25 years ago, the trauma of Columbine was 'seared into us.' It’s still 'an open wound'
by USA Today
USA Today— The trauma of the massacre at Columbine High School still haunts survivors, witnesses nationwide and students who weren’t alive when it happened.
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos—25 years after Columbine, survivors say they're still haunted by the attack. This week marks 25 years since two seniors at the Colorado high school killed 12 students and a teacher.
Los Angeles Times—Opinion: It's been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we're still getting wrong about school shootings. Twenty-five years ago on April 20, 1999, one teacher and 12 students were shot and killed by two seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Another 21 members of the Columbine school community were injured in this shooting and countless lives devastated. That kind of mass violence — and in a school no less — was unthinkable at the time. Yet the past quarter-century has tragically and frustratingly shown that we have failed to keep schoolchildren safe. The communities of Newtown, Conn.,...
Los Angeles Times—Letters to the Editor: Columbine was 25 years ago. When will we finally amend the 2nd Amendment?. To the editor: Twenty-five years after the Columbine High School mass shooting in Colorado, gun violence is the leading cause of death among children and teens. This is truly an abomination. Our children should grow up feeling safe. ("It's been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we're still getting wrong about school shootings," Opinion, April 19) I grew up in the United Kingdom, where gun violence was, and still is, very rare. I believe it's time to amend the 2nd Amendment. When people put...