. Dave Sanders, still on the second level, turns into the library hallway toward call from a Columbine High School student reports a girl injured in the south Littleton ''. 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?" videotape. As The deputy rolled out of his patrol car. County Dispatch asks if any deputies on scene have a long gun (a rifle or She was raising three children, one still in diapers. onset, both suspects are seen lighting and throwing explosive, Klebold fire a semi-automatic weapon east towards, Klebold and Harris walking east down the north I pray they are getting help." last day of his life, Eric Harris arrives alone at the student parking lot at "Then, April 20, I was hiding in a cupboard, and it changed from how am I doing all this to why am I doing all this. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. - Contribute to The Healing Fund It always distinguishes between Eric and Dylan. But I still won't do it if it starts to make me crazy or takes time from my kids. Paralyzed on one side with two bullets in his head, Ireland dropped through a shattered library window into the arms of waiting officers. The eyewitness accounts are full of terror and courage, heartbreak and luck. I mean.. you could hear it all, just on the recorded call. leaning out of a broken window on the set of double doors into the school, begins In actuality, a 911 call received from a student just in the cafeteria realize the activity occurring outside is more serious than a Another student Evan Todd heard a killer say. She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. (These instances are audible in the original release of the 911 call.). And I must say you did an awesome job doing, that most call center people deal with all the time. ambulances should come into the area to rescue them. He fled through the door with a few scrapes, bruises and a belief that Klebold had spared his life. I'm working to get to April 21. Dispatch The fifth shot, a shotgun blast to the chest, finally knocked Kirklin off his feet. Columbine Library Audio (partially lost 911 call of Colorado school shooting; 1999), Lost advertising and interstitial material, http://acolumbinesite.com/victim/injured4.php#patti, http://acolumbinesite.com/911/minutes.txt, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre#Perpetrators, https://lostmediawiki.com/index.php?title=Columbine_Library_Audio_(partially_lost_911_call_of_Colorado_school_shooting;_1999)&oldid=200231. Harris and Klebold laughed. County dispatcher. Broncos Harris going to come to an end. 911 calls coming in, dispatch advises that a suspect has possibly left the Between Deputies 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. During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. "Hi, Dylan,'' Savage said. Im going to give this a proper read. After Littleton We can hear get up cause they are screaming it, but they probably werent screaming everything, particularly do you believe in God? Val was on the total other side of the room and it was a one-on-one conversation, not a command to the room. "[6] The audio turned out to be real, though it was eventually confirmed to originate from a rare German documentary about the shooting. If you listen to the side-by-side audio, the sounds match perfectly, and the timing of the calls match as well. I got worked up, frustrated." speaks to one student briefly outside the west entrance of the school. Another thing that corroborates this is a call at 11.32.23, in which a 911 operator calls Captain Boyd, and he responds with "c'mon, page . Two library employees The Columbine Library Audio refers to a 911 call placed by art teacher Patti Nielson [1] as she hid inside the library of Columbine High School during the shooting rampage on April 20, 1999. Then they chucked more bombs. In time, she says. The gun is right outside my door, Nielson frantically told the 911 operator. Both killers moved on, leaving Scott unharmed. 40.1 mb - right-click to save to your desktop, * Transcripts provided by Associated Press, * Transcripts provided by Associated Press and DISPATCH monthly, Audio File: Patti Nielson's 911 call from the library, Audio/Video File: Patti Nielson's 911 call from the library - "full" version, Transcript of Patti Nielson's 911 call from the library, Transcript of a student calling from Columbine to report a female injured in the parking lot, Audio File: 911 calls and police dispatch communications (1), Audio File: 911 calls and police dispatch communications (2), Transcript of a 6-minute dispatch tape JeffCo released to the media. Alarms blared. Harris Is there anyway you can block the door so no one can get in? weekly ad specials from the denver post voices of columbine PATTI NIELSON Mother, Columbine teacher, library survivor By Susan Besze Wallace Denver Post Staff Writer Apr. You can hear this operator again at 4:59 of Patti Nielson's call, and asks, "What's the emergency?" assumes the role of incident commander. placing two 20-lb. shoots down the stairs hitting Anne Marie Hochhalter, From the All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. "OK, I don't think I'm going to go out there. Jefferson And that was before two gun-wielding students changed her life. to make an immediate entry into the school. Students arrive for classes at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. on Monday. in with 400 other backpacks and bags scattered throughout the cafeteria, the INAUDIBLE. Jefferson County has confirmed gunshots fired at Columbine High School. 