Chapter 143 Section 8

Around 10 p.m. Zach Heckler called Dylan.The first time the line was busy, but the second time Dylan picked it up, but said he was too tired to chat.Zach found it strange, knowing that Dylan usually didn't go to bed until after 12:30 in the morning.Unbeknownst to Zach, Eric and Dylan had just retrieved 100 rounds of submachine gun ammunition from Mark Mance that night. That same night, Eric recorded a passage on tape: "In less than 9 hours, our operation will begin. Because of me, some people will die... This will never be forgotten." day." At 11:10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 20, Eric Harris and Dylan Colebold drove into the parking lot of Columbine Secondary School.In a matter of minutes, the fourth-period kids would be swarming into the student cafeteria, and the moment Eric and Dylan dubbed in their journals and videotapes "Armageddon" was approaching.

The first shots were fired at 11:19 a.m., according to a later police report.Witnesses saw Eric and Dylan standing at the top of the steps leading to the door on the second floor, and one of them said to the other: "Quick! Quick!" Outside the fence with steps half a person high, some students were sitting on the slope lawn in twos and threes having lunch.The rare good weather, the children are willing to bathe in the long-lost sunshine outside. Grade 11 students Rachel Scott and Richard Castordo are at the top of the slope, and Mark Taylor, Michael Johnson and other five boys are sitting around in the gentle area below.

Eric and Dylan quickly lifted up their black military raincoats and revealed the weapons underneath.The first group of targets they attacked were Rachel and Richard, who were closest to them.After a burst of gunfire, Rachel Scott fell to the ground and died. Richard Castodo was shot eight times, but still alive. At the same time, the door of the cafeteria on the first floor next to the bottom of the steps was pushed open from the inside. Daniel Robb, Sean Graves and Lance Cockerlin were about to go to the outdoor smoking area to smoke, and they were immediately caught by the people in front of them. The scene was stunned.The moment they were in a daze, Eric and Dylan turned their guns on them.All three were injured.Sean was shot in the back when he turned around, still struggled to stagger back to the student cafeteria, and collapsed in the hallway between the two doors.

Dylan then jumped down the steps and ran towards the cafeteria.As he passed, he slapped five boys sitting on the grass indiscriminately, and two of them were shot.Michael Johnson was injured in his leg and was bleeding profusely, but he dragged his broken leg and hid in a sports equipment warehouse not far away.Mark Taylor lay on the ground, unable to move. On the sidewalk outside the student cafeteria, Daniel and Lance were unconscious.Dylan Colebold raised his gun and fired again, Daniel Robber was killed on the spot, and Lance Cockerlin was knocked off half of his cheek by the submachine gun bullet.Afterwards, Dylan stepped on the injured body of Sean Graves and broke into the cafeteria with a gun.

Soon, Dylan came out of the cafeteria and went back to the top of the steps to meet Eric.At that time, the number of victims had increased to two dead and six injured.Anne Marie Hotchhout was shot and fell to the ground on her way to the mess hall. Witnesses at the scene saw Eric and Dillon throwing ignited detonators and "Malotov cocktails" and other explosives on roofs, parking lots and lawns, and heard them say: "This is what we have always wanted to do." " "It feels really good, ha!" At that time, Brooke Brown was still near the campus.He has already decided to skip class in the afternoon, but the car keys are in the hands of his brother Arong, and Brook is going to find Arong after smoking his second cigarette.At this moment, he heard several explosions.

At first, Brooke didn't realize it was a gunshot, thinking it was just another firecracker brought to school by the children.U.S. businesses are only allowed to sell firecrackers during the week leading up to Independence Day on July 4 each year, but kids are always secretly saving a little for themselves.Not long ago, a boy named Bart Simpson was demerited once by the school because he saw the mother of the headmaster, Mr. Skenning, go into the toilet, and threw a firecracker into it, almost scaring the old lady out of bed. fault.Brooke always thought this incident was ridiculous, but now, he couldn't laugh.

Crackling and crackling explosions became one piece, and there was also a sound like an explosion.Brooke thought of what Eric had said to him ten minutes before: "Brooke, I like you now. Listen to me, get out of here and go home." He thought of the eerily calm look on his face, especially , the huge light blue luggage bag in Eric's hand.Brook suddenly understood. Brooke's first impulse was to run, out of school.But after running a few steps, he stopped again.Younger brother Ah Rong is still in school.If Eric Harris wanted to make trouble with someone today, Arong might be his first target.

At this time, Arong Brown was in the student cafeteria.The cafeteria was full of voices, so he didn't actually hear the gunshots.It wasn't until he noticed that the children by the window were making a fuss and screaming, and Ah Rong followed suit to the window to look around, did he realize that the danger was imminent. The student cafeteria and the library upstairs are a row of floor-to-ceiling windows from top to bottom.This side of the Columbine Secondary School building has no walls at all, so the architects placed them on the south side to capture some sunlight in winter.Ah Rong saw two injured children lying on the lawn outside, and then the third child fell down again.

At 11:24, the teacher, Mr. William Sander, rushed into the cafeteria, shouting loudly that everyone should lie down on the spot or quickly find a place to hide.Steven Cohen and his sister Diana were also in the cafeteria at the time. "I immediately thought of the school shootings that happened not long ago in Kentucky and Mississippi. I remembered the jokes in class discussions: 'Next It's Columbine's turn.' Misfortune! I remember saying to myself, 'Oh my God, we gotta get out of here!' I grabbed Diana's arm and ran towards the stairs, but Diana fell The people who came up from behind immediately rushed us to different sides. The children panicked, and hundreds of people crowded there. I turned around and searched for Diana in the crowd, but there was no sign of Diana anywhere. Got to find her too. My friends were yelling at me: 'Are you crazy? Run!'”