On a sunny spring, Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Columbine High School in the suburbs of a city

called Littleton in Jefferson County, Colorado, an offshoot of the Denver metropolitan area

became the scene of a massacre.

Two Columbine seniors angry at the world spent months planning to execute their fellow

students and turn a quiet high school, previously one of the safest places on earth into a one-sided

war zone, complete with the literal destruction of the school down to its foundation.

As devastating as the Columbine massacre was, it pales in comparison with the carnage

two seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Clebold just weeks away from graduating, wanted to

unleash upon the world.

They spent a total of about an hour in the school hunting people, murdering 12 students,

a teacher, and wounding over 20 others and their two-person war against humanity that

would last around 45 minutes.

In the aftermath, everyone wanted something or someone to blame for it all and everything

that young Americans did in 1999 was suddenly under the microscope.

Was violence in music or video games or movies to blame?

Was it bullying, prescription drug side effects?

Was it easy to access assault weapons?

Was it the school's fault?

The killer's parents fault, law enforcement's fault?

Or was it mostly Dylan and Eric's faults?

Part of what was so shocking with Columbine was where it happened.

Prior to the massacre, Littleton, Colorado, in the suburban area around it felt like just

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