#327: Confronting Columbine - Part 1

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

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🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Amy Over was a high school senior at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado in 1999. She was on the Girls' Basketball Team and her mentor was Coach Dave Sanders. She was in the school cafeteria on April 20th when two armed students entered and started shooting. Amy found herself hiding under a table and then running for her life. At the end of their rampage, her coach and twelve other students were dead...and hundreds of lives were never the same again. We interview Amy, who’s podcast Confronting: Columbine reflects upon the over twenty years since the Columbine High School tragedy. In her podcast, she asks many hard questions about what really happened that day …. and the days and years that followed. The grief for the murdered victims lives on… as does the trauma for the survivors.

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0:00.0	Hey Prime Members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:07.0	In this episode, we will be discussing the events that took place on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School.
0:17.0	This discussion contains descriptions of violence and trauma and may be triggering for some of our listeners.
0:25.0	Please exercise self-care while listening.
0:30.0	The victims and heroes who were killed on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School were Cassie Bernal, Steve Kurnow, Corey DePooder, Kelly Fleming, Matthew Ketcher, Dan Roerbaugh,
0:53.0	William Sanders, Rachel Scott, Isaiah Scholes, John Tomlin, Lauren Townsend, Kyle Velasquez, Daniel Mauser.
1:12.0	We should never forget their names. May they rest in peace.
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2:11.0	The investigation into the high school massacre is slow-moving and dangerous. The two gunmen who went on the rampage, booby-trap the building and even themselves.
2:20.0	All day long, investigators have searched the homes of both teenage killers. In one of them, police say they found bomb-making materials.
2:27.0	Special trained officers searching the school today found close to 30 explosive devices all around the building.
2:33.0	Authorities have also revised the death toll, now saying 15 people were killed, including the two gunmen.
2:39.0	Most of the bodies are still inside the school, but families of the murder victims have been notified. In J. Burkett begins our coverage.
2:46.0	He is live in Lidleton, Colorado, in J.
2:49.0	And Roz, we're being kept far away. The building off in the distance is still sealed off. As you said, the bodies have not yet been removed.
2:57.0	The total of 15 people are believed to have died here, 12 students, one faculty member, and the two young killers.
3:03.0	Investigators say this attack appears to have been carefully planned for a long time.
3:08.0	One by one, students return to Columbine High and left bouquets of flowers in a park half a mile away.
3:15.0	Little bit of pain, little bit of everything at once. And it's deep, you know. But it's got to be strong.
3:23.0	Parents, hug your kids. Pray to be happy that you're with them. Kids, grab your friends, hold them tight, and never be mad at people.
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