Few events over the last century have had the core-rattling effect on the American psyche as the Columbine High School massacre in Jefferson County, Colorado, which happened ten years ago Monday, April 20th. (Read recollections from the 1st anniversary.) At 11:10 a.m., Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, two students, arrived at the school armed to the teeth with bombs and guns. While several explosives they had planted failed to detonate, the two still managed to kill 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before turning the guns on themselves. The incident sparked a heated debate about gun violence and safety of American schools which continues to this day.Meanwhile, the News takes a look back on the days the world stood still - moments from over the last 100 years that - while perhaps not the most historically significant - were the most shocking in recent history. View Images Here
This was a sad day. All those kids killed. Sad for the families of the killers, they lost too. Those kids were depressed and suicidal and nobody caught it. Sad for everybody.
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