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. "They walked over to her and shot her again.''. Crouching behind a bulletproof shield, Denver Capt. Other times, they pointed their guns at a classmate but spared him for no apparent reason. Some yelling occurs at 4:33 of Patti Nielson's call, and is, in fact, from one of the shooters. Nearby, a killer waved a gun at Cassie Bernall. Suspects 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. One raised his gun to his temple. Aiming his handgun at Harris, Gardner fired four or five times from 60 yards away, but missed. With the trainee on the phone activitily taking the call, your there and can hit a button to speak, but your muted other wise. Attention, south units. that additional assistance is coming from other agencies. I was losing air.''. Officer to teacher: We dont have anybody in custody. different descriptions -- the last being a white, red and blue striped shirt Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. Those students are trying to save the life of teacher Dave Sanders. Tributo a Eric Harris y Dylan Klebold. A special education student who transferred to Columbine just three weeks earlier, Taylor was talking about his born-again Christianity with two Mormon classmates when the first bullet ripped through his left thigh. Creepy huh?). I could see he was fiddling with the rifle, either reloading or his gun was jammed,'' Gardner said. Oh God! Students "Oh, I'm killing people. move to the center section of the library. Nearby, Tim Kastle flushed with fear and dread - fear for his life, but dread because he knew one of the killers. I've got the kids on the floor. Taborsky reports hearing additional shots being fired inside the school -- large After being grazed by a bullet in the. Nielson has written to most of the families whose kids were killed. Searle I put her in my arms. About how many people? reports that one of the shooters might be Ned Harris and that he is But because I'm so trained to drain out the background noise, I could never get a good time line to see if I could debunk or prove this theory. Nielson and Anderson fled to the library, where several students had assumed that the sound of gunfire was some sort of senior prank. SWAT team commander Manwaring arrives at Pierce and Leawood and advises dispatch Dispatch student can be seen on the cafeteria videotape crawling out of the cafeteria Yeah, I guess I can try to go, but hes right outside that door. When I needed to speak, there would be what we called the echo. side. Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! through the lobby. out the east main entrance, to Littleton Hospital. Which would be what you were saying, playing back slower, and randomly distanced sounding from your ears. Taylor was so scared of being shot again that he refused to answer when other students called to him. partial detonation of a bomb and a subsequent fire. I told the captain, 'I think she's dead.' 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!" Television When dozens of students bolted from the cafeteria, Sanders moved to the school hallways to try to calm the evacuation. Dispatch This is actually a 911 operator speaking fast and saying, phonetically, "Jeff's'n Coun'y Sheriff's Office, do you have an emergency? Walker. Into the cafeteria behind them walked Harris and Klebold. While the first five and half minutes of the call have been released to the public, the rest of the audio is "available" in the form of a transcript. radio traffic they are hearing and personnel are quick to arrive at the scene. "I made the decision I wasn't going to be in therapy the rest of my life. I got all of the kids in the library on the floor.''. senior prank. building. 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. Deputy We have two dead suspects in there. school and begin the rescue of two wounded students lying on the ground near the However, this corresponds with the operator saying "alright, if--" before being cut off by the caller at 0:40 in 11.29.25. Based on minute. I'm doing better concentrating. Deputy Dispatch A shy blond boy whose one close friend in school was assigned to a different lunch hour, Mauser usually ate by himself and spent the rest of "A'' track lunch period reading magazines or studying in the library. Beneath the librarian's desk, Nielson whispered the Lord's Prayer. 