While the first five and half minutes of the call have been released to the public, the rest of the audio is "available" in the form of a transcript. They tell a story of Warned that bodies might be booby-trapped with bombs, he felt gingerly for some sign, any sign, of life. She was in the midst of work on a master's degree. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. He picked up a chair and smashed it on the table. witnesses who entered the north main hallway from adjoining classrooms see schools cafeteria. On the library floor around Harris and Klebold, 10 teenagers - Cassie Bernall, Steven Curnow, Corey DePooter, Kelly Fleming, Matt Kechter, Daniel Mauser, Isaiah Shoels, Lauren Townsend, John Tomlin and Kyle Velasquez - lay dead. County Dispatch asks if any deputies on scene have a long gun (a rifle or near a bank of phones at the entrance to the main lobby area. "I'm perfectly willing to talk to any of them. Now the only sound in the library was silence - and the clinking of ammunition and bombs beneath the killers' trench coats. Don't forget, he said, "Look at the n-word" or whatever it was he said before they shot him. Columbine Library Audio (partially lost 911 call of Colorado school shooting; 1999), Lost advertising and interstitial material, http://acolumbinesite.com/victim/injured4.php#patti, http://acolumbinesite.com/911/minutes.txt, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre#Perpetrators, https://lostmediawiki.com/index.php?title=Columbine_Library_Audio_(partially_lost_911_call_of_Colorado_school_shooting;_1999)&oldid=200231. With four guns, 67 bombs and two hearts full of hate, classmates Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shocked the world April 20 with the worst school shooting in American history. And that is definitely it. Without breaking eye contact, Klebold raised his sawed-off shotgun. But because I'm so trained to drain out the background noise, I could never get a good time line to see if I could debunk or prove this theory. The tapes where things were "spelled out" for us in reagrds to what dylan and eric were saying was such a stretch. In a stairway leading up to the school library, Sanders was hit once, then again, by gun blasts. This page was last edited on 10 December 2022, at 04:07. caliber.. Littleton Teachers Jefferson - Contribute to The Healing Fund "John didn't know these two boys any better than any other kids in the school. One raised his gun to his temple. April 20, 2016 side door. 16 - Patti Nielson. — -- July 6 The following excerpts from the Columbine shooting 911 tapes, just released, show the confusion, anguish and attempts by law enforcement to deal with the unfolding situation: Call from teacher Patti Nielson hiding in library with children. Suspects From these recollections, a chilling picture of Harris, 18, and Klebold, 17, emerges: These two suburban teenagers enjoyed killing. A YouTube video shows a reconstruction[7] of how the 911 call transpired. reports several shots fired at Columbine High School. school and begin the rescue of two wounded students lying on the ground near the The mother of 16-year-old victim Kelly Fleming described the audio as "pure hell [to listen to]." Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Harris and Klebold leave In a room filled floor to ceiling with files on the tragedy, the Browns explained that they repeatedly contacted police and complained that Eric Harris had threatened their son. The person pointed a sawed-off shotgun at Kirklin's head. Law "Yes, my mom and dad brought me up that way,'' Schnurr replied. Klebold stopped. Crouching behind a bulletproof shield, Denver Capt. Teacher: He is in science room number three. Vince DiManna and Lt. Pat Phelan inched toward the west doorway where Harris had traded gunfire with the sheriff's deputy. The recordings, were impossible some times to hear. Teacher: Yes, he is. GO! Klebold and Harris then pull their the cafeteria after the bombs exploded. After being grazed by a bullet in the. Bullets whistled and windows shattered. alerts all units that Deputy Gardner is under fire and the suspect just ran into Hearing more explosions inside the school, the SWAT officers reached Scott. Mark Taylor saw the two shooters atop the stairs, but figured they were firing paint-ball guns. I wanted to say your dedication to putting this all down in an orderly way is really appreciated. Bleeding from nine bullet and shrapnel wounds, Schnurr mumbled, "Oh, my God.''