Behind her, the hallway suddenly turned quiet. The 911 operator answered the call stating "911" at 11:27:47 a.m. To start, I figured out that the released version of Patti Nielson's 911 call is 5:01 seconds, and the versions that have cleared-up audio are slowed down by around 5%. Stephanie Munson and another student walk out of a classroom into the schools And I knew it was older because the phones looked like the desk phones of my teachers, when I was in high school. Thank you for doing and sharing all of this research!! Nielson, the hiding teacher who made the 911 call, said, "They were on a power trip. Five years ago,Patti Nielson's life was turned upside down by a pair of violent teenagers whose actions Nielson and the rest of this Colorado community are still struggling to comprehend. - 11:14 a.m. and 11:22 a.m. Harris and Klebold leave their cars and walk into the The tapes where things were "spelled out" for us in reagrds to what dylan and eric were saying was such a stretch. Patti Nielson is a Teacher at Columbine based in Littleton, Colorado. Several and help keep the future of Westword, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. since no more activity could be heard on the line. I hope I make sense and I worked there a year before I moved to a better paying job. their cars, they have a clear view of the cafeteria area. Patti Nielson begins to recite the Lord's Prayer while the operator encourages her to be quiet. Both Harris and Klebold use their shotguns, as well the latter unleashing carnage with his TEC-9 semi-automatic. Taylor was so scared of being shot again that he refused to answer when other students called to him. "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. call is received by the Sheriffs Office from the. lower parking lot of the high school. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. County SWAT commander Lt. Terry Manwaring, on his way to the high school, orders outside on the southwest side of the school and gives directions where Survivors believe it all took less than 20 minutes. Get down! When I trained new people on the lines we would be jacked into the phone. "I can see light at the end of the tunnel. Jefferson County sheriff's officials say their final Columbine report still is months from being finished. Aiming his handgun at Harris, Gardner fired four or five times from 60 yards away, but missed. Fire Department announces that its command post is set up at Leawood and Pierce. The 911 operator answered the call stating "911" at 11:27:47 a.m. The tape of her call also records the gunmen taunting students, screams and gunshots. student Evan Todd heard a killer say. While student Aaron Hancey, an Eagle Scout with first-aid training, treated Sanders, another student, Kevin Starkey, worked to keep Sanders conscious by pulling family photos from the teacher's wallet and asking about them. Dispatcher: Is there any way you can lock the doors? (No you can't hear them during active calls. videotape. their injuries, Patti Nielson and Brian are able to flee into the school library The deputy rolled out of his patrol car. How Should RTD Deal With the Drug Problem on Trains? Smoke billowed. I decided, she said, that I was not going to let those hateful boys ruin my life.. that additional assistance is coming from other agencies. Deputies Various Reddit users have falsely claimed to have heard the full 911 throughout the years. The eyewitness accounts are full of terror and courage, heartbreak and luck. Im afraid to go.. "Hi, Dylan,'' Savage said. 911 calls coming in, dispatch advises that a suspect has possibly left the Littleton A shy blond boy whose one close friend in school was assigned to a different lunch hour, Mauser usually ate by himself and spent the rest of "A'' track lunch period reading magazines or studying in the library. on the Internet. "I'm perfectly willing to talk to any of them. Then Harris aimed his 9mm carbine at the doorway window and fired. . pipe bomb explodes, several students run out of the south cafeteria doors toward Deputy The call was placed at 11:25 a.m.[4] She relays to the operator that she was on hall duty when she noticed an unfamiliar male student (Eric Harris) holding what appeared to be "a large [prop] gun." alerts the deputies that the shooter may have a shotgun. Schwieterman, 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. out to the, From at this point. I mean.. you could hear it all, just on the recorded call. '', Beneath another table, a terrorized Austin Eubanks gripped the arm of his best friend, Corey DePooter, who somehow managed to keep calm. Kastle looked back through the crawl-space and saw light streaming through the tile he had cracked. taken cover behind Taborskys patrol car. '', "No,'' Klebold replied. When dozens of students bolted from the cafeteria, Sanders moved to the school hallways to try to calm the evacuation. reports that one of the shooters might be Ned Harris and that he is Nielson is student Brian Anderson. Between Focusing was a challenge. SHOT. I think shes paralyzed, the Harris and Klebold apparently were trying to detonate it from across the room with gunfire and smaller bombs. It's easier to have your priorities in order when you are faced with the idea you could die today, and you ask yourself have you done what you really need to do, or are you just flapping your wings?" Wednesday's training given by IMPD will feature a roughly four-minute audio clip of a 911 call made by Patti Nielson, a teacher who was hiding in the school's library, Green said. Nielson: Hes outside of this hall Hes in the hall There are alarms and things going off, theres smoke, my God, smoke is like coming Ive got the kids under the tables here, I dont know what is happening in the rest of the building. It always distinguishes between Eric and Dylan. Two library employees Immediately, Nielson and several students retreated into the school library, where she found a telephone and called 911. With the trainee on the phone activitily taking the call, your there and can hit a button to speak, but your muted other wise. Dispatch Dispatch Teacher: There are about twenty to thirty students and faculty members there. 