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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 were told to leave their home. They were constantly 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. or know where they were. -
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. But then later on 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 did change all of their lives for the worse. They had to let go of their son. -
Sue Klebold began writing letters to the victims families.
Sue Klebold felt horrible about what her son had done to everyone 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 how truly sorry she was. -
Someone had destroyed Dylan and Eric's crosses
This is a major point in the book because it shows that even though the Klebolds are grieving over the loss of their son, no one else cares. They don't believe Dylan and Eric should get to be remembered at all. -
Dylan Klebold paid someone to buy him guns.
The Klebold family found out eventually that Dylan had paid someone to buy him guns. The Klebolds thought/hoped for awhile that Dylan was just made or pressured in to doing the shooting they never thought he was completely innocent but found out that he was not at all. -
Family members of he 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 saying they were invited to the school along with everyone else and they understood why but they still were hurting and 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 really anxious and tired. So they gave her a project to do at her own speed and on her own time at home so that she could work on something but could take many breaks, as much as she needed. Later on Sue decided to start going back to work part time.