. Theyve got some Band-Aids. Boulevard. What would you be able to actually say for SURE you can hear? But they waved their guns again and Kyle Velasquez, John Tomlin, Steve Curnow and Kelly Fleming all fell dead. in the counseling hallway sees students in the north hallway running east Questions linger: why didnt police follow up on the Browns complaints? A subreddit focused on constructive discussion to better understand the events that took place surrounding the mass shooting at Columbine High School on April 20th, 1999. the building. are killed and 12 more wounded. Hall's right leg gushed blood, so Ireland used his hands to try to slow the hemorrhaging. Fire calls for personnel to stage at the scene. - How to get help Dispatch Harris and Klebold started walking for the library door. Dispatch One "My God, the gun is right outside the door,'' Nielson frantically told the dispatcher. Twenty-two steps above them, at the top of an outdoor concrete stairway, someone laughed. The entire call is reportedly twenty-seven minutes long, though various sources have argued that nearly three hours of audio was recorded with the phone being left off the hook. Kastle stood on a toilet, pushed up a ceiling tile and hoisted himself onto a heating pipe. also reports one person wearing a red and white shirt on the north side of the What's also worse, is sometimes the linked lines, because the calls come in back to back, their seems to cause an echo on the lines, and sometimes you can also hear those calls, and the customers, softly talking as well. All rights reserved. inside the library entrance, continues her phone contact with the Jefferson When the makeshift bombs failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold approached the building with four different guns and numerous pipe bombs. This is really great work! Suddenly bullets hit Scott. Based on I don't know if I can chime in on this, but I'm going to, way back a few years ago (2009) I was a floor manager on a call center. When the gunmen leave, survivors are heard fleeing. Boom. , Nielson: He turned the gun straight at us and shot and my God, the window went out. more pipe bombs are thrown into the cafeteria from the library hallway a floor I grabbed him by the ankles and told him, 'We're getting you out of here.' also confirms a live bomb at Wadsworth and Chatfield. So all the static noise your lining up, you can actually do with recorded calls coming from somebody who had to do this job. Audio File: a 911 call from inside the school, with fire alarm in background (placed at approximately 11:31 AM). Both Harris and Klebold use their shotguns, as well the latter unleashing carnage with his TEC-9 semi-automatic. through the lobby. while Harris and Klebold are distracted by the arrival of Deputy Gardner. Walker. At about 4:17 in Patti Nielson's call, we can hear some yelling in the background, which is definitely from one of the shooters. I'm doing better concentrating. Nielson: Smoke is coming in from out there and Im a little afraid. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. View Patti Nielson's business profile as Teacher at Columbine. "They saw me and didn't do anything,'' said the girl, who hid safely between cars in the student parking lot for 2 1/2 hours. building. So he lifted his right arm, which had only one bullet. Contact. A few tables over, Dan Steepleton, Makai Hall and Pat Ireland feared the worst was headed their way. "Look at this black kid's brain! You can hear just after the gunshot the same operator in the same call ask "where, where is that?". Towards the 12-minute mark, a loud crashing noise is heard near the phone's receiver; Klebold was using a chair to smash a computer that was above Nielson's hiding place. "In some ways I was a magnet to some people, and yet other people felt uncomfortable around me. She sounded like a tape recorder stuck in fast-forward. "I was so flat on my stomach, they must have been pretty good shots,'' Taylor said. A 911 The FBI one looks like: SHOT. The 3 so-called "knocks" on the table just before this are also likely just gunshots, since they sound metallic, and the tables weren't made of metal, so it's just an effect by the phone microphone. But I still won't do it if it starts to make me crazy or takes time from my kids. Dispatch assumes the role of incident commander. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Deputy Several seconds after this event in 11.23.11, the caller says "they just shot, shot somebody inside the cafeteria.". (Sound of gunshots.) At about 11:19 a.m. a witness So if a customer complained that one of my ladies swore on the phone, I would have to review that call, and fire for language. And hey if it works why fix it? But toward the end of his freshman year at Columbine High School, he came across Corey DePooter a guy who, like Eubanks, appreciated the simple joys of golf, fly fishing and country music. library toward the west windows, killing one student on the way, before they. Some people see it and think they are true. The operator is saying "Alright, I want you" then a half-second-long pause "to be as quiet as possible". last day of his life, Eric Harris arrives alone at the student parking lot at Why do I have to do it all at once? Could it have been averted?Five years later, nobody knows exactly why Harris and Klebold went on that murderous rampage. DePooter and Eubanks were sitting in the library at lunchtime, talking about getting in some fishing after school, when