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Monday, April 20, 2009 ♥ 10:52:00 PM
Another update I really wanted to post.
10 year ago, on this date, shit happened.
I remembered I was still in secondary one when this was broadcast all over the news.
I was wondering what the big fuss is about until I actually saw the moving images in the news.
A school kid, bloodied, dropping from the window as SWAT team members rescued him with a van.
The headlines were screaming COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTOUT and oh my God, did I finally realize what was going on.
For the exact information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
But I am just going to summarize here.
2 boys, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, school outcasts, went on a rampage this very day 10 years ago and killed 12 of their school mates and a teacher. The motives behind their attack were still being debated till this day but the many innocent lives that were lost, are just too shocking.
The people that they killed did not do anything to them but it was the culture and the beliefs back in their school in those days that lead them to become outcasts and later, killers.
I kept a close eye on this news for the next 10 years. It was an interesting topic as it shows how the school culture in US was like. It was revealed that there were lots of bullying, fighting, racism and other really unpleasant stuff going on.
Oh yes the thing that pissed me off the most till this day is that the news blamed the games that might have possibly influence the 2 boys.
GOSH HOW I HATE THAT! QUIT BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR F**KED UP MISTAKES!
My church friend, Isaac even loaned me a diary written by a girl, Rachel Scott, shortly before her end on that tragic day. It was compiled by her parents and the contents inside were really tear jerking.
I furiously read each and every news that come along every year about the anniversary of the massacre.
Finally, as I read the news on Yahoo! A few minutes ago, there were quite a lot of updates on that school, 10 years later.
Here are the links:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_us/columbine_vigil;_ylt=AtvWpzxeyOKgI7ttgTWz6OxvzwcF
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/columbine_active_shooter;_ylt=Ao8CcniouhU9ifPMY3C6gdhH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2ZnFrbWVhBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bi1yLWItbGVmdARzbGsDLXNob290Zmlyc3Q6
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/columbine_survivors_and_family;_ylt=AosXJ5Fzikt5QnDhzp5SdV1H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2aWZubDE4BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bi1yLWItbGVmdARzbGsDLWNvbHVtYmluZWZh
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/columbine_s_survivors_vignettes;_ylt=AoaUIQLOzQmpCyEpDNWbQrBH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2cmk5anJuBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bi1yLWItbGVmdARzbGsDLWNvbHVtYmluZXN1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_us/columbine_s_survivors;_ylt=AvETdRklblvBzDfiBBTAoMtvzwcF
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_us/columbine_the_principal;_ylt=As8b0qIsJEAsei22UiWxVHtvzwcF
I was glad that after such a long time, everybody had move on. Wounds have healed and survivors have moved on and became successful in life.
Words can’t express how touching it was to see how they have struggled and lived on and that everything was alright now.
God bless them all and I pray that such a thing will never happen again.