Columbine
by David Cullen · first published 2009
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On April 20, 1999, two boys left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their goal was simple: to blow up their school, Oklahoma-City style, and to leave "a lasting impression on the world." Their bombs failed, but the ensuing shooting defined a new era of school violence-irrevocably branding every subsequent shooting "another Columbine." When we think of Columbine, we think of the Trench Coat Mafia; we think of Cassie Bernall, the girl we thought professed her faith before she was shot; and we think of the boy pulling himself out of a school window -- the whole world was watching him. Now
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Theres a book called Columbine by Dave Cullen that came out a few years ago. He also has some articles you can find online about the shooting, all very well researched as far as I can tell. The narrative right after the shooting was…
on “Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ” ↗…- Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman - Hogg by Samuel R. Delany - The first dozen Discworld books (in publication order) by Terry Pratchet - The Wall by Mary Roberts Reinhart - Columbine by Dave Cullen - Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome - Stray Bullets: Killers by David Lapham - Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses by David Lapham I might be missing a few.
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗…hear that suicide is contagious. Some studies and commentators have suggested that murder-suicide might spread like noncriminal suicide. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/americas-... Columbine shooting reporter Dave Cullen has suggested some low-impact changes to media coverage which could have a positive effect. https://www.buzzfeed.com/davecullen/stop-naming-mass-shooter...
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