And Im in the library. Boom. Byerly reports shots fired on the east side of the building. The 911 The person pointed a sawed-off shotgun at Kirklin's head. Stephanie Munson was in the hallway outside the principal's office when a bullet smashed through her leg, just above the ankle. Ken Deputies "I'm crouched down. students and faculty escape the school to the south, they report what they saw However, I'm not sure I agree with all aspects of your assessment. In actuality, a 911 call received from a student My situation was unique among the teachers, and I think some people were afraid they'd say the wrong thing. The tape of her call also records the gunmen taunting students, screams and gunshots. The 911 recording is currently in the hands of the Jefferson County Police Department. The deputy ducked back inside his marked Chevrolet Blazer. Harris GO! Klebold and Harris then pull their Alot of people make these assumptions of what they are saying but forget the time frame of the call.. It was the Columbine rescue televised around the world. Losing blood and consciousness, Sanders told several students, "Tell my daughter I love her.''. that the command post and the SWAT staging area will be set up at that location. Without breaking eye contact, Klebold raised his sawed-off shotgun. "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. The ground shook. During the panic, Nielson tells the operator that she's too scared to get up and barricade the library doors because she's unaware of how close the shooter is. Kids under the table! Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. Everyone who could run did. going to come to an end. And hey if it works why fix it? Dispatcher talking to officer: Im getting additional reports now that the parties are still inside the school, still shooting, launching grenades. Just try and keep the kids in the library calm. Two janitors locked themselves in a kitchen refrigerator, and another 20 students, teachers and cooks crammed into a pantry. I did an in-depth analysis of Patti Nielson's call where I lined up other 911 calls to see whether the audio was from the library or the 911 call center. Outside the school, more police arrived. "Wait, there's one more thing,'' he told Harris. -Everybody get up NOW! (Dylan? At 2:40 p.m., Pat Ireland summoned the strength to escape the library. She was raising three children, one still in diapers. Smoker Trapped students cowered beneath library tables, unable to hide but unsure of anything else they could do. I got all of the kids in the library on the floor.''. Maybe a couple more lines, but theyre inaudible. Always tripped me out. Another teacher, Doug Johnson, scrawled a message onto a dry-erase board and pressed it to a classroom window: "1 bleeding to death. - How to get help "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. It sounds very convincing, and it's the main reason I did this project in the first place. Dispatcher: O.K. 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. 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. I wanted to say your dedication to putting this all down in an orderly way is really appreciated. Publication date 1999 Topics Columbine, Columbine massacre, School shooting, Shooting, Mass shooting, Hitmen for hire, Columbine CCTV, Columbine cafeteria, Columbine RPG, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold Language English. "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is happening.' Deputy their injuries, Patti Nielson and Brian are able to flee into the school library Hiding beneath a lunch table, Keni Dooley watched a gunman lob a bomb into the cafeteria and shoot it. Teacher: O.K. Klebold subsequently arrives at the high school student parking lot alone in his area, stopping in front of the Various Reddit users have falsely claimed to have heard the full 911 throughout the years. How Should RTD Deal With the Drug Problem on Trains? Patty Nielson | C-SPAN.org She also fell behind on her master's. Littleton Help reached him too late. But some Columbine parents believe authorities ignored prior warning signsthat the massacre might have been prevented. She was emotionally strained. lower parking lot of the high school. Paul Smoker, a motorcycle patrolman for the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office, Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. The Columbine Library Audio refers to a 911 call placed by art teacher Patti Nielson [1] as she hid inside the library of Columbine High School during the shooting rampage on April 20, 1999. Oh God! Writhing in pain and smeared in blood, Kirklin yelled for his friends. About how many people? Deputy County dispatcher. The 911 call is the most interesting available evidence to me, but unfortunately, I just dont hear much from that long transcript, so I dont trust its accurate in the unreleased part either. This is actually a 911 operator speaking fast and saying, phonetically, "Jeff's'n Coun'y Sheriff's Office, do you have an emergency? Other investigations have concluded that on the day of the Columbine massacre, police should have acted more rapidly. Audio File: a 911 call from inside the school, with fire alarm in background (placed at approximately 11:31 AM). So he lifted his right arm, which had only one bullet. REB! Whereas the other one has things like Stop your bitching! another student in the south junior parking lot. sees Klebold and Harris in the science hallway. perimeter has been established and all exits are covered by law enforcement. Is there anyway you can block the door so no one can get in? the building. When the gunmen leave, survivors are heard fleeing. The next bullet grazed Nielson along her shoulder. In time, she says. O.K.? Broncos alerts all units that Deputy Gardner is under fire and the suspect just ran into and Harris leave the science area and go down into the cafeteria. Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! person in the cafeteria with bulletproof equipment and several bombs.. