Columbine. Some used to remember this as normal place to go to school. Now it’s remembered as the chain reaction of school shootings. Many students here weren't born before this terrible incident on April 20, 1999. It was a normal day at Columbine High School in Colorado when two bullied students decided they’d had enough, and went to shoot up the school.
The the two students made a tape describing how they hated the bullies at their school and wanted revenge. Their names were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 17 and 18 years old. In their home video, they explained their horrible plan and proclaimed their allegiance to Hitler.
There had been other signs of trouble from the two a couple months before the incident at the high school. In January …show more content…
This school shooting shocked many people, since this was one of the first in America.
One of the first students killed was Rachel Joy Scott, 17, a public believer in Christ, shot for her views. There is a movie out now about her story, and how she impacted the lives of others. It’s called I’m Not Ashamed. Rachel was just one of the twelve students killed that day alongside of twenty-three injured others and the death of a teacher. Their names were, Cassie Bernall, 17, Steven Curnow, 14, Corey Depooter, 17, Kelly Fleming, 16, Matthew Kechter, 16, Daniel Mauser, 15, Daniel Rohrbough, 15, William "Dave" Sanders, 47, Isaiah Shoels, 18, John Tomlin, 16, Lauren Townsend, 18, Kyle Valasquez, 16.
The two boys that committed this horrendous crime searched for fame. They wanted to be remembered for what they did and they wanted it to continue. And it did continue. From the end of 1999 to 2016, there have been a tremendous amount of school shooting modeled from Columbine. More than 65 school shooters have referenced Columbine as motivation, and there have been more than 270 school shooting at a school since Columbine’s. Over 141 people have died in attacks on schools since …show more content…
Students had to stay in their classrooms for an hour and thirty minutes. People in commons had to crowd into the gym and had no idea what was going on. Someone had called the school and threatened gun violence. The police came and covered the perimeter of the school. No one was harmed, and the person threatening student lives was caught.
After the incident, Pickerington Local School District become more intentional about preparing students and staff for school threats. Not long after, everyone was trained in detail about a safety program called A.L.I.C.E.: Advert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. 900 higher educations systems have been trained by this program to successfully combat school attackers. In more than 81 percent of school shootings, information was known that the shooter was attempting or planning the attack, which can give schools the ability to put a stop to it, and use A.L.I.C.E if needed.
Hilliard Davidson, a school in Hilliard, Ohio, recently had a scare of a school threat. It happened at the start of the 2016-17 school year. A Hilliard Davidson student was accused of planning to recruit other students to be a part of his plan of a mass shooting of the school. The student's name was John Staley, 16 years old. Staley had shared a map with two other Hilliard Davidson students about his plans and the two students agreed to participate. He needed 13 more people to carry out this
The the two students made a tape describing how they hated the bullies at their school and wanted revenge. Their names were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, 17 and 18 years old. In their home video, they explained their horrible plan and proclaimed their allegiance to Hitler.
There had been other signs of trouble from the two a couple months before the incident at the high school. In January …show more content…
This school shooting shocked many people, since this was one of the first in America.
One of the first students killed was Rachel Joy Scott, 17, a public believer in Christ, shot for her views. There is a movie out now about her story, and how she impacted the lives of others. It’s called I’m Not Ashamed. Rachel was just one of the twelve students killed that day alongside of twenty-three injured others and the death of a teacher. Their names were, Cassie Bernall, 17, Steven Curnow, 14, Corey Depooter, 17, Kelly Fleming, 16, Matthew Kechter, 16, Daniel Mauser, 15, Daniel Rohrbough, 15, William "Dave" Sanders, 47, Isaiah Shoels, 18, John Tomlin, 16, Lauren Townsend, 18, Kyle Valasquez, 16.
The two boys that committed this horrendous crime searched for fame. They wanted to be remembered for what they did and they wanted it to continue. And it did continue. From the end of 1999 to 2016, there have been a tremendous amount of school shooting modeled from Columbine. More than 65 school shooters have referenced Columbine as motivation, and there have been more than 270 school shooting at a school since Columbine’s. Over 141 people have died in attacks on schools since …show more content…
Students had to stay in their classrooms for an hour and thirty minutes. People in commons had to crowd into the gym and had no idea what was going on. Someone had called the school and threatened gun violence. The police came and covered the perimeter of the school. No one was harmed, and the person threatening student lives was caught.
After the incident, Pickerington Local School District become more intentional about preparing students and staff for school threats. Not long after, everyone was trained in detail about a safety program called A.L.I.C.E.: Advert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. 900 higher educations systems have been trained by this program to successfully combat school attackers. In more than 81 percent of school shootings, information was known that the shooter was attempting or planning the attack, which can give schools the ability to put a stop to it, and use A.L.I.C.E if needed.
Hilliard Davidson, a school in Hilliard, Ohio, recently had a scare of a school threat. It happened at the start of the 2016-17 school year. A Hilliard Davidson student was accused of planning to recruit other students to be a part of his plan of a mass shooting of the school. The student's name was John Staley, 16 years old. Staley had shared a map with two other Hilliard Davidson students about his plans and the two students agreed to participate. He needed 13 more people to carry out this