Chapter 136 Section 1

On April 20, 1999, a rare sunny day.After a long winter of ice, snow and severe cold, the citizens of Denver, known as the "Mile-High City (Mile-High City)", finally ushered in the first warm and sunny spring day at the end of the century.Denver, the capital of Colorado, is located in the rolling Rocky Mountains across the Midwest of the United States, with an altitude of more than 1,600 meters, which is exactly one mile high.The harsh plateau climate and barren rocky soil make it almost impossible to grow grass in many places, and there is no trace of green all year round, but it has attracted many Hollywood western film directors.

Littleton, located in the southwestern suburbs of the metropolis, is only a few miles away from downtown Denver. Most of its 35,000 residents are intellectuals or middle-class white-collar workers. Many of them are descendants of gold diggers in the mid-19th century. During the "energy crisis" in the 1970s, oil developers flocked here. It is said that the dozens of skyscrapers in the city center were erected at that time.Another feature of Littleton's population composition is that there are very few people of color, and it is difficult to see blacks, or Asians, or South American ethnicities.For example, at Columbine Secondary School on the southwest corner of Piltz Street and Balls Road, there are fewer than ten black students out of more than 2,000 students.

The winter in Colorado takes up nearly half of the whole year, and it is extremely cold, so most of the primary and secondary schools here have only one building, or several buildings connected to each other. In addition to classrooms, laboratories and offices, there are also There are infirmary, library, canteen, assembly hall, gymnasium, swimming pool and so on.In short, the architects conceived the idea that in winter, children would go to school in the morning and not have to go out until it was dismissed in the afternoon.The new building of Columbine Middle School completed in the summer of 1995 covers a total area of ​​about 130 acres. Three two-story buildings of different shapes and colors are inlaid with each other like puzzle pieces, forming a roughly hexagonal shape.On the arched structure at the top of the corridor in the main entrance, there is a line of eye-catching characters: "The best students pass here." It was the first batch of "lucky ones" who entered the new building in the fall of 1999. Lumby has spent four winters and summers, and will graduate in one month.

April 20 was a Tuesday, and Brooke Brown, a grade 12 student who usually sleeps, got up early as an exception.He didn't want to be late today, because the first class at 7:15 was physical education, and the teacher was going to take them to play Dodgeball.Brooke was thin and not very athletic, but he was good at activities that didn't require much physical strength or skill, such as dodge ball.Before going out, Brooke checked the weather forecast. Today's temperature will be as high as 60 degrees Fahrenheit, which is equivalent to 16 degrees Celsius.Brook was only wearing a white T-shirt and didn't even bring a jacket. Anyway, he was either in the car or in the building. The distance from the parking lot to the school gate was less than 100 meters, even if it was extremely cold, it would take two steps. almost there.

The second son of the Brown family, Arong, is also a student of Columbine.Arong is two years younger than Brooke and is in the 10th grade.He got his driver's license just a few months ago when he turned 16, and the brothers now take turns driving to school.Today is Tuesday, driven by Ah Rong. And it came earlier than the Brown Brothers.The bowling lesson that day started at 6:15, and Eric Harris arrived on time.A girl in the same class, Jiaxika Rosekolan, didn't see any difference in this short boy at the time: "He still behaves as usual, and he wears a flannel jacket. " Eric Harris was a friend of Brooke Brown, or rather, they belonged to the same circle of five, but Eric and Aaron Brown did not get along.The study window of Harris’s house is facing the intersection. When people drive by, they can always see Eric sitting in front of the computer. Law.One day, Ah Rong said to Eric in the school cafeteria: "Eric, you have to have your own life. You can't always play on the computer." Because it was in front of everyone, Eric didn't say a word, but there was an expression on his face. He felt quite resentful, and since then he stopped talking to Arong.

Brooke Brown didn't feel suspicious until the third period.Becca Huns, sitting next to him, asked him if he had seen Eric Harris.Neither of them knew where Eric had gone. Yes, Eric was a constant prying class, especially in 12th grade.But first, based on his relationship with Brooke, Eric almost always talks to Brooke first every time he prys a class. The purpose is not necessarily to say hello, but mostly to ask Brooke if he wants to skip school with him.Second, today's class is very unusual, it is the final exam of Chinese philosophy class.In Brooke's impression, no matter how stubborn Eric was, he never dared to be absent from the exam without reason.

When it came to the fourth writing class, it was even more wrong. Not only Eric Harris, but Dylan Colebold was also absent.Dylan and Brooke have been in the same class since the first grade of elementary school. Later, Brooke transferred to another school. The two separated for a few years, but the mothers of the two families have always been good friends and have been in contact with each other.In high school, both Dylan and Brooke were in Columbine.Dylan was also part of the circle of five that Eric and Brooke were in. Brooke Brown had guessed correctly that neither Eric Harris nor Dylan Colebord were at school.What Brooke couldn't guess was what Eric and Dylan were up to.

Few people know or remember that April 20 is the birthday of Adolf Hitler, the head of the German Nazi Party who started World War II. In 1999, this day was the 110th birthday of the fascist. Eric and Dylan had been waiting for this day for a long, long time.In their diaries, this day is called "Judgmentday (or Judgment Day)".They planned the day down to the minute because they had so much to do before 11am.Dylan Colebold's notebook reads: 5:00, get up; 6:00, meet at the Ken Supple supermarket; 7:00, go to the "rebel"'s house; 7:15, he goes to change the gas, I go to refuel; 8:30, gather at his house ;9:00, prepare the duffel bag; 9:30, assemble the weapon, practice; 10:30, wind the timer; 11:00, drive to school; 11:10, put the duffel bag; 11:12, return to the car Waiting by the side, the bullet is loaded; 11:17, hahaha...