A Mother's Reckoning

By taylormccormick

  • Columbine Shooting

    -13 people were shot and killed
    -24 others were injured
    -The 2 shooters committed suicide after the shooting

  • The Klebold family had to leave their home.

    The Klebold family was in danger so they had to leave their home. They were always surrounded by news reporters and angry people wanting revenge on the Klebolds. They had to leave in secret so that nobody would follow them and harass them.

  • Klebold family found out their son had committed suicide.

    The Klebold family hadn't found out what actually happened that day at the Columbine High School, and their attorney had informed them that Dylan had committed suicide. This changed the Klebold's family life.

  • The Klebold Family cremated their son.

    On the 24 of April the Klebolds cremated their son. This would change all of their lives for worse. They had to let go of their son.

  • Sue Klebold began writing letters to the victims families.

    Sue Klebold felt so horrible about what her son had done that she wanted to write letters to all of the victims families, she knew that there was nothing she could do to fix what had happened but she tried her best so that the victims families would know ow sorry she was.

  • Someone had destroyed Dylan and Eric's crosses.

    This is a major point because it shows that even though the Klebolds are grieving over the loss of their son, no one else cares. They dont think Dylan and Eric should get to be remembered.

  • Dylan Klebold paid someone to buy him guns.

    The Klebold family found out that Dylan had paid someone to buy him guns. The Klebolds thought Dylan was just made to do it they never thought he was innocent but found out that he was not.

  • Family members of the victims were being invited to visit the school library.

    Sue says "Dylan could never be considered a victim of Columbine but i need to go see where my son took his own life" The Klebold family never got a call to be invited to the school and they understood why but they still needed to go see where everything happened.

  • Sue Klebold's supervisor kept in touch with Sue but wanted her to come back to work.

    Sue Klebold was still unable to go back to work the thought of going back made her anxious and tired. So they gave her a project to do at her own speed and on her own time so that she could work on something but could take breaks. Later on Sue started going back to work part time.