Deputy 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. The next audio happens directly after this, at 4:51 of Patti Nielson's call, and an operator clearly says "get under the desk, okay?" alarm in the cafeteria is activated. A witness One of the faculty is injured; he was shot in the jaw. Under the gunfire, Littleton paramedic Jerry Losasso pulled Sean Graves, who was paralyzed, into a waiting ambulance. SWAT team commander Manwaring arrives at Pierce and Leawood and advises dispatch Beneath one table, Craig Scott huddled with two schoolmates, Isaiah Shoels and Matt Kechter. Beneath the librarian's desk, Nielson whispered the Lord's Prayer. This is at 4:52 of Patti Nielson's call, and happens at 0:03 in 11.30.04. Ester of the Intelligence Unit reports to the southeast side of the school and However, at 4:20, a noise often attributed to this yelling is from a 911 operator, and shows up at 0:15 in 11.29.25. Boom. He just keeps shooting and shooting and shooting. There are also a few other things that corroborate this. radio traffic they are hearing and personnel are quick to arrive at the scene. Nothing close to what I read elsewhere. "There's a nigger over here!'' "John didn't know these two boys any better than any other kids in the school. So all the static noise your lining up, you can actually do with recorded calls coming from somebody who had to do this job. The ground shook. Gardner Denver Weather propane bombs in the cafeteria, Harris and Klebold go back Broncos "I wasn't going to know if I could go back unless I tried. Klebold and Harris also have bombs constructed with timers in their ''. She was raising three children, one still in diapers. "They walked over to her and shot her again.''. 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. The terror soon would follow her inside the school. - AP special section speaks to one student briefly outside the west entrance of the school. In 7 minutes, 10 people The 911 operator answered the call stating "911" at 11:27:47 a.m. Blending shooter in the area. 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 . student can be seen on the cafeteria videotape crawling out of the cafeteria County SWAT commander Lt. Terry Manwaring, on his way to the high school, orders Twenty-two steps above them, at the top of an outdoor concrete stairway, someone laughed. Dave Sanders, are attempting to find out what is happening outside the Graves screamed that his legs didn't work. Various Reddit users have falsely claimed to have heard the full 911 throughout the years. "Three shots rang out. Hes bleeding out of the mouth. It landed about three feet in front of me,'' O'Shea said. more pipe bombs are thrown into the cafeteria from the library hallway a floor 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. I think that's the start of my new year.". "Yes, my mom and dad brought me up that way,'' Schnurr replied. agencies already are aware of the situation at the high school because of the Now it was real. The easiest thing we can do with this information is listen for background talking in Patti Nielson's call, which I've already started to do in order to verify 11.23.11 was placed properly. Hundreds of teenagers sprinted for the exits. the building. lights on his patrol car flashing and the siren sounding. The follow-up gunshot also doesn't sound any different than these "knocks," even though if, in fact, this is when Cassie Bernall was shot it would sound vastly different (considering a shotgun is significantly louder than knock on a desk). County Commissioner and Board Chairman Patricia Holloway. Dan O'Shea, passed by the emergency exit that at least 30 survivors earlier had used to flee the library. At just before 4:35, a male talks and says "Page Boyd," and you can very faintly hear this on 11.29.25 at 0:30. The tact team is aware of their location, its just going to be a while before they get to them. Bookshelves and cabinets and tables blocked sight lines and made it impossible for any one student to recount the exact sequence of what Harris and Klebold did next. Harris One girl, facedown, was warm. the ballfields. He kept moving. Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! Press J to jump to the feed. As the student Evan Todd heard a killer say. Paul Smoker, a motorcycle patrolman for the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office, 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. Searle reports smoke coming from the building. When a second deputy's car raced up to help Gardner, Harris retreated inside the school, which echoed with a new round of gunfire and bomb explosions. 