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. So if a customer complained that one of my ladies swore on the phone, I would have to review that call, and fire for language. They were playing a game.'' - Contribute to The Healing Fund Find contact's direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. Jeffco Jefferson The other put his gun in his mouth. Teacher: There are about twenty to thirty students and faculty members there. 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. The "Then, April 20, I was hiding in a cupboard, and it changed from how am I doing all this to why am I doing all this. Email. Nearby, Tim Kastle flushed with fear and dread - fear for his life, but dread because he knew one of the killers. Yeah, I still have a hard time hearing it as anything other than that. From these recollections, a chilling picture of Harris, 18, and Klebold, 17, emerges: These two suburban teenagers enjoyed killing. But I still won't do it if it starts to make me crazy or takes time from my kids. In 7 minutes, 10 people announces that possible hand-grenades have been detonated at the school. The "full" 911 call of teacher Patti Nielson from the library on the day of the Columbine massacre. Nielson: I cant believe hes not out of bullets. Just get out of here. I then needed to establish a way to compare these calls that isn't by timestamps alone. Nielson, the teacher hiding in the cabinet, believes the suicides came about 1 p.m. At the time, though, neither she nor the authorities knew that Harris and Klebold had killed themselves. also reports one person wearing a red and white shirt on the north side of the Nielson: O.K (shouting) I want every student in this library on the floor and you better stay on the floor! Survivors believe it all took less than 20 minutes. She finished out last year and she taught for the first two months of this school year before taking leave. school cafeteria. "What are you doing? This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. At 4:53, you can hear someone saying "Alright", and this is the operator of 11.29.25, and it's at 0:49. A student standing next to her was hit in the chest but a pendant he was wearing saved him from death or serious injury. We can't answer why.''. Don't forget, he said, "Look at the n-word" or whatever it was he said before they shot him. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "They said they waited their whole lives for this,'' Woodman said. 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. During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. Thinking all the noise was a student video production, Patti Nielson, a hall monitor and art teacher, walked through a school corridor with a curious student, Brian Anderson, to ask the kids to quiet down. call is received by the Sheriffs Office from the. He picked up a chair and smashed it on the table. Also, why are some of the written records of the prior warnings now missing? Beside Beneath one table, Craig Scott huddled with two schoolmates, Isaiah Shoels and Matt Kechter. Shots fired on the southwest side with a large weapon.. Harris shouted. They were playing God. briefly enters the side entrance to the cafeteria, Harris And I must say you did an awesome job doing, that most call center people deal with all the time. In Patti Nielson's call, it says "in the building by cust--" before it's cut off by a gunshot. 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. bomb is thrown into the stairwell from the library hallway and lands in the 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. However, let's instead turn our attention to after 4:07, when Eric audibly yells, "Get up!" "We couldn't leave that little girl there,'' DiManna said. Nielson: I do not . . The auditory pareidolia is real in this. After carrying out Scott, officers moved down the 22 concrete steps, where they found Danny Rohrbough dead. I'm getting ready to pick her up. The seven other phone calls I used are, in the chronological order that they show up (I'm going to start referring to each of these by the underlined times): 11.23.57 Lindsay Macey's call (first minute of this is cut out), 11.23.11 Karen Nielson and Sue Caruther's call, 11.27.04 "Guns and Grenades" call (the one that I split), 11.29.25 "Suspects Near Custodial Closet" call, 11.30.13 "Assistant Principal at Columbine" call. When the makeshift bombs failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold approached the building with four different guns and numerous pipe bombs. remain hidden in the television studio. On the stairs above them, next to two black duffel bags stuffed with guns, ammunition and bombs, Harris and Klebold kept spraying their two sawed-off shotguns, TEC-DC9 handgun and 9mm carbine. Phil Hy arrives on scene and begins identifying and Jefferson Great work! Some yelling occurs at 4:33 of Patti Nielson's call, and is, in fact, from one of the shooters. Oh God! and Klebold walk into the school library. I always wonder this as well, as she is literally screaming to get under the tables. Fellow students in Nielson's degree program helped, typing papers and encircling her in study groups as a form of encouragement. "And boom,'' Kirklin recalls. What's also worse, is sometimes the linked lines, because the calls come in back to back, their seems to cause an echo on the lines, and sometimes you can also hear those calls, and the customers, softly talking as well. Taylor crumpled. So he was shot in the jaw? This time, it worked. ''. 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. response to Magors call for mutual aid, Jefferson County Dispatch advises Jefferson coat. I've got the kids on the floor. You had to have three people in the room listening to confirm what was heard, was said. is last seen running back down the north hall to the west in the direction of I felt something in my shoulder, Nielson said, her voice quavering slightly, I got grazed by a bullet.. County Sheriff John Stone, on his way to Columbine High School, calls Jefferson Now the school was in full panic. In summary, there's only 3 concrete instances of the shooters talking and/or yelling, and all of the rest is background noise from the 911 call center. area, is dispatched to the scene of the fire and explosion on Wadsworth And I knew it was older because the phones looked like the desk phones of my teachers, when I was in high school. They tell a story of Narrative Time Line of Events - Cnn