Chapter 144 Section 9

Children flooded the aisles and headed for the nearest exit.At this moment, Aaron Brown heard gunshots and the whistling of bullets flying over their heads.Suddenly, a boy behind him let out an "Aww" and cursed casually, "Damn it, I was shot!" Ah Rong didn't dare to look back, he followed the flow of people and ran to the parking lot. Inside the building, children were still fleeing in every direction—the gate, adjacent classrooms, offices, storerooms, bathrooms, and so on—wherever there was room for escape and hiding. Adam Foss, 18, and several other students hid in the music classroom: "We closed the door, and two other people and I moved a table against the door. We said: 'No matter how much they shoot, it must not be done. Let them in.'”

Police received the first 911 call at 11:25 a.m.Police officer Neil Garton of the Jefferson Regional Police Department stationed at Columbine Middle School was eating lunch in the smoking area outside the school building. After hearing the news, he immediately rushed to the south side of the school, just in time to see Eric pointing his carbine towards the glass door on the second floor strafing.On the other side of the gate, the female teacher Patty Nielsen led several students who planned to escape through this exit, but were blocked by firepower.Shrapnel, metal and glass shards rained down on them, injuring Ms. Nelson and the student running ahead, Brian Anderson.

At this time, Officer Neil Garton exchanged fire with two gunmen outside the building, and Ms. Nielsen took the opportunity to lead everyone back to the library.She yelled at the children to find a place to hide, while she squatted under the cabinet at the front desk and called 911 regardless of her injuries.The shootout must have been intense, and the 911 operator could hear the gunshots and explosions clearly on the microphone. Erik and Dylan then abandon the shootout and disappear behind the shattered glass doors.Officer Garton immediately called the police headquarters to send reinforcements through the walkie-talkie.

Inside the building, two gunmen threw several ignited detonators into the hallway before continuing to shoot at the fleeing children.The bullet pierced through the iron door of the student's coat box, and smoke billowed in the corridor. On the stairs, Mr. William Sander was still directing the children to evacuate.When he turned around the stairs next to the library, a barrage of bullets hit him, and Mr. Sandel fell in a pool of blood.Fortunately, he was seen by his colleague Ricky Long and quickly rescued him to No. 3 science classroom. Aaron Hans was alone in another science classroom at the other end of the corridor.He was here doing a chemistry experiment when the shooting started.The sudden gunshots made him startled, and he hurried to the window of the laboratory. Aaron saw the students running out desperately.Aaron was terrified: "I can feel the bullets passing through the wall, and I can feel the walls around the laboratory shaking every time there is an explosion." Soon, science teacher Kent Friesen opened the door Come in and ask if he will bandage the wound, Aaron says he will.

Aaron followed Mr. Friesen to Science Room 3, where there were about 30 children and several teachers.Mr. Sandel lay on the floor bleeding profusely.Aaron and another boy, Kevin Starkey, worked together to stop Mr. Sandel's bleeding. The other children found a photo of his wife and daughters from Mr. Sandel's wallet and put it in front of Mr. Sandel's eyes. Keep saying words of encouragement. At this time, hundreds of police, police special operations units and emergency personnel had arrived at Columbine Middle School one after another, and surrounded the school building with water. In No. 3 Science Classroom, a child found a piece of cardboard and wrote a few big characters on it with a large black pen: "Someone here is seriously injured and life is dying!" The children held the cardboard to the window, hoping that people outside could see.

At 11:29, two gunmen came to the library where two teachers and 56 students were hiding.Most of the children did what Ms. Nelson told them to do, and hid under tables or other hidden places. According to eyewitness statements to the police, Eric and Dylan didn't seem eager to shoot at first. They dangled in the reading room with their guns in their hands and kept shouting, "Come out!" "stand up!" "Anyone who wears a white hat and a baseball cap, get out!" "All athletes stand up!" "Today we only kill those who wear white hats!" Most of the athletes of the school's various sports teams wear white baseball caps.Many of the athletes are usually arrogant and bully, and they are also feared and hated by other children.

Nobody moved. "Okay, won't you come out?" Someone heard Eric clap his palm and reload the magazine loudly, "Then I'll shoot!" Eric raised his carbine and fired a few rounds at the front desk. The stray bullets splashed and wounded Ivan Dadd who was hiding behind the copier. Eric and Dylan walked toward the window, where Kyle Valasque was sitting at his computer desk.Kyle is mentally handicapped, and he's the only kid in the library who doesn't seek shelter.When passing by Kyle, Dylan didn't even stop, just raised his hand and shot a shuttle, and Kyle dropped his head on the table.At this time, the total number of casualties in this case had reached 4 and 9 respectively.

Eric and Dylan took off the backpacks on their shoulders and stood in front of the window.Outside the building, police and ambulance crews are helping escaped teachers and students to safety.Eric smashed the glass with the gun barrel, raised his gun and fired at the crowd outside the window, and there was a deafening scream downstairs.Dylan, who hadn't made a move yet, became excited. He took off his black raincoat and threw it on the ground, and joined in the indiscriminate shooting of his accomplices. Under the cabinet inside the front desk, Ms. Patty Nielsen quietly put the phone on the floor, but did not hang up, and then quietly crawled to a safer place.For the next five and a half minutes, the 911 operator recorded every gunshot and explosion in the bloody massacre, as well as the screams and groans of the murdered children, and when they got close to the phone. , the voices of the two murderers.

Near the window where Eric and Dylan were standing, there were a number of tables numbered 15 pushed together, under which three students were hidden: Daniel Stapleton, Mackay Hall, and Perek Ireland.They became the Gunners' next group of targets.All three boys were injured.