Klebold Vs Harris

The world’s perspective of security and safety in schools was forever changed at 11:19 in the morning, on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado. Eighteen years old Eric Harris and seventeen year old Dylan Klebold, had planned a massacre that troubled the whole nation, eliminated thirteen lives and injured twenty-three others.Ultimately this terrible incident threatened the United States and forced the nation to examine school violence.

Klebold and Harris labeled themselves as the “trench coat mafia” and wore black trench coats, black hats, and had long blonde curly hair. As seniors, Harris had planned to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps but was denied because he took the anti-depressant Luvox. Klebold planned on attending University of Arizona

Harris and Klebold waited till 11:19 to initiate the massacre by climbing a hill near the school’s west entrance and aimed at students eating lunch outside. At this point they had killed one girl and the first 911 call was at 11:23. Gardner, an armed guard at the school, encountered them as they began to fire in the building and injured teacher, Patty Neilson and a student. They used two shotguns, a rifle, semi-automatic pistols, and threw homemade pipe bombs made in Harris’ garage. As they shot their weapons, they laughed hysterically. Approximately 11:29, several law enforcement officers and EMS surrounded the school. Harris and Klebold eventually traveled to the library where 56 people had yearned for safety. They strolled among tables yelling “all the jocks stand up” and “anyone with a white shirt or hat with a sports emblem on it is dead.” They antagonized people and then fired at them. They soon began aiming at police outside of the school through the school library windows. At 11:35 they moved on and ended up returning to their propane explosion twice. Soon they knew their massacre was coming to an end and Harris put a gun in his mouth and Klebold had one shot to the head at 12:08. After 49 minutes the massacre ended and lives were changed