Columbine characters – Flashcards

William "Dave" Sanders was a computer and business teacher at Columbine for 25 years, and coach of the girls' basketball and softball teams. He left behind his wife (Linda), four children (Angela, Coni, Kathy, Linda Lou) and five grandchildren. His students said he was a teacher, a friend, a mentor and an inspiration. When the gunmen started firing outside the school he ran to the cafeteria and sounded the alarm. He, along with two of the school's janitors, helped get more than 100 students out of the path of danger by herding them away from the shooters. He saved untold numbers of lives that day. By the time the gunmen arrived, the cafeteria was nearly empty thanks to him. He was in the upstairs hall trying to get students safely hidden in classrooms when he was shot from behind by Eric Harris. He was hit in the torso, head and neck. He managed to get himself into a science lab where he bled to death waiting for help that 911 dispatchers told students who were helping him was coming, but never arrived. Despite their attempts to save him, Dave Sanders died nearly three hours later from blood loss. His last words were reported to be: "Tell my family I love them."

Eric Harris' and Dylan Klebold's diversion counselor, basically a therapist. Eric was able to convince her that he had changed after the van robbery. He was funny and clever and knew when and how long to flash a smile to sway her. He lied about what he had done in the past. Dylan told her about everything and did not seem to change, he almost failed the course.

Dylan Klebold's date to prom on April 17th. She was active in her church. She was the one who purchased three of the four guns that the boys had because she was 18. On the day of the shooting, she and her friends had left campus to get lunch and had come back after the shooting had started.

principal of Columbine high school at the time of the shooting- was absent from the cafeteria because he had an interview with a teacher. Mr. D was face to face with the killers while he was trying to save a girls gym class. They were shot at but escaped. When he asked if he could go back in to save the hundreds of kids still trapped, he was denied.

a 16 year old sophomore, brother of Rachel Scott, was under a table in the library with Isaiah Shoels (the only African American killed) and Matthew Kechter. He is responsible for the start of the the Cassie Bernall martyrdom story.

Nick Baumgart's date to prom on April 17th, she was sitting on the grass at lunch with a friend (Richard Castaldo) when the shooters opened fire on the west entrance near where she was. She was hit and fell to the ground, where one of the shooters came down and shot her point-blank when she tried to get up, she died from gunshot wounds to the head, chest, arm, and leg.

high school crush: Laura, was in the library on the 20th because he was up late talking to Laura and didn't finish his homework. He sat at one of the tables just above a bomb. He hid under a table with Makai, Dan, and a girl he didn't know. Corey and Austin went to investigate. He was shot in the head, several buckshot fragments lodged in his scull and scalp, one pellet burrowed six inches through spongy brain matter in the optical center. It cut through the connection between the left and right brain. Was known as 'The Boy in the Window' becasue he fell out of the window of the library at 2:38 trying to get himself to safety after struggling to get there for 3 long hours. He worked hard after the shooting to make sure he could still be valedictorian, but could no longer be an architect as he had dreamed. He attended Colorado State University, where he met his future wife, Kacie.

the first FBI agent on the scene, a veteran agent, a clinical psychologist, a terrorism expert, and one of the leading hostage negotiators in the country. He only went to Columbine because his son, Danny, attended school there. He would play the leading role in understanding the columbine killers- he got to look through the boys journals and study the boys and assess why they did it. He was responsible for most of the things known about the mental state of the killers and their motives for the attack.

She was in the library when the shooters came into it. She was riddled with holes down her arms and torso (34 separate wounds) and after being shot by Dylan, dropped to her knees and said "Oh my God,oh my God, don't let me die". Dylan turned around and asked if she believed in God. She answered yes and he asked why. He got distracted and did not end up finishing the job. Many people thought Val was trying to piggy-back off of Cassie Bernall's story to gain fame although the truth is that Cassie was killed without being able to say a word. She was verbally attacked on many occasions because of her alleged lying and was particularly upset at the publishing of Misty Bernall's memoir.

junior who got shot when Eric and Dylan first started shooting. She was shot with a 9mm round but kept running until she was shot again. Her spinal cord was ruptured and she was told that she would never walk again. Her mother killed herself after the massacre. She was not having a good life after the shooting, but eventually had a turnaround when she let go of her dream of walking again. She forgave her mother and the killers so that she could move on.

a drug dealer that sold some guns and ammo on the side. Provided a TEC-9 to the boys and extra ammo. Was late on delivering the ammo and was possibly the reason that the NBK was pushed back from the 19th to the 20th. One of the only two people charged in the shooting. He was looking at 18 years, but upon sharing that he had gotten off of drugs, gone to college, and obtained a steady job in the computer field, along with his plea agreement, his sentence was knocked down to 9 years. he could end up serving as little as three years with parole. [scapegoat- someone to blame]

Teamed up with Isaiah Shoels's family to demand a wrongful death suit against the killers' parents, for a quarter of a billion dollars

2nd to die; Freshman who went to the commons to meet up with two buddies for a smoke (Lance Kirklin and Sean Graves). They saw the gunmen firing, but thought it was a game or a prank. He was shot by Eric in the left knee, chest (his heart stopped beating quickly), and abdomen. Danny was dead upon impact with the ground after being dropped by Lance because he blacked out. He had a big future ahead of him that included his dad's custom audio business (he was a natural). His father (Brian) and his mother (Sue) were in a friendly divorce, he had a stronger relationship with his father though. He laid on the sidewalk were he died for 28 hours because his body could be booby trapped and the authorities did not want to risk it.

During their Sophomore year at Columbine, he was arrested for breaking into a van but was released early due to how well he did in the juvenile diversion program he had to attend; That same year he was employed at Blackjack Pizza where he worked with Philip Duran and Dylan. Brooks Brown had previously reported Eric for threatening him after being told of it by Dylan. These things Eric gloated about in his personal journals and online. The Browns contacted the police and Eric's parents. Eric apologized and all seemed like it would be okay but then Eric went and posted Brooks' phone number on one of his online rants. One of Eric's aspirations was to join the Marines and he even took steps to apply, though his application was rejected shortly before the shooting, likely because he was taking the drug Luvox at the time, an SSRI antidepressant he was taking in connection with his anger management therapy. It is believed that he had stopped taking the drug shortly before the rampage. If so, this could have triggered an even more violent reaction; when he got bored of the Doom video game, he added his own characters and storyline; called REB; he was a full-blown psychopath; he wore a shirt with the words 'natural selection' on the day of the shooting; was extremely smart but didn't apply himself

During their Sophomore year at Columbine, Dylan was arrested for breaking into a van but was released early due to his performance in the juvenile diversion program. He worked at BlackJack Pizza with Eric. He enjoyed bowling and technology. He was painfully shy and a depressive with a violent angry streak. He was a follower. He was smart, but didn't apply himself. He only fired off 5 rounds during the massacre. Nicknamed VoDKa. He wore a shirt with the word 'wrath' on the day of the shooting.

the teacher in Science Room 3 where Dave Sanders bled to death. Responsible for the '1 BLEEDING TO DEATH' sign in the window.