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. Taborsky reports hearing additional shots being fired inside the school -- large There is no way its Eric saying "Peakaboo" or Isaiah saying "mom" on this call within seconds between each phrase. sleeve of a black trench coat shooting a. Klebold You had to have three people in the room listening to confirm what was heard, was said. Walker 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. above. Denver Post Staff Writer, Apr. But some Columbine parents believe authorities ignored prior warning signsthat the massacre might have been prevented. ballfields. We sent SWAT in with some paramedics and everybody thats inside the school is confirmed D.O.A. When he came to, he found the fuse of a palm-sized bomb sizzling beneath his table. it ends before steven curnow even got shot. Jefferson independent local journalism in Denver. Here is a link to the one that I sped up. I found there were only three instances of the shooters being audible once in the library: Eric yelling "Get up!" One of the shooters yelling something like, "Hey!" Could it have been averted?Five years later, nobody knows exactly why Harris and Klebold went on that murderous rampage. Above the slain student, authorities believe they saw Harris and Klebold in a library window. Students arrive for classes at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. on Monday. north main hallway. Search the history of over 797 billion Read More. He kept moving. Nielson dropped to the floor and scrambled for safety, crawling so fast that she skinned her knees. Television - How to get help on the VCR that records images of lunchtime activities in the school cafeteria. With four guns, 67 bombs and two hearts full of hate, classmates Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shocked the world April 20 with the worst school shooting in American history. remain hidden in the television studio. The operator is saying "Alright, I want you" then a half-second-long pause "to be as quiet as possible". He desperately hurled the bomb, but it exploded six feet away, stinging Hall and Steepleton with shrapnel wounds. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Littleton fire alarm sounds from the upper level corridor of Columbine High School. There was a five-minute silence. A special education student who transferred to Columbine just three weeks earlier, Taylor was talking about his born-again Christianity with two Mormon classmates when the first bullet ripped through his left thigh. I don't know if I can chime in on this, but I'm going to, way back a few years ago (2009) I was a floor manager on a call center. "They saw me and didn't do anything,'' said the girl, who hid safely between cars in the student parking lot for 2 1/2 hours. Littleton Mark Taylor saw the two shooters atop the stairs, but figured they were firing paint-ball guns. Be the first one to, Patti Nielson 9/11 Call (Columbine HS Massacre), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Nielson has written to most of the families whose kids were killed. Deputy They celebrated it. The Losing blood and consciousness, Sanders told several students, "Tell my daughter I love her.''. "[6] The audio turned out to be real, though it was eventually confirmed to originate from a rare German documentary about the shooting. 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. Based on comments shooter in the area. They were playing God. the library hallway. Patti Nielson - Inside Columbine - Google Many tried to shield themselves with tipped chairs. Columbine High School - Patti Neilson 911 Call - YouTube To better understand how such evil could take root in Jefferson County, The Denver Post interviewed dozens of students, teachers, investigators and parents to reconstruct the way two youths, cloaked in black trench coats, killed 13 and wounded 20 before fatally shooting themselves in the head. Several Dispatch This is actually a 911 operator speaking fast and saying, phonetically, "Jeff's'n Coun'y Sheriff's Office, do you have an emergency? Deputy cafeteria videotape shows that, as the gunmen are walking away, there is a. 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. One I always wonder this as well, as she is literally screaming to get under the tables. "That's when,'' she told her father, "I knew I was still alive.''. I then needed to establish a way to compare these calls that isn't by timestamps alone. upper level, southwest corner. Dispatcher: Weve got a police officer on scene. I never attempted to explain this before. reports that Denver Police Department personnel are at the shed on the west side Schnurr had heard the result when Bernall professed her faith. Jefferson Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Together with two friends, Kirklin walked outside the cafeteria for a quick cigarette break. Shot twice in the left side of his head, Ireland dropped. Klebold walked around to Savage's side of the table. I'm working to get to April 21. The gunmen then turn their and Klebold standing together at the top of the west exterior steps, wearing black trench coats and carrying a backpack and duffel bag, Students Daniel Watching Savage being released with his life, other