After a month, I finally finished the book "Columbine" by David Cullen. I had a tough time reading this book...part of the reason is because I lived in the school district of Thurston High School in Springfield, Or at the time of the school shooting there. I had friends with children at the high school, and first hand know the fear and anxiety that was faced by parents that day.
With that said, I also know how wrong the media can portray an event. I was home watching CNN when they were announcing "a school shooting on the Oregon coast" --- WHAT???? The coast is over an hour away....
Anyway, Columbine is very interesting. I remember the Columbine shooting.....the coverage about the shooters being bullied by jocks.....about them being part of the "trench coat mafia"....the news coverage of the boy hanging out the window and police getting him down.
The book gives all the facts....everything that actually happened. You get to know the killers on a personal level, how they planned the attack and why, and how the medias new coverage was SO SO wrong.
My husband works with a woman that was a student at Columbine that day. She has told him the story about running to safety and the dead bodies. I would definitely suggest the book to people. Getting the correct information, staying informed is always good. Just be prepared, if you are an empathetic reader....this is a tough one.