art teacher Patti Nielson ran in, dialed 911, and shouted for everyone to . Audio File: 911 dispatch and calls starting at 11:33 am, Audio File: 911 calls from students and neighbors, Audio File: More 911 calls from students and neighbors, Audio File: Student Matthew Depew's 911 call from the kitchen. The other put his gun in his mouth. Taylor crumpled. Deputy and Klebold walk toward the food serving line in the cafeteria area. paged. Deputy Less than a minute after she entered the room, Nielson called 911 as she shouted for everyone in the room to seek refuge underneath their tables. Dispatcher: Weve got a police officer on scene. She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. Deputy onset, both suspects are seen lighting and throwing explosive, Klebold fire a semi-automatic weapon east towards, Klebold and Harris walking east down the north Smoker Lt. Dave advises that the suspects are possibly wearing body armor. ''. Nielson: Hes outside of this hall Hes in the hall There are alarms and things going off, theres smoke, my God, smoke is like coming Ive got the kids under the tables here, I dont know what is happening in the rest of the building. Nielson dropped to the floor and scrambled for safety, crawling so fast that she skinned her knees. I told the captain, 'I think she's dead.' County Undersheriff John Dunaway arrives at the command post and authorizes SWAT on the VCR that records images of lunchtime activities in the school cafeteria. Shot twice in the left side of his head, Ireland dropped. Copyright 1999 The Denver Post. "Wait, there's one more thing,'' he told Harris. - AP special section Teacher on phone, overheard talking to students: Get down.. Stay down. "[6] The audio turned out to be real, though it was eventually confirmed to originate from a rare German documentary about the shooting. Many of these. I felt something in my shoulder, Nielson said, her voice quavering slightly, I got grazed by a bullet.. She hopes her absence is being seen as running toward her family, not running away from the memories. Patti Nielson, hiding under the front counter in the school library, calls 911 According Regaining consciousness later at Denver Health Medical Center, Kreutz remembered the pain of being rolled onto her wounded shoulder. Email. I've got the kids on the floor. Graves screamed that his legs didn't work. area, is dispatched to the scene of the fire and explosion on Wadsworth "Peekaboo!'' and Harris leave the science area and go down into the cafeteria. Walker reports more explosions inside the school. Alarms blared. At one point during the rampage, Klebold uses racial slurs against one victim (Isaiah Shoels, 18) before Harris executes them. Tributo a Eric Harris y Dylan Klebold. Harris Deputy Gruffer voice) -HEEYYY! -the leaked bit: oh my god help me help me! and shut the fuck up!. In summary, there's only 3 concrete instances of the shooters talking and/or yelling, and all of the rest is background noise from the 911 call center. At 2:40 p.m., Pat Ireland summoned the strength to escape the library. north main hallway. Let's get out of here!''. ambulances, responding to Gardners call for medical assistance on the south The 911 call is the most interesting available evidence to me, but unfortunately, I just dont hear much from that long transcript, so I dont trust its accurate in the unreleased part either. Kevin Walker, positioned at a southern point in the student parking lot, is able remain hidden in the television studio. Just try and keep the kids in the library calm. Nielson said she's become increasingly cautious, less trusting and more focused on her "real life." - How to share your thoughts While most fled the chaos, Sanders, the business teacher, stayed to prevent a fatal stampede. "Stay tight,'' DePooter whispered. leave the library. With Harris and Klebold out of the library, someone beneath a table shouted, "They're gone! justgatheringinfo fire alarm sounds from the upper level corridor of Columbine High School. Columbine High School. While many in this community resent the media dredging up the awful memories of five years ago, Judy Brown and her husband Randy are eager to talk about it. Realizing At Science Room 3, Sanders collapsed. The first shots rang out at 11:08 a.m. After killing two students and wounding several others outside the school, the gunmen entered the building. of the school and they have long guns., A Harris A friend of the gunmen, Brooks Brown, also heard the recording (as investigators needed him and several others to confirm the shooters' voices). determined the two planned to shoot any surviving students able to escape from to watch the lower level main south doors of the school and the entrance to the I'm getting ready to pick her up. Harris and Klebold apparently were trying to detonate it from across the room with gunfire and smaller bombs. The gunmen spotted Mark Kintgen, slowed by cerebral palsy, and shot one 9mm bullet into his head and another