I can't believe it has been 10 years. Columbine 10 years later

[greenbriar]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/columbine_s_survivors_4



LITTLETON, Colo. – The "boy in the window" — who fell bloodied and paralyzed into the arms of rescuers during the horrifying Columbine High shooting rampage — is doing just fine.

Now 27, Patrick Ireland has regained mobility with few lingering effects from gunshot wounds to his head and leg a decade ago. He is married and works in the financial services industry. His mantra: "I choose to be a victor rather than a victim."

Like Ireland, many survivors of the April 20, 1999, massacre have moved on to careers in education, medicine, ministry, retail.

But emotional scars still can trigger anxiety, nightmares and deeply etched recollections of gunfire, blood and bodies.

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[greenbriar]

1. wow

guess everyone is too busy bitching about how bad Obama is


or discussing the susan broyle thing to discuss actual news items

[Believing Is Art]

2. It's been a bad month for rampages past and present.

Try to block thinking about it, but that can only work so well.

[Seen the light]

3. I'm giving this thread a nice kick

My girlfriend's sister was a student at Columbine on that horrible day. She was luckily one of the first ones to flee from the school once the shots started firing.

Check out the timeline of events on the Columbine massacre's Wikipedia page if you want a description of the attacks so vivid you can almost feel like you were there.