Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. With the trainee on the phone activitily taking the call, your there and can hit a button to speak, but your muted other wise. Nothing close to what I read elsewhere. Dispatcher: We have paramedics, we have fire and we have police en route. Broncos And that is definitely it. "It's the worst mass murder in school history in the United States, said Judy Brown, the mother of Columbine student Brooks Brown, It shouldn't go away." Until teacher Dave Sanders shouted from atop a cafeteria chair, many lunch-hour students thought the noise in the stairway outside the windows was only a joke - a brick of firecrackers, maybe, or the long-awaited senior class prank. Teacher Dispatch , Nielson: He turned the gun straight at us and shot and my God, the window went out. Klebold is running behind them, but comes to an abrupt halt "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. Scott didn't know that his sister, Rachel, already had been shot outside the cafeteria. Rohrbough, Sean Police command to officers:Have SWAT when they get to headquarters, pick a staging area down south , Dispatcher talking to officer who is talking to hidden kids on cell phone:My officers that are in the school trying to find the kids on the cellphone. Tell them to start yelling so he can find them.. disseminating pertinent information to the initial responders. Harris Nielson said she's become increasingly cautious, less trusting and more focused on her "real life." explosion in a field on the east side of Wadsworth Boulevard between Ken Caryl Harris Hundreds of teenagers sprinted for the exits. Alarms blared. As she welcomes an NBC News crew into her home, she jokes about how the place has been turned upside down by the guys refinishing the floors. A 911 Always tripped me out. This happens at 0:46 of 11.29.25. Patty Nielson. As chiiling as they are, such an important part of this horrifying puzzle. One "I've got every student in this library on the floor,'' she told the dispatcher, and then screamed to the kids: "You guys just stay on the floor!'' One witness says Dylan says pigs are here, another says Eric said that. students in that area with him. Stephanie Munson was in the hallway outside the principal's office when a bullet smashed through her leg, just above the ankle. 40.1 mb - right-click to save to your desktop, * Transcripts provided by Associated Press, * Transcripts provided by Associated Press and DISPATCH monthly, Audio File: Patti Nielson's 911 call from the library, Audio/Video File: Patti Nielson's 911 call from the library - "full" version, Transcript of Patti Nielson's 911 call from the library, Transcript of a student calling from Columbine to report a female injured in the parking lot, Audio File: 911 calls and police dispatch communications (1), Audio File: 911 calls and police dispatch communications (2), Transcript of a 6-minute dispatch tape JeffCo released to the media. area, stopping in front of the Nielsen survived the massacre, but the library became a scene of carnage. Fellow students in Nielson's degree program helped, typing papers and encircling her in study groups as a form of encouragement. Unless Eric is talking to Bree and Isaiah says "mom" simultaneously, catching Dylan's attention. Without breaking eye contact, Klebold raised his sawed-off shotgun. patrol car, Harris shoots down the Hiding beneath a lunch table, Keni Dooley watched a gunman lob a bomb into the cafeteria and shoot it. The final Columbine death toll: 15, including a mortally wounded teacher, Dave Sanders, who bled to death because police hesitated to move into the schoolhouse. Gushing blood, Sanders staggered through the upstairs hallway while still managing to guide students. There were flashbacks. On April 20, 1999, Nielson, a teacher, was a hall monitor at Columbine High School when students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, armed with sawed-off shotguns, a rifle and an automatic pistol opened fire, sending their fellow students running for their lives. I cant imagine! She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. Vail's International Student Workers Feel Left Out in the Cold Over High Housing Costs, Meet the Woman Living in Boulder's Notorious JonBent Ramsey House, Help Prevent Car Theft: Let the Denver Police Department Track Your Stolen Vehicle's Location. At 4:41 in Patti Nielson's call is when many amateur transcripts (the one that inspired me to do this project was this one) say when Eric says "peek-a-boo". The County Sheriffs Offices are en route. The next bullet grazed Nielson along her shoulder. At 2:40 p.m., Pat Ireland summoned the strength to escape the library. Jefferson students run out of the cafeteria through a side door. hallway, She drops the phone and In actuality, a 911 call received from a student 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. The gun is right outside the library door. At one point during the rampage, Klebold uses racial slurs against one victim (Isaiah Shoels, 18) before Harris executes them. They laughed about it. "That's when,'' she told her father, "I knew I was still alive.''