Ohio Chatter
Ohio Chatter

Forums

All Threads Serious Business Sports Politics Archive Pick 'ems
Log In Create Account

04/20/99: The Columbine High School murders

Home ▸ Archive ▸ Serious Business ▸ 04/20/99: The Columbine High School murders
Z

Zoltan

Senior Member

1,003 posts
Apr 20, 2010 3:21 PM
I remember I had an away baseball that night and didn't get home until pretty late. I had no clue what happened until the next day I heard some kid in my 1st period class banging his desk and going on about how pissed he was at the two guys who carried out the attack.
Apr 20, 2010 3:21pm
Fab1b's avatar

Fab1b

The Bald A-Hole!!

12,949 posts
Apr 20, 2010 3:22 PM
Read the book "Columbine"
Apr 20, 2010 3:22pm
rookie_j70's avatar

rookie_j70

Senior Member

677 posts
Apr 20, 2010 3:23 PM
seems like its been more than 11 yrs.
Apr 20, 2010 3:23pm
4cards's avatar

4cards

Ohio Chatter Legend

2,551 posts
Apr 20, 2010 3:24 PM
...I'm trying to figure out where the last 11 years went to? That was a very sad day.
Apr 20, 2010 3:24pm
UA5straightin2008's avatar

UA5straightin2008

WOMP WOMP WOMP

3,246 posts
Apr 20, 2010 3:25 PM
4cards wrote: ...I'm trying to figure out where the last 11 years went to? That was a very sad day.
this...i was 8 years old at the time
Apr 20, 2010 3:25pm
Benny The Jet's avatar

Benny The Jet

Senior Member

2,987 posts
Apr 20, 2010 3:44 PM
I was in my 8th grade english class when we heard about it. I don't know if I just become more aware after that day or what, from then until I graduated college, whenever I walked into a classroom and I always checked where the nearest exits were.
Just a couple of weeks ago, our school I worked at had this assembly about one of the girls who was killed during Columbine...it was a pretty touching story and had a good message.
http://www.rachelschallenge.org/main.php
Apr 20, 2010 3:44pm
DeyDurkie5's avatar

DeyDurkie5

Senior Member

11,324 posts
Apr 20, 2010 5:20 PM
Spent the last half an hour looking at past attacks on schools. The Texas shootings were insane. Dude just straight up snapped
Apr 20, 2010 5:20pm
N

Nashley25

Member

82 posts
Apr 20, 2010 5:55 PM
I remember this like it was yesterday. I was rained out from work that day so I watched the whole thing all day. I would say this and 9-11 may be 2 of the biggest tragedies I will ever remember.
Apr 20, 2010 5:55pm
darbypitcher22's avatar

darbypitcher22

Senior Member

8,000 posts
Apr 20, 2010 6:59 PM
didn't know about it until I got a little older(was only in 5th grade at the time) but still remember it being a scary time for everyone
Apr 20, 2010 6:59pm
j_crazy's avatar

j_crazy

7 gram rocks. how i roll.

8,372 posts
Apr 20, 2010 7:00 PM
i don't remember anything about it. i remember NOT knowing until i got home from school though.
Apr 20, 2010 7:00pm
2quik4u's avatar

2quik4u

Senior Member

4,388 posts
Apr 20, 2010 8:04 PM
Fab1b wrote: Read the book "Columbine"
why
Apr 20, 2010 8:04pm
Fab1b's avatar

Fab1b

The Bald A-Hole!!

12,949 posts
Apr 20, 2010 8:25 PM
2quik4u wrote:
Fab1b wrote: Read the book "Columbine"
why
It is very good, and almost everything you thought before you will be shocked to learn what is actually true/not true. I highly recommend it. I think it was Fab4runner as well that may have read it, I remember discussing it over on GayGay before. I read it on my kindle app on my phone and was blown away.
Apr 20, 2010 8:25pm
2quik4u's avatar

2quik4u

Senior Member

4,388 posts
Apr 20, 2010 8:28 PM
Fab1b wrote:
2quik4u wrote:
Fab1b wrote: Read the book "Columbine"
why
It is very good, and almost everything you thought before you will be shocked to learn what is actually true/not true. I highly recommend it. I think it was Fab4runner as well that may have read it, I remember discussing it over on GayGay before. I read it on my kindle app on my phone and was blown away.
k ill check it out
Apr 20, 2010 8:28pm
Fab4Runner's avatar

Fab4Runner

Tits McGee

6,196 posts
Apr 20, 2010 8:50 PM
Yep it was me. Amazingly informative book...but so disturbing at the same time. I was only 14 when it happened but the things the media was reporting at the time really stuck with me. After reading Columbine it was crazy to learn the facts and errors.
Apr 20, 2010 8:50pm
Fab1b's avatar

Fab1b

The Bald A-Hole!!

