do for himself, that's not a reason to die."(5) "I just felt so sad," she said. "It was like I wanted to hug everyone of them for their mom and dad." Young would not explain why the bombs did not go off except to say it was because of ''very simple electronic failure.'' He also said Harris and Klebold used unstable fireworks powder to make the bombs.
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