The Columbine Shooting's Impact On Survivors and Families 25 Years Later


by WNYC

WNYC— Students at Columbine High School in 1999 are now parents of students themselves. CPR's Nathaniel Minor reported in 2019 how that experience is shaping the way they relate to their kids today.

The Independent—Columbine High School survivors can’t believe that the shootings haven’t stopped 25 years later. Since 1999, the name of a Colorado high school has been tragically enshrined in the public consciousness – and has become synonymous with mass shootings. But those left reeling by the massacre at Columbine have watched in horror as mass shootings are replicated over and over again across the US, writes Sheila Flynn

CBS News—Columbine 25 years later: Survivor Sean Graves believes biggest challenges are ahead. Sean Graves has overcome a lot of challenges in the past 25 years. Graves was applauded as he walked across the stage for graduation from Columbine High School, years after he was shot six times in the shooting that left 12 students and a teacher dead. "I was actually shot six times on April 20. I was paralyzed from the waist down, that was number six, the last one that got me," said Graves. Graves has undergone 49 surgeries and is walking again, but he believes the biggest challenges are ahead...

The Nation—25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence?. Peter Dreier With the National Rifle Association now weaker than it has been in decades, progress is possible—if politicians are willing to seize the time.