Wednesday, April 20, 2011

12 years later ... what we've learned from Columbine

Where were you on this day twelve years ago?
Twelve years ago, on the quiet spring morning of April 20, 1999, in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, a vicious shooting attack was unleashed on students and faculty at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Hitting the airwaves for all to see, it unnerved parents nationwide as two students, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, went on a shooting rampage that would kill twelve students and one teacher, injure 21, and end with the suicides of the two killers.

More than a decade later, as the facts have been sorted through and time has given perspective on the shooting, more has been learned after the first frantic days and weeks of Columbine.
Read more about this sad tragedy ... my latest post at the Washington Examiner.

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