Tag: Columbine High School Massacre
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Columbine survivor’s death ruled a homicide, 26 years after shooting
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The Columbine High School shooters claimed their 14th victim last month in the opinion of those who were close to Anne Marie Hochhalter. And now officially, according to the Jefferson County Coroner. For 26 years, everyone knew that 12 students and a teacher died on April 20, 1999, the day of the Columbine massacre. However,…
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Columbine shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter dies after years in wheelchair
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It wasn’t until they knew they had saved her life that surgeons told Columbine survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter she came close to being the 14th victim. “She never wanted to be called a victim. She considered herself a survivor,“ said Sue Townsend, who considered Hochhalter a second daughter. After she lost her stepdaughter, Lauren, to…
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Columbine students give back during 25th anniversary of shooting
On a frosty morning after a late-April snowstorm, nearly 1,200 Columbine High School students worked on their day off, bringing together a positive light from the darkness of tragedy. The Jefferson County high school held its eighth-annual Columbine Day of Service on Saturday — the 25th anniversary of the world-altering shooting in which 12 students and…
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Seconds matter: How Columbine changed police response
Colorado police highlight evolution of response and prevention methods since 1999
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Columbine Memorial donation box stolen
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The donation box at the Columbine Memorial was stolen over the weekend, the Columbine Memorial Foundation announced Monday afternoon. The foundation said someone dug up the box from the ground, removing it with its concrete base intact, sometime between Friday and Sunday. The Columbine Memorial was dedicated and open to the public on Sept. 21,…