Columbine High School

Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis listens to his students, survivors of the shooting, in April 2019 as he attends "Columbine 20 Years Later: A Faith-based Remembrance Service" at Waterstone Community Church in Littleton, Colo. A dozen students and one t

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A small, growing group of survivors advises school leaders after mass shootings

1:14am June 23, 2022

Frank DeAngelis was principal at Columbine High School in Colorado when 12 students and a teacher were killed there. He helps lead a group that offers aid and a sounding board after each fresh attack.

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At StoryCorps in Littleton, Colo., last month, siblings Lauren Cartaya and Zach Cartaya said they continue to cope with the trauma of the 1999 Columbine shooting.

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20 Years Later, Sibling Columbine Survivors Reflect

9:52am April 19, 2019

Lauren Cartaya and her older brother, Zach, were at Columbine High School in 1999 when two students opened fire. At StoryCorps, they remember that day and discuss the effect it has had on their lives.

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A student leaves Columbine High School late Tuesday in Littleton, Colo. The school was closed Wednesday while authorities looked for a woman they said presented a credible threat ahead of the 20th anniversary of the mass shooting there.

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FBI Says Armed Woman In Denver Area Obsessed With Columbine Is Dead

4:24pm April 17, 2019

by James Doubek

The FBI and local law enforcement had warned of an "armed and dangerous" 18-year-old white woman who has an "infatuation" with the mass shooting. Sol Pais died of a "self-inflicted gunshot wound."