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It was John Savage, an acquaintance of Klebold's. He asked Klebold what they were doing, to which he shrugged and answered, "Oh, just killing people." Savage asked if they were going to kill him. However, because of the background noise, Klebold said, "What?" Savage asked again whether they were going to kill him.
- 15 (including both perpetrators)
- Columbine, Colorado, U.S.
- April 20, 1999; 24 years ago, 11:19 a.m. – 12:08 p.m. (MDT)
- Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
The 11k has some interesting perceptions about John and how he acted in the library prior to the interaction from other witnesses, if you are further interested. He seemed to be very calm - some said that he “was in his own world.”. This calm demeanor may be what got him out of there alive. 11. comingdownfast.
- John Savage
- Dave Deidel and Kelly Dickson Deidel
- Scott Rathbun
- Amber Burgess Wade
Computer programmer, Tooele, Utah One killer’s boots approached, then stopped where John Savage hid beneath a table in the school library. A shotgun barrel appeared. He leaned away from it. John was told to identify himself. When he did, the second killer recognized him. They had worked together on stage crew for theater productions. “Are you going...
Sales manager and physician’s assistant, Highlands Ranch On their last day at Columbine High School, Kelly Dickson and Dave Deidel shared a table with several other students in the school commons. Kids talked about prom, the warm weather, how they wished they didn’t have to go to school. They left separately to get lunch off campus, just minutes be...
Forensic accountant, musical-theater actor, Denver Hunkered down in the windowless school auditorium, Scott Rathbun lost all sense of time. It could have been 15 minutes, maybe 45, that he and dozens of others waited. The only hints at the chaos outside came from gunshots and explosions muted by the room’s acoustics. Then a janitor opened an exit d...
Firefighter, Lincoln, Neb. She wasn’t there the day the madness unfolded. “I was somebody who was in the middle,” says Amber Burgess Wade, an all-state softball player and member of the U.S. Junior Olympic team. She learned of the shootings while attending her grandmother’s funeral in Westminster. On TV, she watched the aerial video of friends runn...
Apr 17, 2019 · As a “credible” threat closed Columbine and hundreds of other Denver schools Wednesday, John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS shares part of an upcoming documentary featuring survivors of the ...
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- PBS NewsHour
Apr 30, 1999 · He and his pal Eric Harris, 18, used the guns to kill 13 people and themselves in the April 20 Columbine High School killings. On Wednesday, authorities narrowed the connection between Anderson...
Jun 12, 1999 · On the other side of the room, shy skinny boys -- among them Harris and Klebold -- claimed a table, too. The athletes threw Skittles candy at them, said senior John Savage.
Apr 18, 2024 · It’s been a quarter-century since two gunmen at Columbine High School shot and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher in suburban Denver. The traumas of that day have continued to shadow those who were there. Photos. 19. By COLLEEN SLEVIN. Updated 7:56 PM PDT, April 17, 2024.
