Chapter 138 Section 3

Two minutes later, Eric Harris and Dylan Colebold walked into the student cafeteria respectively.At this time, almost all the children after the fourth class flocked here, and the cafeteria was bustling with people.The sound of laughter, shouting, calling friends and friends to say hello and amused you can be heard endlessly.As usual, children piled their carry-on backpacks, gym bags, and musical instrument cases in corners, by doors, or on the floor around dining tables and chairs.Among countless bags, bags or boxes of various shapes and sizes, the two light blue luggage bags left by Eric and Dylan were not conspicuous at all, and they did not attract anyone's attention.

Eric and Dylan return to their cars in the parking lot.Eric carried a high-point 9mm carbine, and Dylan also carried his TEC-DC9 submachine gun on his back. The two also carried a lower-grade spare rifle each, and put on a pre-prepared black military uniform. A raincoat, and a bulging backpack with homemade detonators, cricket bombs (cricketbomb) and enough bullets.Fully armed, everything is ready, just waiting for the landslide and earth shattering thunder to come from the direction of the student cafeteria. According to their plan, if the two bombs explode at the predetermined time and place, 300 to 500 people will be killed and injured, and at least a quarter of the Columbine Middle School building will be knocked down at the same time.When the children who were able to escape escaped through the doors of the building, the two black-clothed killers would greet them with a hail of bullets at the two exits closest to the cafeteria.Eric and Dylan still had several of the same gas canister bombs in their car, and the timer was ticking half an hour later—the approximate time they estimated the police and first responders would arrive.

However, somehow, the two bombs in the cafeteria were "dumb". 11:17 passed, and Eric and Dylan realized the first error in their plan.Later, eyewitnesses said that they had seen the two standing on the top of the steps leading to the door on the second floor talking, probably discussing the next move.One of them said to the other, "Quick! Quick!" Immediately, gunshots were heard. Since then, the names of Eric Harris and Dylan Colebold have been linked together forever. They are classmates, in the same grade; they are close friends who are inseparable; they were not born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but they managed to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day; Nailed to the rack of shame; they jointly created the campus tragedy with the largest number of casualties and the most serious damage to public property in American history.

Before April 20, 1999, they were "average, typical middle school students, no different from other children of the same age". After April 20, 1999, they were portrayed by the media as "two sick teenagers with twisted minds, dark minds, and demons." Eric David Harris was born on April 9, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas.At that time, his father, Wayne Harris, was a U.S. Air Force pilot, and his mother, Cather, did not go to work, taking care of little Eric and his brother Kevin, who was three years older than him, at home. The army kept changing defenses, and the Harris family also moved frequently. In 1983, they moved to Denton, Ohio. In 1989, when Eric was in third grade, the family moved to Oscada, Michigan. In 1992, Eric in sixth grade moved again with his family, this time to Plattsburgh, New York.Every time he leaves, Eric has to say goodbye to his friends and abandon the familiar classrooms, campuses, streets and towns.And every time he went to a new place, Eric would be left out in the middle of strange schools and strange children for a while.He must force himself to change his habits, interests, hobbies, etc., in order to adapt to the new environment and meet the requirements of new partners.

At the end of 1993, the U.S. government cut military spending and gradually closed down some military bases all over the country, which finally ended the displacement of the Harris family.After his father retired from the military, Eric, who was 12 years old at the time, returned to his parents' hometown of Colorado with his family. Soon, Wayne Harris found a job in Littonton to train transport pilots, Kaiser was hired by a company in Denver that specializes in organizing large parties and events for various businesses, and Kevin entered Columbine High School In the 9th grade, Eric was in the 7th grade at Ken Caro Junior High School, which was the seventh school Eric attended from the first grade, that is to say, he changed schools almost every year.

It was a new environment, a new school, and Eric Harris, who had just arrived, was bewildered and at a loss as to what to do.It was there, under such circumstances, that Eric met Dylan Colebold, who was five months younger than him, who was equally shy, lonely, and also not accepted by other children. Dylan Bennet Colebord was born on September 9, 1981 in Denver and grew up in Denver, the second son of Tom and Susan Colebord.Like the Harris family, the Coleburds had only two boys, and Dylan had an older brother, Byron, who was three years older. Dylan's parents, Tom and Susan, were college sweethearts who also attended Ohio State University.Susan was born in a wealthy business family. Her grandfather, Leo Yasenov, was a well-known real estate developer and philanthropist in Denver.Tom came from a relatively poor family. His parents died when he was a teenager, and he was brought up by his elder brother.

Tom and Susan got married after college and returned to Denver together.It was the time of the “energy crisis” and the boom in oil development, and Tom Colebold easily got a job in geophysics, and Susan was doing special education at Arapahoe Community College.Ordinarily, she should know how to educate children. When Dylan was very young, his parents arranged formal baseball training for him and signed him up for the Boy Scouts (BoyScouts).Because of his excellent grades, Dylan was selected by the school to enter the "superintelligent and gifted children's class" in the third grade of elementary school.Like Eric Harris, Dylan attended Ken Carroll Secondary School before attending Columbine Secondary School in 1995.