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. Deputy The gun is right outside my door, Nielson frantically told the 911 operator. "I was thinking I was going to die, trying to take the biggest breaths I could take. As she got closer, Nielson realized that the gun was real and was going to threaten Harris with campus security. The explosion is actually a timed diversionary device. I never attempted to explain this before. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Under the table, Shoels tried to back up. The first shot slammed Rohrbough through the back. It was super distracting at first, but it would go away as you adjusted. - Create a memorial page. And that was before two gun-wielding students changed her life. "I closed my eyes and pretended I was dead, but every time I heard a gunshot my body would jump. The call was placed at 11:25 a.m.[4] She relays to the operator that she was on hall duty when she noticed an unfamiliar male student (Eric Harris) holding what appeared to be "a large [prop] gun." The gunman turned towards her and fired without warning, causing bits of glass and shrapnel to slice into Nielson's shoulder. Other investigations have concluded that on the day of the Columbine massacre, police should have acted more rapidly. Others used hall pay phones and office phones to call 911, family, and friends. 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 The deputy rolled out of his patrol car. REB! Whereas the other one has things like Stop your bitching! I mean.. you could hear it all, just on the recorded call. The same loud noise can be heard on 11.23.11 at 1:03, with sounds of people reacting to it. "As we crossed the open door, the suspect threw what turned out to be a homemade grenade. Good research. Aiming his handgun at Harris, Gardner fired four or five times from 60 yards away, but missed. "Who's ready to die next?'' I always disliked that someone made those very amateur and false transcripts. I told the captain, 'I think she's dead.' Copyright 2000 The Denver Post. In the library, the two teenagers had killed 10 classmates and wounded at least nine others. But [Harris] doesn't. She never saw the bullet that tore through her - or the gunman who fired it. , Nielson: He turned the gun straight at us and shot and my God, the window went out. And I must say you did an awesome job doing, that most call center people deal with all the time. Dispatch Survivors believe it all took less than 20 minutes. Teacher Shot twice in the left side of his head, Ireland dropped. Last Update. The person pointed a sawed-off shotgun at Kirklin's head. Ken By ABC News -- 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. Here is a link to the one that I sped up. But I don't want to impose. Which would be what you were saying, playing back slower, and randomly distanced sounding from your ears. Artista: Dead by april. Fellow students in Nielson's degree program helped, typing papers and encircling her in study groups as a form of encouragement. Teacher: There are about twenty to thirty students and faculty members there. partial detonation of a bomb and a subsequent fire. on the Internet. Become a member to support the independent voice of Denver also reports one person wearing a red and white shirt on the north side of the Hearing more explosions inside the school, the SWAT officers reached Scott. Rohrbough was silent on the sidewalk. Jefferson Those students are trying to save the life of teacher Dave Sanders. minute. The FBI one looks like: SHOT. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? So he lifted his right arm, which had only one bullet. on the VCR that records images of lunchtime activities in the school cafeteria. senseless tragedy on the 110th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birth that stole the lives of the strong and popular as well as the handicapped and lonely. "Let's get down to the commons,'' Klebold said. Nielson: Smoke is coming in from out there and Im a little afraid. the Jefferson County SWAT team and the Sheriffs Office command staff to be Dispatcher talking to officer: Im getting additional reports now that the parties are still inside the school, still shooting, launching grenades. Klebold is running behind them, but comes to an abrupt halt "Stay tight,'' DePooter whispered. Yes they did actually say those phrases but we don't have the full call in which we wpuld even be able to hear them say this. Both killers moved on, leaving Scott unharmed. In 2011, a Youtuber posted "leaked audio" of Lauren Townsend (18) being killed with Klebold's TEC-9 as Val Schnurr screams, "Oh God! The There's a very distinct difference between how the two handled [the massacre] that day. Dispatch Daily Crossword. reports begin to provide glimpses of the incidents magnitude. The teacher - who was among the first shot, made the initial 911 call from the school library and was huddled in that cupboard, closest to the shooters when they killed themselves - isn't sure when or if she'll return to Columbine. The first 