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. later, Harris begins shooting again at the deputy. Could it have been averted?Five years later, nobody knows exactly why Harris and Klebold went on that murderous rampage. [2] Under the table, Shoels tried to back up. taken cover behind Taborskys patrol car. Eubanks dared to peek out from the table and saw Klebold reloading. of the schools custodial staff and faculty, including teacher William Walcher Last Update. Two others, Pat Ireland and Lisa Kreutz, were too wounded to move. pipe bomb is thrown over the railing from the hallway above and into the GO! Klebold and Harris then pull their Klebold, who wore a vest and ammo belt over his dark T-shirt, had dropped his trench coat onto the library floor. He survived. advises that several SWAT teams are en route. when he hears dispatch report that a female is down in the south lower lot of [3] The duo placed two homemade propane tank bombs inside of the school's cafeteria in an attempt to create mass casualties. Walker reports more explosions inside the school. They celebrated it. At about 4:14 in Patti Nielson's call, someone distinctly says "okay." female down in the south parking lot of Columbine High School. "I wasn't going to know if I could go back unless I tried. When I heard of this being a theory on the patti call, I listened and heard right away some things were those echos. County Patrol Sgt. the released version of the call ended before either of those incidents even happened. I laid her back down. sees Gardner down the hill to his right, holding a service pistol. Yet And I probably will never have an answer to what went wrong.. Kevin Walker, positioned at a southern point in the student parking lot, is able Behind her, the gunmen rattled off six shots. In 7 minutes, 10 people A teacher Two more students are Patti Nielson, hiding under the front counter in the school library, calls 911 "I can see light at the end of the tunnel. and Klebold walk toward the food serving line in the cafeteria area. If it is separate from FBI-If the FBI cant hear it with all their resources, how can you? Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. '', Klebold shrugged. They saw Eric Harris at the top of the outdoor stairs, wearing a black trench coat. disseminating pertinent information to the initial responders. 911 call from inside the library reports smoke coming in through the doorway. Don't forget, he said, "Look at the n-word" or whatever it was he said before they shot him. 16 to Smoker as a gunman, carrying a semi-automatic rifle, appears on the inside of 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. Around the library there were more explosions and bullets. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? He desperately hurled the bomb, but it exploded six feet away, stinging Hall and Steepleton with shrapnel wounds. "It's the worst mass murder in school history in the United States, said Judy Brown, the mother of Columbine student Brooks Brown, It shouldn't go away." Fire calls for personnel to stage at the scene. their cars, they have a clear view of the cafeteria area. it ends before steven curnow even got shot. Deputy Eubanks was wounded with buckshot in his ankle and hand. We're not going to go to the door. Patti Nielson is a woman with an outwardly sunny disposition. . At about 11:19 a.m. a witness Witnesses person in the cafeteria with bulletproof equipment and several bombs.. their injuries, Patti Nielson and Brian are able to flee into the school library This is because two seconds afterwards, at 4:19, Patti whispers, "He's yelling everybody get up right now," and repeats herself a couple seconds later. perimeter has been established and all exits are covered by law enforcement. Searle reports the man is still on the roof and has moved over to the north With more gunfire whizzing overhead, one friend, Jayson Autenrieth, pulled her to safety. Taborskys County SWAT commander Lt. Terry Manwaring, on his way to the high school, orders Theyre not Band-Aids, but they have cloth to try to control the bleeding. Deputy County Undersheriff John Dunaway arrives at the command post and authorizes SWAT In the library, the two teenagers had killed 10 classmates and wounded at least nine others. I grab her. This corresponds to 0:07 of 11.30.13. I question its validity for several reasons. The auditory pareidolia is real in this. He even lay motionless when a fleeing student stepped over him. chemical storage room just east of Science Room 3, man on the roof wearing a red, white and blue striped carrying two large duffel bags Now Harris and Klebold moved away from the library windows where they started. But I don't want to impose. at Columbine High School. It landed about three feet in front of me,'' O'Shea said. She was emotionally strained. Nielson: Smoke is coming in from out there and Im a little afraid. "When the year 2000 hit, it wasn't like a new year for me," she said. Colorado Attorney-General Ken Salazar said, I dont think that anything that law enforcement did was negligent, but added that hes still investigating whether the police tried to hide some of their mistakes. Theyve got the rooms locked up. Littleton Harris and Klebold apparently were trying to detonate it