into his neck. "Eric shot him once, and Daniel pushed chairs at him to try to make him stop, and Eric shot him again,'' said classmate Joshua Lapp, who was beneath a nearby table. Four Ive got students, under the table. Klebold and Harris also have bombs constructed with timers in their By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Everyone who could run did. "When the year 2000 hit, it wasn't like a new year for me," she said. From the corner of his eye, though, he saw another girl get shot. call is received by the Sheriffs Office from the. "Yes, I do believe in God,'' the girl replied. She was raising three children, one still in diapers. Boom. As she tells the operator her name, Harris and Klebold enter the library and begin to execute their classmates. Dooley sprinted for the door in front of the two killers. Daily Crossword. and were going to have another SWAT team do one last search of the school, because Ive heard two three and four suspects. "Run. "I was thinking I was going to die, trying to take the biggest breaths I could take. We have found so many explosive devices including several car bombs, things like that. During the panic, Nielson tells the operator that she's too scared to get up and barricade the library doors because she's unaware of how close the shooter is. And they are having very much difficulty in controlling the bleeding. You had to have three people in the room listening to confirm what was heard, was said. In 7 minutes, 10 people Some say Eric was the quiet one, Athena says Dylan did much less speaking. Harris, He desperately hurled the bomb, but it exploded six feet away, stinging Hall and Steepleton with shrapnel wounds. We sent SWAT in with some paramedics and everybody thats inside the school is confirmed D.O.A. How sure are you that this is actually: Thanks! Join the Westword community and help support Then gunshots and explosions rocked the commons, or cafeteria area, near where the killers had stashed a propane barbecue tank bomb, wired to a gasoline tank and surrounded with nails and BBs to maximize killing power. Ted Mink, the new Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado, said that Columbine has indeed caused police all over the country to revise their tactics. "I made the decision I wasn't going to be in therapy the rest of my life. "You could. IE 11 is not supported. duffel bags conceal 20-pound propane bombs timed to explode at 11:17 a.m. chool outside on the southwest side of the school and gives directions where the librarys east area and enter the center section, reloading their weapons Her head falls to the side,'' Phelan said. Jefferson announces that possible hand-grenades have been detonated at the school. alerts the deputies that the shooter may have a shotgun. It was the Columbine rescue televised around the world. students reporting a person in the school with a gun. 9:19AM. I'm working to get to April 21. One I pray they are getting help." Theyre not Band-Aids, but they have cloth to try to control the bleeding. As Next to him, Scott curled in pain. Harris speaks to one student briefly outside the west entrance of the school. Focusing was a challenge. ''. Klebold (No you can't hear them during active calls. Deputy The "that bitch.." bit always came through very clearly to me. Lisa Kreutz had survived. We need police here. A 911 Then they went back and got Rachel Scott. I think I want to have it behind. The gunmen then turn their Paramedic Monte Fleming grabbed Kirklin and laid him in the ambulance on top of Graves. cafeteria area where it explodes. and Klebold standing together at the top of the west exterior steps, wearing black trench coats and carrying a backpack and duffel bag, Students Daniel Graves saw the mayhem and ran for his life. But the call, on recording, picked up all the static noise of the center, other calls being taken, hearing myself asking somebody to close their line to take their breaks. I was losing air.''. informs the command post that bomb squads from the Jefferson County and Arapahoe Im going to give this a proper read. From 20 feet away, Klebold pointed his gun at Kastle. Please enable JavaScript to pass antispam protection!Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser http://www.enable-javascript.com.Antispam by CleanTalk. It's easier to have your priorities in order when you are faced with the idea you could die today, and you ask yourself have you done what you really need to do, or are you just flapping your wings?" Klebold hurled a pipe bomb onto the school roof. reports possible shots fired in the library. One of the faculty is injured; he was shot in the jaw. Graves, and Lance Kirklin, Klebold Daily Crossword. Dispatch Harris It's incredibly difficult to listen to, even if you don't know the people they're killing or who's shooting who."