On April 20, 1999, two students of Columbine High School in Littleton, CO embarked on a shooting spree which turned out to be the deadliest massacre at an American high school. Armed with bombs, shotguns and semi-automatic weapons, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed twelve fellow students and one teacher and wounded twenty-four other individuals. The shooting began at 11:19AM MST and continued for forty-nine minutes until both Harris and Klebold thankfully turned their guns on themselves.
There isn't much that I can say about this horrible event in the history of our country. However, I will state that, if you have not yet seen "Bowling for Columbine", the Academy Award winning documentary by Michael Moore, I would highly recommend it. Released in 2002, the film obviously discusses the massacre in Columbine, as well as other violence and gun control issues. With that being said, the following clip from the film shows school camera and news footage from that fateful day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRSK1uTY1A&feature=related. Needless to say, the video from the school cameras is chilling.
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