Show Standard-Examine- mm &&&&& ‘Tjn'frT‘"'rMi i From Page One r Wednesday April 211 999 5A COLORADO SCHOOL MASSACRE A reconstruction: How the horror unfolded The Associated Press - A kid in a white shirt up onto the high school exploded in billowing smoke Sophomore Don Arnold thought it was just a lunchtime prank a firecracker maybe Then students started falling “One boy was running and suddenly his ankle Arjust puffed up in blood” said the nold “A girl was running and her head popped open” when a bullet slammed into her skull They were the first to be shot in Tuesday’s bloody attack at Columbine High School outside Denver Arnold's girlfriend Lindsay Hamilton 15 was inside the school reviewing for a biology test when she heard shots and explosions LITTLETON Colo When the shots broke out “It's a good day to die!” she said someone yelled at one point “We want everyone to die!” She and 30 other biology students holed up in the science room with their teacher for four hours while unspeakable tragedy unfolded outside The attack ended only when two suspects who had stalked through hallways spraying bullets apparently killed themselves in the school library just down the hall By the time Hamilton was reunited with Arnold - after a SWAT team escorted her class around puddles of blood - 1 5 people were dead including the shooters Many students were in the cafeteria when the assault on Columbine High began The first lunch shift started at 11:10 am and was in full swing when food server Karen Nielsen heard someone yell “Get down!” Nielsen said she heard shots coming from outside and rushed to a window She saw three victims outside "I was on automatic” she said “It was just ’get to the wounded’” One of the boys felled outside the cafeteria door had been shot in the face another was shot in the back The third looked dead Nielsen ran back inside and called 911 Deputies moved in Sheriffs deputies responded swiftly but at least two hours ticked by before offieers sur- rounded the building and moved in “We had initial people there right away but we couldn't get in” Jefferson County Sheriff John Stone said “We were way outgunned” Students described their attackers as heavily armed - with semiautomatic weapons and an assault rifle some said - and one student said one black of the shooters took oil' his ankle-lengt- h The rampage As many 11:25 as 15 students and teaichers were someone bleeding on the floor” Nearby Nielsen was hiding with several oiher employees in the restroom of the teachers’ lounge They cringed when the attackers banged on other doors shouting “We know you're in there” she said Terrible moments passed The shooting receded One person ventured out hesitantly - and saw wounded students strewn across the cafeteria He returned to hiding in the lounge When Nielsen escaped about 90 minutes after the first shots the two wounded students she'd seen were gone the dead body was still there According to students the attackers next targeted the library shooting as they walked up the stairs and down the hall Many hours later after law officers had swept the school cheeking every abandoned bookbig backpack and gym satchel for explosives the sheriff assessed the carnage on the second floor “The library was one of the last rooms we entered and it was the most gruesome" he said Surrounding the bodies of the attackers both juniors at Columbine were the bodies of 10 of their v ictims killed Tuesday when armed students stormed the Jefferson County school am Someone at Columbine High School calls to report that shots have been fired at the school 91 1 11:30 am First Jefferson County sheriff's deputies amve on scene They hear gunshots and explosions and call other agencies for help 12:20 pm Call goes out for additional ammunition for officers in case of shootout 12:30 pm Groups ot students and teachers hiding in offices and other areas of the school begin calling family members police and media agencies from their cell phones 12:35 pm Suspects reported Freeing the students still inside the school and fmng more shots 1 SWAT teams began freeing clusters of panicked students and teachers from their hiding places about 2:30 pm Live television feeds showed them sprinting from the school most w ith hands held high overhead to holding areas where they were frisked questioned and offered medical care Many survivors were reunited with anxious loved ones at a nearby elementary school But it g took a few more moments Parents watched their precious children from a distance but could not immediately speak with them or embrace them while authorities finished their questioning on the school stage Other parents suffered a night of sinking desperation their eyes scanning lists of students accounted for either unharmed or in hospitals -but not finding the names they love With the risk of rigged explosives deemed too high to continue their investigation overnight authorities had no choice but to shut down the crime scene - with bodies scattered throughout the Colorado high school pm — Authorities report pipe bombs found in the 3:30 pm — Officers find bodies in the library The dead include two suspects whose bodies are d with explosive devices booby-trappe- 5:30 hand-wringin- pm Call goes out for additional officers More explosive devices found in the school's west parking Senior parking lot lot ‘Times are approximate The Denver Source Staff reports coat to reveal what appeared to be hand grenades When the attackers strode into the cafeteria “Everyone was trying to crawl at first but then someone got up and