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12<br />

I survived<br />

On April 20th, 1999 in Jefferson county, Colorado, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold<br />

murdered 13 students and injured 24 students at columbine high school. Harris and<br />

Klebold had both been to juvenile detention camps previous to the shooting. They went<br />

to juvenile detention for discussing their plans to shoot up columbine. They were both<br />

released early for good behavior, but right when they returned home they kept<br />

discussing their plans. On April 20th, 1999, they had placed bombs set to detonate<br />

when they were inside (most bombs they made didn't detonate), and before the<br />

shooting they had seen a friend outside. Brooks Brown was outside the school when<br />

Eric Harris said to him “It doesn’t matter anymore, I like you now, get out of here, go<br />

home.” They killed 3 people in the cafeteria and then they proceeded to the library,<br />

where they massacred 10 students. After the library massacre, they roamed the halls<br />

and teased students. Klebold and Harris exchanged shots with police officers many<br />

times during the attack, but they never injured any officers. An hour after the shooting<br />

started, Harris and Klebold committed suicide in the library of the school.

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