Five days after the april 1999 massacre at columbine high school. What a columbine shooters mother wants you to know parents. Once it came, the mother of school shooter dylan klebold. Sue klebold, mother of columbine high school shooter dylan. Graphic depictions of parts of the attack are included, in addition to. Its a reported piece, based on my interviews with bob curnow and linda mauser. The mother of dylan klebold, who with eric harris went on the suicidal rampage in 1999 that killed and wounded dozens at columbine high. Eric and dylans parents provoke the most debate at my events, yet unfortunately, this will be the shortest section on the site. Columbine faq dylan klebold, eric harris school shooters.
Linda and her husband tom met with the harrises and tom also met with the klebolds. Mother of columbine shooter reflects on that day, 19. In structure, the book relives sues search for answers, drawing on. Examines potential emotional and situational links between the different teens who committed the crimes. Faq on columbine, including killers eric harris and dylan klebold, motives, context of other school shooters and mass murder, parents sue klebold. In spite of media caricatures of a lonely outcast with no friends, dylan was not that. This was a year before the massacre, and one of the very rare moments in the book when one questions klebolds handling of her son. On april 20, 1999, eric harris and dylan klebold walked into columbine high school in littleton, colorado. Dylan klebold pictured in the 1999 columbine high school yearbook.
The columbine shooting on april 20, 1999 at columbine high school in littleton, colorado, occurred when two teens went on a shooting spree, killing people and wounding more than 20 others. Fast, in his writing, puts school shootings on par with suicide bombings, workplace shootings, and terrorist attacks. These are the only known meetings between the parents of the killers and victims. In the book, klebold tells us who dylan really was, before columbine. A study of school shootings from 1979 to 1999, the book focuses primarily on 5 of incidents, including the shootings at columbine high school. Living in the aftermath of tragedy is a 2016 memoir by sue klebold, the mother of dylan klebold. Sue klebold was an ordinary suburban mother before columbine. The truth behind death at columbine high school was written by brooks brown, friend of both shooters and the boy that eric harris told to go home right before the shootings began. Sue klebold is the mother of dylan klebold, one of the two shooters at columbine high school in 1999 who killed people before ending their own lives, a tragedy that saddened and galvanized the nation.
The parents of these two boys certainly are not to blame. Columbine is a nonfiction book written by dave cullen and published by twelve on april 6, 2009. Theres been a shooting at columbine high school april 20, 1999. Harris was a little defensive about eric, but once eric was arrested, he immediately began researching how to help his son, whom he recognized was suffering from a psych problem. Along with eric harris, dylan was one of the perpetrators of the columbine high school massacre in 1999. The book details the childhood and teenage years of her son, and what she. His onagainoffagain friend eric harris had missed morning classes. Books about the columbine high school victims and shooters. The proceeds from a purchase of a new book will go to mark and his mother to help cover the cost of treatment for his recurring posttraumatic anxiety issues. A mothers reckoning, by sue klebold the new york times. My 2010 daily beast essay, the last columbine mystery. Brooks knew dylan klebold from early on and this book provides a glimpse at dylans life as a child and the young man he was before becoming a killer. On hearing there was a shooting at columbine, she prayed her son was. On the morning of tuesday, april 20, 1999, columbine high school senior brooks brown noted something strange.
Wikimedia commons eric harris left and dylan klebold in the school cafeteria during the columbine shooting. Book offers klebold parents view of sons role in columbine tragedy. As this book so clearly explains, he had a mental illness that evidence is now indicating is tied. Mother of columbine shooter reflects on that day, 19 years later nineteen years ago, eric harris and dylan klebold shot and killed 12 students and one teacher at columbine high school in littleton. It is an examination of the columbine high school massacre, on april 20, 1999, and the perpetrators eric harris and dylan klebold.