Mary Harris Jones

On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, two seniors approached Columbine High School in Littleton,Colorado at approximately 11:19 AM and proceeded to devastate the nation. There were 17 days until graduation when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library. Immediately, a media storm of theories and disbelief evolved. In the months following the shooting, reports depicting the two as vengeful victims of bullying and the…

killed 12 fellow students and a teacher, and wounded 20 others, before turning their guns on themselves,” says the article “The Columbine Tragedy, April 20 1999” from Historic U.S. Events. Overcome with hatred, two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, conducted a mass murder shooting at Columbine High School. This provoked fear and inspired a wave of other school shootings across the country. At 11:15 am, a mass school shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In…

“Judgment Day” (Cullen “Reluctant”). They chose the date April 20th. According to “Columbine, Bullying, and the Mindset of Eric Harris” written by psychologist Peter Longman, April 20th was chosen because it was Hitler 's birthday and the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Eric wrote about this plans in his diary (Biography, Eric Harris). Over a span of a couple of months, Harris designed 7 big propane tank bombs. The first step in his plan was to plant a “decoy bomb” three miles away…

many. It 's hard to believe something so horrific has to occur before society realizes there 's something wrong, that there 's a real problem and something needs to change. To this day there are still many who don 't understand why to two boys Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did what they did. Going into their very own school and killing friends and teachers like its nothing, almost treating them like slaughter animals or killing like it 's a sport, that is something many cannot wrap their brains…

On the day of April 20th, 1999 Littleton, Colorado the whole country was shaken to its roots because of the tragedy which had taken place at Columbine High School. Two armed and highly dangerous students named Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had launched a full on premeditated assault on the school and its occupants. They reason for their attack was the hatred that grew within them for the school and its occupants due to its social cruelty, injustice and unfairness. They had premeditated this…

On April 20, 1999 two teens went on a shooting spree at Columbine high school. At about 11:19 am the two teens Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, began shooting fellow classmates outside of Columbine High School. The two then moved into the school where the shot down many more students in the library. Harris and Klebold killed 12 students, one teacher, and injured more than 20 people. The shooting caused many schools across America to enact “zero tolerance” rules…

Columbine On April 20th, 1999 in the town of Littleton, Colorado the nation was horrified. Two high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed thirteen and injured twenty four before turning the guns and proceeding to take their own lives.1 This was the school shooting that changed everything. It opened people's eyes to possibilities of murder-suicides happening in schools. It didn’t just affect their little town or even the state of Colorado, it prompted national debate and made…

Professor Michael Sandel started the lecture with several scenarios. The first scenario talked about a trolley car on a track. Professor Sandel wanted the audience individually to be the driver/conductor of said trolley car. As one is driving the trolley car down the track, the brakes malfunction; however, the steering is functioning properly. If the driver of the trolley car continued forward, he would crash into five people. The driver of the trolley car had an alternative solution and a…

“I’m going to stay in the car a few minutes. I have to do something before I go in.” Eric Harris said. His sister, Lena, hesitated before getting out of the car because it seemed odd. “Alright, please don’t be late again. You don’t want another detention.” said Lena. She walked into the school and into the library for study hall. The school was very quiet and it was odd, like something would happen at any given time. Usually the school is loud and sometimes obnoxious. “Hey, did you get the…

individuals were Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. This brutal attack was a shock to America, and the lessons learned need to be known to prevent such a devastating attack from happening again on U.S. soil. The day of April 20, 1999 is one that no one will forget. It was just a normal day for the students and teachers at Columbine High School that morning, but little did they know that around 11:19 a.m. all their lives would be changed forever. Eric Harris, 18…