12,949 posts
Apr 20, 2010 9:04 PM
The media made alot of errors!!!!
Apr 20, 2010 9:04pm
T

trackandccrunner

Senior Member

1,283 posts
Apr 20, 2010 10:39 PM
Columbine was a great book to read. I also enjoyed the book "She Said Yes" even though Im not religious anymore I still would suggest people to read it but its not as great as Columbine. I knew this had happened around this time of year but no idea it was on the 20th.
Apr 20, 2010 10:39pm
Apple's avatar

Apple

Prost!

2,620 posts
Apr 21, 2010 11:27 AM
A psychologist at the hospital I work at had me help him with a presentation that included the Columbine tragedy. I still have the video clip on my computer of footage taken inside the school from the security cameras. It's some of the most difficult footage I've ever had to watch just knowing it was real life. The screams and crying. Watching the two guys walking on top of the library tables waving their rifles and mocking the students as they cower and cry underneath the tables. The gun shots. It was awful. Final shot is of the two counting down and then committing suicide.
Apr 21, 2010 11:27am
Thunder70's avatar

Thunder70

Senior Member

748 posts
Apr 21, 2010 12:19 PM
I read some of the wikipedia article and its kind of sad how one detective had evidence or a warrant to go into one of the guys house a year before the attack. And after the attack, somehow his evidence was lost (or something along those lines)...
Apr 21, 2010 12:19pm
N

Nate

Formerly Known As Keebler

3,949 posts
Apr 21, 2010 1:32 PM
2 of the most tragic things I will ever witnessed happened during my high school years, Columbine and 9/11. Columbine struck a cord with me by being in high school and all at the time. After Columbine, you noticed a lot of cliques were not clashing anymore. Everyone seemed to get a long really well.
Apr 21, 2010 1:32pm
thedynasty1998's avatar

thedynasty1998

Senior Member

6,844 posts
Apr 21, 2010 2:04 PM
Bowling for Columbine was pretty insightful as well, regardless of your views of Michael Moore. Some of that footage is possibly the most dramatic images I've ever seen.
Apr 21, 2010 2:04pm
B

bigkahuna

Senior Member

4,454 posts
Apr 21, 2010 2:10 PM
^^^ Agreed, but I like Moore.

Like others have said Columbine, 9/11, and even VaTech will always stick out in my mind.
Apr 21, 2010 2:10pm
Fab1b's avatar

Fab1b

The Bald A-Hole!!

12,949 posts
Apr 21, 2010 2:36 PM
thedynasty1998 wrote: Bowling for Columbine was pretty insightful as well, regardless of your views of Michael Moore. Some of that footage is possibly the most dramatic images I've ever seen.
I hate Michael Moore with a passion but I did watch this and it was very interesting but not all that Moore portrays is actually true in his movies.
Apr 21, 2010 2:36pm
Apple's avatar

Apple

Prost!

2,620 posts
Apr 21, 2010 2:42 PM
Fab1b wrote:
thedynasty1998 wrote: Bowling for Columbine was pretty insightful as well, regardless of your views of Michael Moore. Some of that footage is possibly the most dramatic images I've ever seen.
I hate Michael Moore with a passion but I did watch this and it was very interesting but not all that Moore portrays is actually true in his movies.
I can't stand MM either... kind of like other people can't stand Rush Limbaugh I guess. I haven't seen any of his movies because it just makes my skin crawl to think I would be giving him money.
Apr 21, 2010 2:42pm
thedynasty1998's avatar

thedynasty1998

Senior Member

6,844 posts
Apr 21, 2010 3:09 PM
That's why I said regardless of your views of Michael Moore, and I understand that he's entirely full of shit. But he has some good interviews and the footage is as intense as it comes.
Apr 21, 2010 3:09pm