. hiding in the cafeteria hears one of the gunmen say, Today the worlds Focusing was a challenge. Too stunned to stand, Castaldo was slashed by gunfire, too. Walker reports more explosions inside the school. A YouTube video shows a reconstruction[7] of how the 911 call transpired. to make an immediate entry into the school. exchanging gunfire with Harris, Gardner calls on his police radio for additional Columbine High School - Patti Neilson 911 Call - YouTube 0:00 / 5:42 Columbine High School - Patti Neilson 911 Call ALICE Training 4.04K subscribers Subscribe Share 1.6M views 6 years ago. paramedics transport student Stephanie Munson, shot in the ankle while escaping County Dispatch asks if any deputies on scene have a long gun (a rifle or On the C-SPAN Networks: Patty Nielson is a Teacher for the Columbine High School with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Rally.Most appearances . However, this corresponds with the operator saying "alright, if--" before being cut off by the caller at 0:40 in 11.29.25. . Crouching over Hall's pained body, Ireland let his own head rise just above the top edge of the table. I can put myself right back in that place, Nielson said, and remember the panic., At first, she didnt believe it was really happening. Immediately, Nielson and several students retreated into the school library, where she found a telephone and called 911. move to the center section of the library. above. shoots down the stairs hitting Anne Marie Hochhalter, From the In shock, Munson lost all feeling in her foot, but a friend kept pushing her to the safety of the nearest door. A shotgun fired and hit Townsend, Kreutz, Schnurr and Park. There were flashbacks. it ends before steven curnow even got shot. And I'm in the library. Nothing mattered but getting out of there and getting back to my children." Yeah, I guess I can try to go, but hes right outside that door. 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. Deputy justgatheringinfo '', Klebold shrugged. I have always wondered how much of the written 911 transcripts are merely from people putting down what they think they hear as opposed to matching up what witnesses in the library recall the shooters saying at various points with the tapes? Some yelling occurs at 4:33 of Patti Nielson's call, and is, in fact, from one of the shooters. Searle, outside the building, reports a fire in the cafeteria. Read More. Ireland closed his eyes. In the library, the two teenagers had killed 10 classmates and wounded at least nine others. However, I'm not sure I agree with all aspects of your assessment. Deputy Teacher: There are about twenty to thirty students and faculty members there. When he came to, he found the fuse of a palm-sized bomb sizzling beneath his table. and the shooters enter the library. Deputy Klebold Lisa Kreutz had survived. The ground shook. school and begin the rescue of two wounded students lying on the ground near the and a school security officer hiding in the schools main office reports. Deputy Daily Crossword. How Should RTD Deal With the Drug Problem on Trains? As Become a member to support the independent voice of Denver By Susan Besze Wallace - AP special section When the makeshift bombs failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold approached the building with four different guns and numerous pipe bombs. ''. Wow the hours invested. Theyve got the rooms locked up. Several seconds later, the caller says that, "that last one sounded like either a really big gun or a bomb." You had to have three people in the room listening to confirm what was heard, was said. Smoke billowed. Students I think that's the start of my new year.". roof, one suspect in the library with a shotgun and several bombs, and another chemical storage room just east of Science Room 3, man on the roof wearing a red, white and blue striped "We couldn't leave that little girl there,'' DiManna said. Jefferson Around the library there were more explosions and bullets. "[6] The audio turned out to be real, though it was eventually confirmed to originate from a rare German documentary about the shooting. Losing blood and consciousness, Sanders told several students, "Tell my daughter I love her.''. Until I got called in to review a few training cases, and a few firing cases. The fifth shot, a shotgun blast to the chest, finally knocked Kirklin off his feet. Could it have been averted?Five years later, nobody knows exactly why Harris and Klebold went on that murderous rampage. I told the captain, 'I think she's dead.' I grabbed him by the ankles and told him, 'We're getting you out of here.' Park saw Harris reloading. This is very important to fix to compare the various calls. Teacher: He is in science room number three. countys dispatch center goes into an emergency command system as the incoming Searle Yet 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. Graves screamed that his legs didn't work. Patricia (Patti) Nielson is working as a hall monitor when she hears a commotion The Columbine High School massacre had begun. SWAT team commander Manwaring arrives at Pierce and Leawood and advises dispatch Jefferson Jefferson County has confirmed gunshots fired at Columbine High School. Several 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. Between to report shots being fired outside the library. The Though his buddies, Danny Rohrbough and Sean Graves, didn't smoke, the teens still met at lunch every day to swap Columbine High School small talk. "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. Two others, Pat Ireland and Lisa Kreutz, were too wounded to move. