Police officer: Yeah, theres a lot of screaming right outside their door. and Klebold walk toward the food serving line in the cafeteria area. Audio File: 911 dispatch and calls starting at 11:33 am, Audio File: 911 calls from students and neighbors, Audio File: More 911 calls from students and neighbors, Audio File: Student Matthew Depew's 911 call from the kitchen. - Create a memorial page. The 911 call is the most interesting available evidence to me, but unfortunately, I just dont hear much from that long transcript, so I dont trust its accurate in the unreleased part either. The teacher - who was among the first shot, made the initial 911 call from the school library and was huddled in that cupboard, closest to the shooters when they killed themselves - isn't sure when or if she'll return to Columbine. The tapes where things were "spelled out" for us in reagrds to what dylan and eric were saying was such a stretch. Dragging the paralyzed student backward on the sidewalk, 40 feet to a waiting fire truck, the two SWAT team members, trailed by a submachine-gun wielding Sgt. senseless tragedy on the 110th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birth that stole the lives of the strong and popular as well as the handicapped and lonely. Get down!. In
The follow-up gunshot also doesn't sound any different than these "knocks," even though if, in fact, this is when Cassie Bernall was shot it would sound vastly different (considering a shotgun is significantly louder than knock on a desk). Press J to jump to the feed. school cafeteria. Law
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student can be seen on the cafeteria videotape crawling out of the cafeteria
Now the school was in full panic. Just try and keep the kids in the library calm. "I made the decision I wasn't going to be in therapy the rest of my life. Both Harris and Klebold use their shotguns, as well the latter unleashing carnage with his TEC-9 semi-automatic. Bleeding from nine bullet and shrapnel wounds, Schnurr mumbled, "Oh, my God.''. DETAILS: On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. "I made the decision I wasn't going to be in therapy the rest of my life. Dispatcher: Are they applying some pressure to the jaw area? Is there anyway you can block the door so no one can get in? hides in a nearby restroom, Just before turning the corner to go east, he is shot, Harris
on the Internet. Teacher: Yes, he is. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Some people see it and think they are true. I think that's the start of my new year.".
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"He was conscious. Spotting Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo sprawled on the ground, nine SWAT officers piled into a fire truck and Dodge Dakota to mount a rescue. Under the gunfire, Littleton paramedic Jerry Losasso pulled Sean Graves, who was paralyzed, into a waiting ambulance. When I needed to speak, there would be what we called the echo. Officer to teacher: We dont have anybody in custody. Ester reports that Denver Metro SWAT has arrived on the east side of the school. "You could hear most of them going over the top (of the Blazer),'' Gardner said. lights on his patrol car flashing and the siren sounding. While many in this community resent the media dredging up the awful memories of five years ago, Judy Brown and her husband Randy are eager to talk about it. Uploaded by Outside the school, more police arrived. A friend of the gunmen, Brooks Brown, also heard the recording (as investigators needed him and several others to confirm the shooters' voices). The person pointed a sawed-off shotgun at Kirklin's head. He even lay motionless when a fleeing student stepped over him.
During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. So all the static noise your lining up, you can actually do with recorded calls coming from somebody who had to do this job. Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. Around the library there were more explosions and bullets. "I wasn't going to know if I could go back unless I tried. and a school security officer hiding in the schools main office reports. last day of his life, Eric Harris arrives alone at the student parking lot at
It's easier to have your priorities in order when you are faced with the idea you could die today, and you ask yourself have you done what you really need to do, or are you just flapping your wings?" The recordings, were impossible some times to hear. Jeffco
You had to have three people in the room listening to confirm what was heard, was said. gallon of fuel ignites in the area of the partially detonated propane bomb. Several seconds later, the caller says that, "that last one sounded like either a really big gun or a bomb." During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. I was speaking to him. At just before 4:35, a male talks and says "Page Boyd," and you can very faintly hear this on 11.29.25 at 0:30. A shotgun fired and hit Townsend, Kreutz, Schnurr and Park. Harris
Shots fired on the southwest side with a large weapon.. The eyewitness accounts are full of terror and courage, heartbreak and luck. Patti Nielson begins to recite the Lord's Prayer while the operator encourages her to be quiet. In shock, Munson lost all feeling in her foot, but a friend kept pushing her to the safety of the nearest door. Thinking that the student was filming a video for class, Nielson began to walk toward the entrance in order to confront him. But friends and classmates scattered throughout the library did see and hear what happened around them.
