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Chapter 17: Columbine

In chapter seventeen, it talks about the SWAT teams journey into the school. How they pursue down the hallways not knowing who might be at the end of every corner. When they enter into the library it is a massacre. Their are bodies and blood pools strewn around the room. They even claim that some students were still holding their pencils as they laid lifeless in the library. Upon entering they concluded that most of the kids had been dead for a little over four hours and whilst they were going around the library they found two bodies with injuries that stood out from the rest. They soon figured out that the bodies were Dylan and Eric, the killers. The boys after killing everyone in the library then took their own life by shooting themselves.

Although the library was full of death and sadness, the SWAT team however did find one girl alive, barely, but she did live. From a policeman's term- "twelve were cold, one warm." They also concluded that during the shooting in the library most of the kids had attempted to take cover underneath the tables unsuccessfully.

This chapter also covers Dylan's prom date, the one who gave him one of the guns that supplied to the shootings. Because of Robyn's fear to tell the police on how she gave Dylan the gun, she lied to the police messing up evidence in order to figure out the mystery of the killers.

Still, this book has been a very interesting read and I love learning about all of the things that happened on that sad April 20. The book is sometimes very frustrating and depressing but it is a really good book and I would definitely recommend it.

Chapter 16: Columbine

In chapter sixteen, Boy in the Window, Cullen talks about Patrick Ireland a boy who was in the library at the time that the killers attacked. When Ireland is in the library the boys bust in and start shooting, students get under tables and some even pretend to be dead. Ireland accounts for when the boys got to the table they harassed one of his friends for being black then shot him and his other friends. Ireland then tried to comfort his friends but then was shot once in the leg and then once in the head. Through the next few hours he was drifting in and out of consciousness and then finally chose to slowly crawl towards the window where he tried to jump out of. SWAT teams soon rushed toward him and tried to aid him and got him down from the window safely.
Overall, I am still really enjoying this book. The stories in this book are very sad but also heartwarming, like the story of Patrick Irelands courage to strive forward even though he was shot in the head.

Chapter 15: Columbine

In chapter 15, First Assumption talks about the stereotypes that the media put on the killers. Much of the information that the media brought to the public was false. They claimed that the boys were social outcasts and that they were retaliating against the school because they were bullied. However, both boys had friends, girls and were very well liked by their peers and were certainly not bullied. It also talks about how the boys got all of the information to make the bombs and how they acquired the weapons. Eric had built the bombs from an online website he found called The Anarchist's Cookbook, that gave formulas and such on how to make bombs. As for getting the weapons the boys had gotten an old enough friend from their work to go to the gun convention and buy them guns. Their friend however was under the impression the boys were using the guns just for hunting purposes and not one of the worst school shootings in history. The boys also got a gun from Dylan's prom date, deceiving her as well.

The chapters also talk about the boys parents reactions after the shootings and their way of dealing with the grief of what their children had done. Dylan's parents in comparison to Eric's were much more communicative and were willing to share information in their house. Unlike Eric's parents whom were much less communicative than Dylan's parents, they found a lot more evidence in Eric's room- including Eric's diary.

I have really enjoyed reading this book so far. It is an easy read however it is very enthralling. I really like learning about all of the true facts that happened and being up to date on the sad event. Knowing what really happened makes you so much more knowledgeable than if you do not read the book. It is truly an eye opening read.

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Osama bin Laden

WASHINGTON — For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a white Suzukinavigating the bustling streets near Peshawar, Pakistan, and wrote down the car’s license plate.

Thinking about how much the United states has had to go through as a nation is incredible. From going from 9/11 to the death of Osama bin Laden has been a major milestone in United States history. This day was memorable for two reasons. One, because all of the families of the victims of 9/11 could finally sleep knowing that their loved ones killer was now dead. The other was because the United States had chased around bin Laden for years and thinking that we could never kill the mastermind of 9/11 - however all of that was made possible.

Chapter 14: Columbine

Chapter fourteen- Hostage Standoff, talks about the situation between the boys and the cops. Where they are both at a standoff, the boys are on the roof of the school while the cops are near the front of the school, the boys and the cops then have a shoot-off and luckily no one is harmed. There are also rumor circling about some possible hostages and the SWAT team is pressured even more to figure out a way into the school without putting the students in danger. When the SWAT team enters the school they are in a whole new environment with no maps of the school they have to go in blind without knowing where the killers were in the school.

This chapter also talks about how the media begins to speculate. The news teams and such are starting to think about what is happening and get information from the victims. However the majority of their publishing is either wrong or from a news station point they could put students in danger if the killers had been watching when they aired victim footage. Thankfully, they were not.

Overall, this book is very interesting and I am looking forward to reading more into this book and finding out more facts about the incident.