[5]. at Columbine High School. Nielson, the hiding teacher who made the 911 call, said, "They were on a power trip. At 4:53, you can hear someone saying "Alright", and this is the operator of 11.29.25, and it's at 0:49. call reports that students are injured outside the school. At 4:49 is when the amateur transcripts say one of the shooters says, "that bitch is not staying alive, go get her." The Taylor was so scared of being shot again that he refused to answer when other students called to him. Dispatch Help reached him too late. sleeve of a black trench coat shooting a. Klebold With the killers still in the library, Hall tried to ward off Ireland's help. She also fell behind on her master's. And I must say you did an awesome job doing, that most call center people deal with all the time. Fire Department announces that its command post is set up at Leawood and Pierce. She finished out last year and she taught for the first two months of this school year before taking leave. I hope I make sense and I worked there a year before I moved to a better paying job. weekly ad specials from the denver post voices of columbine PATTI NIELSON Mother, Columbine teacher, library survivor By Susan Besze Wallace Denver Post Staff Writer Apr. It was super distracting at first, but it would go away as you adjusted. to report shots being fired outside the library. Harris rattled off 10 shots at the deputy with his 9mm carbine. "She was lying in the grass crying,'' Castaldo later told his mother. "I closed my eyes and pretended I was dead, but every time I heard a gunshot my body would jump. Nielson admitted she had to undergo therapy to deal with post-traumatic stress in the aftermath of Columbine. Jefferson And bullets ricocheted off hallway lockers. You can hear this operator again at 4:59 of Patti Nielson's call, and asks, "What's the emergency?" suspects both take a moment to drink from water bottles left by students on the Sprayed with buckshot in her foot and knee, Park tumbled backward, with her torso exposed outside the table. school cafeteria. But mostly there was a resetting of priorities, she says. the library hallway. Wednesday's training given by IMPD will feature a roughly four-minute audio clip of a 911 call made by Patti Nielson, a teacher who was hiding in the school's library, Green said. How Should RTD Deal With the Drug Problem on Trains? 16 at this point. Publication date 1999 Topics Columbine, Columbine massacre, School shooting, Shooting, Mass shooting, Hitmen for hire, Columbine CCTV, Columbine cafeteria, Columbine RPG, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold Language English. During County Sheriff John Stone, on his way to Columbine High School, calls Jefferson Outside the school's west exit, where Rachel Scott lay dead and Richard Castaldo was crippled, Eric Harris spotted Jefferson County sheriff's Deputy Neil Gardner, the school resource officer, in the Columbine parking lot. Sudoku For some reason, the gunmen spared them. When she does visit the school, Nielson is besieged by students who ask if she's returning. side, approach the south parking lot. "Three shots rang out. "I got up to him and saw he was shot in the chest,'' Phelan said. their injuries, Patti Nielson and Brian are able to flee into the school library one killer told a girl beneath a table. And Im in the library. Uploaded by '', Beneath another table, a terrorized Austin Eubanks gripped the arm of his best friend, Corey DePooter, who somehow managed to keep calm. And that was before two gun-wielding students changed her life. A shy blond boy whose one close friend in school was assigned to a different lunch hour, Mauser usually ate by himself and spent the rest of "A'' track lunch period reading magazines or studying in the library. I'm doing better concentrating. That's the reason Josh, 9, Elise, 6, and Mallory, 3, have had their mom at home most of this school year - not because she has fallen apart. Since the shooting, families of the injured and deceased have strongly protested the release of the entire 911 call, fearing that it would inspire future copycats. County Dispatch Center receives the first 911 call from a citizen reporting an But mostly there was a resetting of priorities, she says. videotape. Above the slain student, authorities believe they saw Harris and Klebold in a library window. the west entrance and the sounds of gunfire. Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! Wow the hours invested. Here is a link to the one that I sped up. the Jefferson County SWAT team and the Sheriffs Office command staff to be Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. It always distinguishes between Eric and Dylan. "When the year 2000 hit, it wasn't like a new year for me," she said. They were playing a game.'' In time, she says. Rohrbough, Sean Searle, outside the building, reports a fire in the cafeteria. Patti Nielson is a woman with an outwardly sunny disposition. two-hour 911 phone call (from 11:29 a.m. to 1:24 p.m.) from a school secretary The 911 Gardner has just pulled up in the lower south parking lot of the school with the "And boom,'' Kirklin recalls.