ran and everybody was running” said freshman Chris Donnelly 15 “I saw Post (Colo Look Your Best for Easter via AR FLAT RATE CALLING HuntsviUeMorgan to SLC REVLON Alternative Hair 500 toPER MO Logan Ogden $1 600 PER MO Call Now Receive 12 OFF $1 SALE! 3 20 o & Set Up Charges During April ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS Enough Said! Parents show their emotion and concern as they wait for word of their children at Leawood Elementary near Columbine High School in Littleton Colo Tuesday Parents were told to come to Leawood to wait for news about their children A LONG WAIT: £ SUK46H ‘Deli&xA'd Ogden City Mall 394-889- l 1 951-14- Salt 00 Lake337-800-2 Oqden KEN PAPALEO Denver Rooy Mountain News 9s Colo killers were school outcasts who built Web sites for fun Scnpps Howard News Service LITTLETON Colo -- Around Columbine High School they were known as the dorks the loners the outcasts They called themselves the Trench Coat Mafia ”Reb” and “Vodka” and “Grunt” smart kids w ith a taste for black dusters and heavy boots and makeup On Tuesday police said two members of the Trench Coat Mafia - Lric Hams and Dylan Kle-bo- shot dozens of people at their school and then shot themselves They were “normal kids who did normal stuff” said their friends “Normal kids” who talked ld about shooting and bombing said kids they passed in the hall They also were kids who spoke German to each other listened to German techno music and were fans of Adolf Hitler said Matthew Good a neighbor of Hams’ Tuesday was Hiller's birthday Friends and classmates gave conflicting descriptions of the pair Some described them as quiet bright eccentrics Others called them silent threatening figures clothed in black They were 10 kids in a clique Why? From 1A cah began locking exterior doors and requiring all students and teachers to carry district-issue- d identification But nothing they know of would have prevented the tragedy “Michael Cameal came from a Pogood family” said Paducah lice Chief Kermit PerJew “His Made movies about how to cope with being a teenager Drank cream soda Practiced swordplay with bamboo sticks They grin from the back pages of the school yearbook Kids in glasses and baseball “Trench Coat Mafia caps Who says we're different? Insanity’s healthy” read the caption next to their photo But on Harris’ Internet profile were the words: “Quit whining it's just a flesh wound Kill 'Em AAALLL” Junior Pauline Colby who was a group member until last year said her former friends had started to scare her “I knew they were capable of violence but I just didn't know they would do it” she said “They were just very angry but they didn't know how to release their anger They were angry about people not accepting them and no one knowing how smart they were” Derek Oulton a senior remembered hearing group members talk about plans for violence “I heard Eric Harris talk about bombs There was a bomb threat last year” he said “They just have a hatred for everyone” Good said he heard a lot of noise coming from the Harris garage over the weekend “It sounded like power tools and breaking glass” Good said Both youths had two parents at home and came from families that neighbors described as very fine people Senior Alisa Owen called the group weird people with a sick sense of humor “They were joking around saying ’We are going to shoot you’ “ she said No one took them seriously said both Owen and Greg Barnes a Columbine basketball player “That was a mistake” Barnes said “They would just sit in the back of the room” he said “They didn't get involved They wrote poetry but their poems were weird “They seem to have their own way of doing things People made fun of them” Their friends say the Trench Coat Mafia was born about three years ago No special thought went into the name said Thaddeus Boles a member of the group “We all just started wearing them to keep warm” he said It was something we liked” father is a prominent attorney here But he was a troubled tional Center for Education tistics youth and he’s at that age where all teenagers seem to be trou- The problem has become so widespread that the Colorado Association of School Executives held a workshop Monday for educators on crisis re- bled” Ten percent of public schools experienced one or more senous violent crimes defined as murder rape or other type of sexual battery suicide physical attack or fight with a weapon or rob7 bery during the 1996-199- school year according to the Na WbeSIW” 4 5 n : ssc sponse in schools “I'm shocked and not shocked” said Schlenvogt who helped event organize the “I just hope it was timely enough” r lm jfc ’’V'V V 'V suOrC rt 2 V4W fr ' ax Ir1 r Jrt 5 A i r? vk - ri'rv4’ - s!:4: : SI Canon BJC-8- 24903 BJC-500- 0 Color ‘ tfcofl t 600 optiral a"d posiw mode Sure ’o ongmais bom 25! 10 400’ 189 813 x) dpi ri ra & white !e &0 720 dpi C0K)r printing Out Of printing for stunning quauty color 74or pf'Oto 332 215 Plan paper lax Pnnt copy and scan in vibrant color vntnout using your PC Printer fast print speeds in color and black Hug 1 SO'Hage ink ytHd m ptack i image piocessor 30 Drt converter 300 dpi opneat 1200 dpi mnancea resolution 20 00 instant Rebate 17938 Jornada 680 Handheld Iomega Zip 250 Parallel Drive WS Out'oox Acc-- ss New capacity1 25QMPs per disk snrynn p Rescue scbvare tnciuded 762 875 250MB Cartridge IBM Fotmalted 808 381 U sr 19 951 -- ps V iimurm du internal 2 0 CopfSJPrimCcnttr Imprint Yovr Company's logo On Bit Round Stic Pens For As low As ilOGO By V 1'? 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