Won't you take a moment to leave a message in
my Guestbook for the students of Columbine High
School, and their family members and friends.
Messages will be delivered to them.
Many of us are hoping for a nation-wide Prayer
Vigil, in our homes across the nation, on
Sunday, April 24, at 7:00 P.M., ET. Won't you
please join us?
Partial list of people slain at
Columbine High School. Compiled
from family or friends.
Cassie Bernall, age not available.
Two years ago became a born-again
Christian and became active in church
youth programs and Bible study groups.
In middle school, she had hung out with
a nihilistic group. Recently visited
Britain and favorite movie was Mel
Gibson's ''Braveheart.''
Corey Depooter, 17. Loved to golf, hunt
and fish. Former wrestler. Recently took
maintenance job at a golf club to save
up for a fishing boat with a friend.
Good student. Had wisdom teeth removed
this year and frustrated that it forced
him to miss school. Hid under library
table with friends as gunmen sprayed
bullets at floor level.
Matthew Ketcher, 16. A junior, had
hoped to start for the football team.
Lifted weights. Played on offensive
and defensive lines. Maintained A
average. Shot in library after he
tried to reach friends hiding in
adjacent video room.
Daniel Mauser, 15. A sophomore,
excelled in math and science, and
earned straight A's on his last report
card. Ran cross country and joined
debate team. Recently returned from
two-week trip to Paris with his
French club.
William ''Dave'' Sanders, 47. Computer
and business teacher for 24 years.
Coached girls' basketball and softball;
basketball team posted winning record in
his first year, 1997-98 after finishing
next-to-last the year before. Married
with at least two daughters and five
grandchildren. Shot twice in chest while
directing students down hallway to safety.
Survived at least three hours until
students were rescued.
Rachel Scott, 17. Played lead in a
student-written school play, ''Smoke
in the Room.'' Active in Celebration
Christian Fellowship church. Liked
photography. During rampage, younger
brother Craig, 16, played dead in
library and helped lead others to
safety.
Isaiah Shoels, 18. Only black youth
shot. Due to graduate in May. Suffered
health problems as a child and had heart
surgery twice. Wanted to attend an arts
college and become a music executive.
Small in stature, but lifted weights and
played football and wrestled. Bench-pressed
twice his weight. Transferred from Lakewood
High School. Shot in the head execution-
style in the school library specifically
because of his race and athletic interests,
witnesses said.
John Tomlin, 16. Enjoyed driving off-road
in his beat-up Chevy pickup. Worked after-
school in gardening store and belonged to
a church youth group. Last year, went on
missionary trip to Mexico with family and
built a house for poor people. Planned to
enlist in the Army in two years.
Lauren Townsend, 18. Was captain of girls'
varsity basketball team, coached by her
mother. Other players said she was
''consumed'' by the sport. Member of the
National Honor Society. Wanted to major
in biology in college.
And the injured:
23 Colorado school shooting victims who
were hospitalized:
Anne Marie Hochhalter, 17, critical
condition, gunshot wound.
Richard Casaldo, 17, critical condition,
gunshot wounds.
Mark Kingen, 17, serious condition,
gunshot wounds.
Lisa Kreutz, 18, serious condition,
gunshot wounds.
Sean Graves, 15, stable but guarded
condition, gunshot wound.
Valerie Schnurr, 18, stable condition,
shrapnel wounds.
Nicole Nowlen, 16, fair condition.
Brian Anderson, 17, treated/released.
Joyce Jankowski, 45, treated/released.
Pat Nielson, 35, treated and released.
Male, 16, critical condition, gunshot wounds.
Male, 15, critical condition, gunshot wounds.
Female, 17, serious condition, gunshot wounds.
Male, 17, serious condition, gunshot wounds.
Male, 16, serious condition,
gunshot wounds.
Male, 19, stable condition,
gunshot wounds.
Female, 18, fair condition,
gunshot wounds.
Female, 17, good condition.
Male teen, good condition.
-Male, 18, treated and released.
-Female, treated and released.
-Male, treated and released.
-Male, treated and released. |