Kids are screaming . Jefferson
But they waved their guns again and Kyle Velasquez, John Tomlin, Steve Curnow and Kelly Fleming all fell dead. "He wanted to kill Brooks, said Randy Brown, so we went to the police with that. A teacher
She sounded like a tape recorder stuck in fast-forward. Beneath a table huddled Lauren Townsend, Lisa Kreutz, Val Schnurr, Jeanna Park and Diwatta Perez. I was afraid that they would see I was still alive,'' she said. Dispatch
But the call, on recording, picked up all the static noise of the center, other calls being taken, hearing myself asking somebody to close their line to take their breaks. Injured and Survivors of the Columbine High School shooting Names contained within brackets [ ] indicate the victim didn't know the person but subsequent investigation has provided the identity of the individual. Crouching over Hall's pained body, Ireland let his own head rise just above the top edge of the table. This happens at 0:46 of 11.29.25. lower parking lot of the high school. Let me know what you think! alarm in the cafeteria is activated. Be the first one to, Patti Nielson 9/11 Call (Columbine HS Massacre), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Jefferson
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partial detonation of a bomb and a subsequent fire. Another instance of this happens, where gunshots or explosions can be heard on both calls. sleeve of a black trench coat shooting a. Klebold
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By Susan Besze Wallace She got over the fear of sending her own children to school.
Voices of Columbine: The Denver Post Online Apparently a faculty member inside the school talking to police, describing the situation facing some of the students who are hiding and speaking to the students at the same time. to the student, Harris tells him to leave the school because he likes him. - How to get help But strangely, on the morning of the Columbine massacre, Harris warned Brooks Brown to go home just before the shooting started. Searle, outside the building, reports a fire in the cafeteria. Moving from a small town in Oklahoma to oh-so-sophisticated Colorado, Austin Eubanks found it difficult to fit in.
assumes the role of incident commander. cafeteria and direct students to get down. Littleton
Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Hall blacked out. He survived. "I realize she's shot in the head. At about 11:19 a.m. a witness
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and were going to have another SWAT team do one last search of the school, because Ive heard two three and four suspects. But she hasn't yet dealt with the piles of clippings and pictures and correspondence and teddy bears that overtook her living room and now live in her basement. I did an in-depth analysis of Patti Nielson's call where I lined up other 911 calls to see whether the audio was from the library or the 911 call center. "I did a quick peek through the window. This time, it worked. On April 20th, 1999, seniors Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17) launched an attack on Columbine High School, located near the suburbs of Littleton, Colorado. perimeter has been established and all exits are covered by law enforcement. Based on
Theyve got him elevatedthe best they can. carrying two large duffel bags
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Theyre not Band-Aids, but they have cloth to try to control the bleeding. "In some ways I was a magnet to some people, and yet other people felt uncomfortable around me. witnesses who entered the north main hallway from adjoining classrooms see
Im afraid to go.. tape from the library records the sound of many gunshots being fired during this
Dispatcher: Rooms one, two and three. Wadsworth. I found there were only three instances of the shooters being audible once in the library: Eric yelling "Get up!" One of the shooters yelling something like, "Hey!" outside the west entrance of the school. She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. The 911 recording is currently in the hands of the Jefferson County Police Department. Now Mauser was alone under a library table. Anyways. '', "No,'' Klebold replied. Littleton
Regaining consciousness later at Denver Health Medical Center, Kreutz remembered the pain of being rolled onto her wounded shoulder. response to reports that one of the suspects may have left the building, several
Into the cafeteria behind them walked Harris and Klebold. But she hasn't yet dealt with the piles of clippings and pictures and correspondence and teddy bears that overtook her living room and now live in her basement. Focusing was a challenge. County Sheriff John Stone, on his way to Columbine High School, calls Jefferson
of the schools custodial staff and faculty, including teacher William
Magor sets up a road block on Pierce Street at the southeast corner of the
Dan O'Shea, passed by the emergency exit that at least 30 survivors earlier had used to flee the library. The paramedic rolled her over and found open eyes full of tears. pipe bomb explodes, several students run out of the south cafeteria doors toward
Maybe a couple more lines, but theyre inaudible. It's been disputed over the years as to whether or not the suicides of Harris and Klebold were picked up in the recording; if the audio does, in fact, last less than thirty minutes, the deaths of the gunmen would not have been heard. They are in the science area in rooms one, two and three. Sudoku Survivors believe it all took less than 20 minutes. Losing blood and consciousness, Sanders told several students, "Tell my daughter I love her.''. call made by Patti Nielson from the library is terminated by the dispatch center
briefly enters the side entrance to the cafeteria, Harris
Smoke billowed. I told the captain, 'I think she's dead.' We need police here. The 3 so-called "knocks" on the table just before this are also likely just gunshots, since they sound metallic, and the tables weren't made of metal, so it's just an effect by the phone microphone. This is at 4:52 of Patti Nielson's call, and happens at 0:03 in 11.30.04. Next to him, Scott curled in pain. This page was last edited on 10 December 2022, at 04:07. Klebold subsequently arrives at the high school student parking lot alone in his
Harris and Klebold laughed.