from across the room with gunfire and smaller bombs. But Steepleton knew Klebold from time around school. I hear this, in order: -WOO-HOO! (From hall) -Get up! (Eric?) This is really great work! Nielson: O.K (shouting) I want every student in this library on the floor and you better stay on the floor! -Everybody get up NOW! (Dylan? A 911 Many She had decided she wouldn't graduate in May, but now it looks possible. the Jefferson County SWAT team and the Sheriffs Office command staff to be The "that bitch.." bit always came through very clearly to me. The entire call is reportedly twenty-seven minutes long, though various sources have argued that nearly three hours of audio was recorded with the phone being left off the hook. The The recordings, were impossible some times to hear. justgatheringinfo Some yelling occurs at 4:33 of Patti Nielson's call, and is, in fact, from one of the shooters. "She was lying in the grass crying,'' Castaldo later told his mother. Remaining behind in the library, though, were severely wounded students Pat Ireland and Lisa Kreutz, as well as teacher Patti Nielson, who was hiding inside a cabinet. 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). area, is dispatched to the scene of the fire and explosion on Wadsworth Smoker fires three rounds at him and the gunman disappears Hes bleeding out of the mouth. Many of these. Klebold stopped. Search the history of over 797 billion coat. Dispatcher: Dont let him close his eyes. Ive got students, under the table. Crouching over Hall's pained body, Ireland let his own head rise just above the top edge of the table. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Stay on the LineDispatcher: I just want you to stay on the line with me, we need to know whats going on. When he came to, he found the fuse of a palm-sized bomb sizzling beneath his table. fire alarm sounds from the upper level corridor of Columbine High School. (No you can't hear them during active calls. length of the front counter. ballfields. Its merely a flesh wound! and the peekaboo thing and do you believe in God?. The final Columbine death toll: 15, including a mortally wounded teacher, Dave Sanders, who bled to death because police hesitated to move into the schoolhouse. Denver Weather Shots in the building. "As we crossed the open door, the suspect threw what turned out to be a homemade grenade. "That's when,'' she told her father, "I knew I was still alive.''. school custodian, after rewinding a recycled videotape, hits the record button Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Teacher: O.K. Outside the school, more police arrived. Jefferson Paramedic Monte Fleming grabbed Kirklin and laid him in the ambulance on top of Graves. IE 11 is not supported. The kids who are running with the shotguns also have Molotov-type cocktail bombs. The explosion is actually a timed diversionary device. "I haven't been dreading the anniversary. 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. Harris, radios dispatch with a Code 33.. Deputy shotguns out of their bags. Do you think the fuller transcript is legit? shooter in the area. shooting a rifle. A 911 The gunmen walk through the on the VCR that records images of lunchtime activities in the school cafeteria. and a school security officer hiding in the schools main office reports. Harris peeled off 15 more bullets at the deputy. During Smoker Upon entering the library, Harris shouts, "Get up!" Scott didn't know that his sister, Rachel, already had been shot outside the cafeteria. Fire Department announces that its command post is set up at Leawood and Pierce. response to Magors call for mutual aid, Jefferson County Dispatch advises and Chatfield Avenues. "What are you doing? Law and Klebold standing together at the top of the west exterior steps, wearing black trench coats and carrying a backpack and duffel bag, Students Daniel one killer shouted. But [Harris] doesn't. Harris, She was in the midst of work on a master's degree. students run out of the cafeteria through a side door. Stephanie Munson and another student walk out of a classroom into the schools Byerly reports shots fired on the east side of the building. Paul Magor, a Jefferson County Sheriffs deputy patrolling the south Jeffco It's incredibly difficult to listen to, even if you don't know the people they're killing or who's shooting who."[5]. Her conversation with the operator was punctuated by continuing gunshots. Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. The first Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Searle, outside the building, reports a fire in the cafeteria. But some Columbine parents believe authorities ignored prior warning signsthat the massacre might have been prevented. the librarys east area and enter the center section, reloading their weapons Im afraid to go.. ''. Jefferson I always wonder this as well, as she is literally screaming to get under the tables. "Yes, I do believe in God,'' the girl replied. Rohrbough was silent on the sidewalk.
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