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. - Victim funds sees Gardner down the hill to his right, holding a service pistol. He was with best friend Corey DePooter in the library when the shooting began. GO! Klebold and Harris then pull their "Maybe we should start knifing people - that would be more fun,'' Todd recalls the other killer saying. before he is fatally shot. Dispatch The tape of her call also records the gunmen taunting students, screams and gunshots. when he hears dispatch report that a female is down in the south lower lot of 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. So he was shot in the jaw? It was the Columbine rescue televised around the world. "There's a nigger over here!'' "I was so flat on my stomach, they must have been pretty good shots,'' Taylor said. He kept moving. Dispatcher: Weve got a police officer on scene. Gardner yells The deputy rolled out of his patrol car. "Stay tight,'' DePooter whispered. Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. Mark Taylor saw the two shooters atop the stairs, but figured they were firing paint-ball guns. Based on Is there anyway you can block the door so no one can get in? Nielson: The school is in a panic. I was losing air.''. alerts all units that Deputy Gardner is under fire and the suspect just ran into Find contact's direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. Teacher on phone, overheard talking to students: Get down.. Stay down. Thank you for doing and sharing all of this research!! Time and again, they were savage enough to spray a classmate with bullets, hear the moans of pain, and then silence the cries with a final gunshot at point-blank range. north main hallway. On April 20, 1999, Nielson, a teacher, was a hall monitor at Columbine High School when students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, armed with sawed-off shotguns, a rifle and an automatic pistol. Jefferson During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. Harris I never attempted to explain this before. Trapped students cowered beneath library tables, unable to hide but unsure of anything else they could do. The person pointed a sawed-off shotgun at Kirklin's head. I grab her. Upon entering the library, Harris shouts, "Get up!" The two teenage killers stood next to each other. 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 Now it was real. One girl, facedown, was warm. Yes!! I put her in my arms. assists Deputy Magor. But they are having difficulty stopping the bleeding. Dragging the paralyzed student backward on the sidewalk, 40 feet to a waiting fire truck, the two SWAT team members, trailed by a submachine-gun wielding Sgt. Moving from a small town in Oklahoma to oh-so-sophisticated Colorado, Austin Eubanks found it difficult to fit in. and Harris leave the science area and go down into the cafeteria. - Join the discussion in Your Voice reports several shots fired at Columbine High School. and Chatfield Avenues. 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. She was in the midst of work on a master's degree. on February 7, 2022, 9/11 call from the Columbine Highschool Massacre, There are no reviews yet. Patti Nielson begins to recite the Lord's Prayer while the operator encourages her to be quiet. (No you can't hear them during active calls. Harris and Klebold started walking for the library door. Dispatch I thought it was probably a video production, she said, so I went out there to tell him to stop., It was then she realized it was real as one of the young gunmen turned around and fired in her direction. spins hard to his right and Gardner momentarily thinks he has hit him. Kevin Walker, positioned at a southern point in the student parking lot, is able is writing a speeding ticket on West Bowles Avenue, just west of Pierce Street, There are also a few other things that corroborate this. Deputy I decided, she said, that I was not going to let those hateful boys ruin my life.. "Who is under the table?'' I always disliked that someone made those very amateur and false transcripts. In 2011, a Youtuber posted "leaked audio" of Lauren Townsend (18) being killed with Klebold's TEC-9 as Val Schnurr screams, "Oh God! '', "No,'' Klebold replied. suspects both take a moment to drink from water bottles left by students on the I think that's the start of my new year.". It wasn't like 911, but we were using older tech. While student Aaron Hancey, an Eagle Scout with first-aid training, treated Sanders, another student, Kevin Starkey, worked to keep Sanders conscious by pulling family photos from the teacher's wallet and asking about them. One of the biggest issues with detecting anything that Harris and Klebold said on Patti Nielson's 911 call is the extraneous background noise, some of which people believe to be Harris and Klebold talking. . Officer to teacher: We dont have anybody in custody. One of the faculty is injured; he was shot in the jaw. Also, why are some of the written records of the prior warnings now missing? After being grazed by a bullet in the. 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 . and Klebold walk up and down the library hallway, seek safety behind We went to the police twice.". Beneath one table, Craig Scott huddled with two schoolmates, Isaiah Shoels and Matt Kechter.
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