IMPD active-shooter training will include 911 call from inside Columbine We can't answer why.''. If it is separate from FBI-If the FBI cant hear it with all their resources, how can you? Hundreds of teenagers sprinted for the exits. One raised his gun to his temple. Teacher
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He appeared to be in shock. After being grazed by a bullet in the. I think shes paralyzed, the
Attention, south units. reports possible shots fired in the library. She got over the fear of sending her own children to school. At 4:53, you can hear someone saying "Alright", and this is the operator of 11.29.25, and it's at 0:49.
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She was emotionally strained. She was in the midst of work on a master's degree. Deputy
And I knew it was older because the phones looked like the desk phones of my teachers, when I was in high school. Too stunned to stand, Castaldo was slashed by gunfire, too.
Patty Nielson | C-SPAN.org There was a five-minute silence. gives the command post a description of one of the suspects: Littleton
I pray they are getting help." Its merely a flesh wound! and the peekaboo thing and do you believe in God?. Teachers
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Until teacher Dave Sanders shouted from atop a cafeteria chair, many lunch-hour students thought the noise in the stairway outside the windows was only a joke - a brick of firecrackers, maybe, or the long-awaited senior class prank. Columbine High School. Based on comments
The two gunmen, Harris and Klebold killed themselves in the library. Directly after this, another operator asks, "Can I help you?" There are two other useful files that aren't necessary: Here is a link to my Audacity file if you'd like to listen to them yourself, and here is a link to the audio that I've put side-by-side after the shooters enter the library, with Nielson's call on the right side, and the background audio on the left side. For some reason, the gunmen spared them. From these recollections, a chilling picture of Harris, 18, and Klebold, 17, emerges: These two suburban teenagers enjoyed killing. Klebold is running behind them, but comes to an abrupt halt
We went to the police twice.". And the comments on these YouTube videos actually believe its what they are hearing. Two others, Pat Ireland and Lisa Kreutz, were too wounded to move. Broncos "When the year 2000 hit, it wasn't like a new year for me," she said. Harris peeled off 15 more bullets at the deputy. The fire sprinkler system
cars, set to go off once they go back into the school. Dispatch
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But I still won't do it if it starts to make me crazy or takes time from my kids. Between
New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. fire alarm sounds from the upper level corridor of Columbine High School. Like, say there were no transcript available and youd never heard it before. But [Harris] doesn't. I returned fire with my MP-5.''. their injuries, Patti Nielson and Brian are able to flee into the school library
For the second time that day, Kirklin turned his head and said, "Help.''. After that, there's not anything too discernible in the last 8 seconds. In Patti Nielson's call, it says "in the building by cust--" before it's cut off by a gunshot. He just keeps shooting and shooting and shooting. A teacher, Theresa Miller, spent hours on the phone with 911 to deliver updates on Sanders' condition. (They committed suicide around 12:08 p.m. and the operator had allegedly ended the call fifteen minutes earlier.). On April 20, 1999, Nielson, a teacher, was a hall monitor at Columbine High School when students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, armed with sawed-off shotguns, a rifle and an automatic pistol opened fire, sending their fellow students running for their lives. "I'm not blaming other people," Nielson says. upper level, southwest corner. Students arrive for classes at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. on Monday. Bullets whistled and windows shattered. But some Columbine parents believe authorities ignored prior warning signsthat the massacre might have been prevented. Everyone who could run did. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. - Columbine archive . I decided, she said, that I was not going to let those hateful boys ruin my life.. disseminating pertinent information to the initial responders. Before the rampage was over, Park was hit three more times. outside on the southwest side of the school and gives directions where
In summary, there's only 3 concrete instances of the shooters talking and/or yelling, and all of the rest is background noise from the 911 call center. (These instances are audible in the original release of the 911 call.). pipe bomb is thrown over the railing from the hallway above and into the
Under the table, Shoels tried to back up. And I'm in the library. Yeah, I guess I can try to go, but hes right outside that door. She finished out last year and she taught for the first two months of this school year before taking leave. Klebold stopped. County SWAT commander Lt. Terry Manwaring, on his way to the high school, orders
Bookshelves and cabinets and tables blocked sight lines and made it impossible for any one student to recount the exact sequence of what Harris and Klebold did next.
Injured and Survivors of the Columbine High School shooting 20 Avril 1999.
