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Columbine High School Massacre
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교목실 2011-04-18
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton.
Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher.
They also injured 21 other students directly, and three other people were injured while attempting to escape.
The pair then committed suicide.
It is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the 1966 University of Texas massacre, and the deadliest for an American high school.
The massacre provoked debate regarding gun control laws, the availability of firearms in the United States, and gun violence involving youths.
Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures, and bullying, as well as the role of violent movies and video games in American society.
The shooting also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social outcasts, the gun culture, the use of anti-depressants prescription by teenagers, violent films and music, teenage internet use, and violent video games.
Rachel Scott
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 � April 20, 1999) was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 students and one teacher and the two perpetrators, in the fourth deadliest high school shooting in United States history.
Background
Rachel Joy Scott was born on August 5, 1981, one of five children of Darrell Scott (born 1949) and Beth Nimmo.
Her father had formerly preached a church in Lakewood, Colorado, but left the ministry when the marriage ended in divorce in 1989.
At the time of her death, the 17-year old Columbine High School junior was an aspiring writer and actress.
She had the leading role in a student-written play.
Described as a devout Christian by her mother, she was active as a youth group leader at Orchard Road Christian Center Church near Littleton and was known for her friendliness and compassionate nature.
Rachel left behind six diaries and several essays about her belief in God and how she wanted to change the world through small acts of kindness.
Shortly before her death, Rachel wrote an essay for school stating, 밒 have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.�
Some sources claim that the journal Rachel kept shared some similarities to Anne Frank's famous diary.
The day of the shooting
Rachel was shot while eating lunch with a friend, Richard Castaldo, on the lawn outside the school's library.
She was killed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold with multiple gunshot wounds to her head, chest, arm, and leg.
Early news reports said that one of the gunmen, after having first shot Rachel in her leg, picked her up by her hair and asked the wounded girl if she still believed in God, and that she had simply answered "You know I do".
Her response provoked a second, fatal shot to her head at point-blank range.
Some accounts attributed this version of events to Castaldo, who was severely wounded in the attack himself.
Although his mother told a Dateline NBC interviewer about the exchange, Castaldo denied telling this story in a December, 1999, Time magazine interview.
The FBI later concluded that the exchange did not take place.
Rachel뭩 parents published book called, Rachel뭩 Tears: the Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott, that their daughter Rachel Scott was targeted by the killers because of her strong belief in Jesus Christ.
Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher.
They also injured 21 other students directly, and three other people were injured while attempting to escape.
The pair then committed suicide.
It is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the 1966 University of Texas massacre, and the deadliest for an American high school.
The massacre provoked debate regarding gun control laws, the availability of firearms in the United States, and gun violence involving youths.
Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school cliques, subcultures, and bullying, as well as the role of violent movies and video games in American society.
The shooting also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security, and a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social outcasts, the gun culture, the use of anti-depressants prescription by teenagers, violent films and music, teenage internet use, and violent video games.
Rachel Scott
Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 � April 20, 1999) was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 students and one teacher and the two perpetrators, in the fourth deadliest high school shooting in United States history.
Background
Rachel Joy Scott was born on August 5, 1981, one of five children of Darrell Scott (born 1949) and Beth Nimmo.
Her father had formerly preached a church in Lakewood, Colorado, but left the ministry when the marriage ended in divorce in 1989.
At the time of her death, the 17-year old Columbine High School junior was an aspiring writer and actress.
She had the leading role in a student-written play.
Described as a devout Christian by her mother, she was active as a youth group leader at Orchard Road Christian Center Church near Littleton and was known for her friendliness and compassionate nature.
Rachel left behind six diaries and several essays about her belief in God and how she wanted to change the world through small acts of kindness.
Shortly before her death, Rachel wrote an essay for school stating, 밒 have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.�
Some sources claim that the journal Rachel kept shared some similarities to Anne Frank's famous diary.
The day of the shooting
Rachel was shot while eating lunch with a friend, Richard Castaldo, on the lawn outside the school's library.
She was killed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold with multiple gunshot wounds to her head, chest, arm, and leg.
Early news reports said that one of the gunmen, after having first shot Rachel in her leg, picked her up by her hair and asked the wounded girl if she still believed in God, and that she had simply answered "You know I do".
Her response provoked a second, fatal shot to her head at point-blank range.
Some accounts attributed this version of events to Castaldo, who was severely wounded in the attack himself.
Although his mother told a Dateline NBC interviewer about the exchange, Castaldo denied telling this story in a December, 1999, Time magazine interview.
The FBI later concluded that the exchange did not take place.
Rachel뭩 parents published book called, Rachel뭩 Tears: the Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott, that their daughter Rachel Scott was targeted by the killers because of her strong belief in Jesus Christ.