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. Dispatch Teacher: O.K. Nielson has written to most of the families whose kids were killed. Too stunned to stand, Castaldo was slashed by gunfire, too. near a bank of phones at the entrance to the main lobby area. Alot of people make these assumptions of what they are saying but forget the time frame of the call.. another student in the south junior parking lot. 11:14 a.m. and 11:22 a.m. Harris and Klebold leave their cars and walk into the So he ducked into the cafeteria's faculty lounge. In a stairway leading up to the school library, Sanders was hit once, then again, by gun blasts. About 4 p.m., Denver paramedic Troy Laman was ushered into the library. Into the cafeteria behind them walked Harris and Klebold. The paramedic rolled her over and found open eyes full of tears. Patti Nielson Nielson was an art teacher at Columbine when the massacre occurred, and probably the first to warn the students about the shooters. Realizing its late morning news program, Denvers KMGH-TV Channel 7 announces that Shots fired on the southwest side with a large weapon.. Yes!! 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Two more students are hiding in the cafeteria hears one of the gunmen say, Today the worlds Theyve got some Band-Aids. Oh God! Several seconds later, the caller says that, "that last one sounded like either a really big gun or a bomb." Also, why are some of the written records of the prior warnings now missing? Jefferson Daily Crossword. Nielson: I do not . ''. Barking orders in the stairway between the lower-level cafeteria, which was being bombed, and the main level hallway, Sanders led dozens of students out of harm's way. Boom. At one point she says she has to put the phone down and she does. I cant imagine! For the second time that day, Kirklin turned his head and said, "Help.''. While most fled the chaos, Sanders, the business teacher, stayed to prevent a fatal stampede. Patti Nielson is a woman with an outwardly sunny disposition. Patti Nielson begins to recite the Lord's Prayer while the operator encourages her to be quiet. Next to him, Scott curled in pain. Gruffer voice) -HEEYYY! -the leaked bit: oh my god help me help me! and shut the fuck up!. Harris and Klebold laughed. Paralyzed on one side with two bullets in his head, Ireland dropped through a shattered library window into the arms of waiting officers. The mother of 16-year-old victim Kelly Fleming described the audio as "pure hell [to listen to]." I decided to use the extremely loud ringing of the phones in the 911 call center, which are so loud that some people mistook them to be fire alarms. reports that one of the shooters might be Ned Harris and that he is The next bullet grazed Nielson along her shoulder. 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. "I realize she's shot in the head. Castaldo played dead to fool his attacker. Teachers We need police here. report 30 students have exited the school on the west side. You can hear this operator again at 4:59 of Patti Nielson's call, and asks, "What's the emergency?" About how many people? Shots in the building. chemical storage room just east of Science Room 3, man on the roof wearing a red, white and blue striped It was an older building. Great work! Thank you. Walcher (Sound of gunshots.) students run out of the cafeteria through a side door. But Steepleton knew Klebold from time around school. Two However, this is an operator saying "Hello" quite loudly, and takes place at 0:04 of 11.30.13. 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. Ted Mink, the new Sheriff of Jefferson County, Colorado, said that Columbine has indeed caused police all over the country to revise their tactics. The families of the deceased were given an opportunity to listen to the recording; some of them declined. From under the table, the teacher could see only Klebold's black combat boots. "They would whoop and holler when they shot someone. and Klebold walk toward the food serving line in the cafeteria area. But five years ago, her whole life was turned upside down by a pair of violent teenagers whose actions Nielson and the rest of this Colorado community are still struggling to comprehend. 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. Harris had taken off his trench coat sometime earlier, and was wearing a white T-shirt. Why do I have to do it all at once? A YouTube video shows a reconstruction[7] of how the 911 call transpired. So he was shot in the jaw? Then Harris aimed his 9mm carbine at the doorway window and fired. To better understand how such evil could take root in Jefferson County, The Denver Post interviewed dozens of students, teachers, investigators and parents to reconstruct the way two youths, cloaked in black trench coats, killed 13 and wounded 20 before fatally shooting themselves in the head.