Patti Nielson - Inside Columbine - Google He desperately hurled the bomb, but it exploded six feet away, stinging Hall and Steepleton with shrapnel wounds. Dooley sprinted for the door in front of the two killers. Were waiting to clear those . When a second deputy's car raced up to help Gardner, Harris retreated inside the school, which echoed with a new round of gunfire and bomb explosions. Schnurr had heard the result when Bernall professed her faith. April 20, 2016 cafeteria area where it explodes. Patti Nielson 9/11 Call (Columbine HS Massacre) by Unknown. more pipe bombs are thrown into the cafeteria from the library hallway a floor
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"Yes, my mom and dad brought me up that way,'' Schnurr replied. Beneath the librarian's desk, Nielson whispered the Lord's Prayer. Kevin Walker, positioned at a southern point in the student parking lot, is able
"Peekaboo!'' Nielson: I do not . . Fire Department is staged at Weaver and Pierce Streets. to report shots being fired outside the library. Walcher of the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office arrives on scene. Also, why are some of the written records of the prior warnings now missing? REB! Whereas the other one has things like Stop your bitching! Suspended out of sight inside the ceiling, Kastle listened. custodian goes into the video room to change the schools cafeteria surveillance
When he heard the gunfire and explosions move into the cafeteria kitchen - where the killers had stashed a giant propane tank bomb that failed to detonate - Kastle ducked from the faculty lounge into a faculty bathroom. building. Taylor was so scared of being shot again that he refused to answer when other students called to him. With four guns, 67 bombs and two hearts full of hate, classmates Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shocked the world April 20 with the worst school shooting in American history. Do they forget Eric had the exchange with Bree after shooting Cassie and Dylan says 'just shoot her' or do they just think the call is chopped up and edited? He kept moving. in the counseling hallway sees students in the north hallway running east
"They said they waited their whole lives for this,'' Woodman said. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Smoker
I think I want to have it behind. Fellow students in Nielson's degree program helped, typing papers and encircling her in study groups as a form of encouragement. Two
Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. At around four minutes and twenty seconds into the call, a large explosion erupts from Nielson's end of the line. In actuality, a 911 call received from a student
shirt, students taking cover behind the patrol cars, Klebold walking directly over to the same bomb. Questions linger: why didnt police follow up on the Browns complaints? It wasn't like 911, but we were using older tech. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. They saw Eric Harris at the top of the outdoor stairs, wearing a black trench coat. Castaldo played dead to fool his attacker. Dispatcher: Dont let him close his eyes. "Three shots rang out. Gardner has just pulled up in the lower south parking lot of the school with the
County Sheriffs Office dispatch advises that there are possible shots fired
And that is definitely it. '', Beneath another table, a terrorized Austin Eubanks gripped the arm of his best friend, Corey DePooter, who somehow managed to keep calm. In
Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Then they spotted Nielson scrunched under the librarian's desk. The deputy ducked back inside his marked Chevrolet Blazer. Paul Smoker, a motorcycle patrolman for the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office,
But Ireland couldn't bear watching his buddy just lie there and bleed. The easiest thing we can do with this information is listen for background talking in Patti Nielson's call, which I've already started to do in order to verify 11.23.11 was placed properly. Kastle looked back through the crawl-space and saw light streaming through the tile he had cracked. Deputy
Beneath one table, Craig Scott huddled with two schoolmates, Isaiah Shoels and Matt Kechter. One of the calls I had to split because it didn't match up. windows near the cafeteria. to Smoker as a gunman, carrying a semi-automatic rifle, appears on the inside of
The first shots rang out at 11:08 a.m. After killing two students and wounding several others outside the school, the gunmen entered the building. Nielson and Anderson fled to the library, where several students had assumed that the sound of gunfire was some sort of senior prank. Eubanks was wounded with buckshot in his ankle and hand. ", which happens at the start of 11.30.04. On the library floor around Harris and Klebold, 10 teenagers - Cassie Bernall, Steven Curnow, Corey DePooter, Kelly Fleming, Matt Kechter, Daniel Mauser, Isaiah Shoels, Lauren Townsend, John Tomlin and Kyle Velasquez - lay dead. Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! One
In the library, the two teenagers had killed 10 classmates and wounded at least nine others. '', Klebold shrugged. The 911
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He was with best friend Corey DePooter in the library when the shooting began. ambulances should come into the area to rescue them. duffel bags conceal 20-pound propane bombs timed to explode at 11:17 a.m. chool
In the neighborhood surrounding the school, people who lived nearby called the police to alert them to the tragedy unfolding. "Who's ready to die next?'' Dispatch
Broncos Dave Sanders, still on the second level, turns into the library hallway toward
Boom. "Stay tight,'' DePooter whispered. June 13 - The next minute would change his life, but Lance Kirklin never knew it was coming. The two quickly became best friends, and Eubanks figured high school was going to be bearable after all. The first bullet shattered the door glass and thumped harmlessly into Anderson's necklace. agencies already are aware of the situation at the high school because of the
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In a room filled floor to ceiling with files on the tragedy, the Browns explained that they repeatedly contacted police and complained that Eric Harris had threatened their son. requests emergency medical response to the west side of the school. Theyve got the rooms locked up. ''. is last seen running back down the north hall to the west in the direction of
22 Columbine Tapes Released - ABC News that the command post and the SWAT staging area will be set up at that location.