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🗓️ 20 April 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the Silver Lake section of |
0:03.8 | We have a weird. |
0:05.5 | A weird. |
0:05.9 | A weird. |
0:05.9 | A weird. |
0:06.9 | A cop of a murder. |
0:09.4 | There are some events, tragic events, that will be remembered forever. |
0:16.9 | Not just the event itself, but the lasting impression and change that it made on our world. |
0:23.2 | On April 20, 1999, the shooting at Columbine occurred. So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones |
0:31.3 | chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. |
0:45.2 | All of this, the whole tragic story that rocked the world and created a precedent for school shootings, began in 1996 with a private website on AOL. |
0:50.3 | Eric Harris, 15, created this site to post his own levels for a first-person shooter game, |
0:56.4 | but it quickly became a place where he would make jokes, often dark ones, about his family, friends, and classmates. |
1:03.6 | Eric's partner in crime was friend Dylan Claibold, and together the boys would cause mischief, |
1:09.4 | commit acts of vandalism, and make deadly plans with handmade bombs. |
1:13.8 | In 1998, the website had new posts, posts about a murderous plot towards those who had wronged the boys, |
1:20.8 | even calling out one in particular, Brooks Brown. |
1:24.5 | Brooks's parents got authorities involved, and upon viewing the site and its contents, |
1:29.4 | a search warrant of Eric's home was drafted but never submitted. The boys were arrested in January |
1:35.5 | of 1998 after breaking into a van and stealing tools and computer equipment. They were sentenced |
1:42.2 | and made to attend anger management programs. They were released early |
1:46.7 | because of how well they were responding. Realizing his sight was getting him into trouble, |
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