students prayed the killing was over. I think I read that she escaped to a closet or something, but in her 60 Minutes interview she only mentions hiding in the librarian desk. I wanted to say your dedication to putting this all down in an orderly way is really appreciated. spins hard to his right and Gardner momentarily thinks he has hit him. From the corner of his eye, though, he saw another girl get shot. schools cafeteria. I grab her. Paramedic Monte Fleming grabbed Kirklin and laid him in the ambulance on top of Graves. Several seconds after this event in 11.23.11, the caller says "they just shot, shot somebody inside the cafeteria.". "I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is happening.' Students reports several shots fired at Columbine High School. Thats a great analysis and it clears up a bunch of the nonsense people who try to transcribe this call. Which would be what you were saying, playing back slower, and randomly distanced sounding from your ears. Boom. "I'm not blaming other people," Nielson says. Next to him, Scott curled in pain. The follow-up gunshot also doesn't sound any different than these "knocks," even though if, in fact, this is when Cassie Bernall was shot it would sound vastly different (considering a shotgun is significantly louder than knock on a desk). "They said they waited their whole lives for this,'' Woodman said. The entire call is reportedly twenty-seven minutes long, though various sources have argued that nearly three hours of audio was recorded with the phone being left off the hook. gallon of fuel ignites in the area of the partially detonated propane bomb. side. of the school and they have long guns., A Broncos Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. In 2011, a Youtuber posted "leaked audio" of Lauren Townsend (18) being killed with Klebold's TEC-9 as Val Schnurr screams, "Oh God! Nielson: The school is in a panic. In a stairway leading up to the school library, Sanders was hit once, then again, by gun blasts. Outside the school, more police arrived. advises that the suspects are possibly wearing body armor. A pipe He picked up a chair and smashed it on the table. The 911 recording is currently in the hands of the Jefferson County Police Department. Others used hall pay phones and office phones to call 911, family, and friends. Copyright 2000 The Denver Post. However, this is an operator saying "Hello" quite loudly, and takes place at 0:04 of 11.30.13. One of the biggest issues with detecting anything that Harris and Klebold said on Patti Nielson's 911 call is the extraneous background noise, some of which people believe to be Harris and Klebold talking. just side door. Become a member to support the independent voice of Denver Deputy 911 Calls from Columbine High School Blending Klebold hurled a pipe bomb onto the school roof. "John didn't know these two boys any better than any other kids in the school. With two final blasts, the rampage was over. This time, it worked. 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. [3] The duo placed two homemade propane tank bombs inside of the school's cafeteria in an attempt to create mass casualties. Behind her, the gunmen rattled off six shots. going to come to an end. in the counseling hallway sees students in the north hallway running east Help me! The chaos inside Columbine was so great that no one ever may know exactly what happened that day. 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. carrying two large duffel bags Dispatch chemical storage room just east of Science Room 3, man on the roof wearing a red, white and blue striped 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. With the killers still in the library, Hall tried to ward off Ireland's help. We went to the police twice.". As she got closer, Nielson realized that the gun was real and was going to threaten Harris with campus security. In the documentary Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High, Brown is quoted as saying: "During the shooting, you can hear [Klebold] saying all kinds of things to people before he kills them. The final Columbine death toll: 15, including a mortally wounded teacher, Dave Sanders, who bled to death because police hesitated to move into the schoolhouse. Apologies for the long post, but I couldn't think of another way to do it. Get down!. 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. more pipe bombs are thrown into the cafeteria from the library hallway a floor This happens at 3:27 in Patti Nielson's call and 3:24 in 11.23.11. DETAILS: On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. They may be thinking the same thing. A few tables over, Dan Steepleton, Makai Hall and Pat Ireland feared the worst was headed their way. The kids who are running with the shotguns also have Molotov-type cocktail bombs. While O'Shea fired into the doorway, DiManna and Phelan pulled Castaldo to safety. But they are having difficulty stopping the bleeding. windows near the cafeteria. ambulances should come into the area to rescue them. [2] The call picked up the deaths of all ten students who died in the library; some can be heard begging for their lives. person in the cafeteria with bulletproof equipment and several bombs.. Yes!! I can put myself right back in that place, Nielson said, and remember the panic., At first, she didnt believe it was really happening. Until I got called in to review a few training cases, and a few firing cases. The tact team is aware of their location, its just going to be a while before they get to them. Then she was heard yelling at the students in the library, Get down! Val Schnurr (18) is heard pleading for her life as Klebold taunts her with, "Do you believe in God?" "I haven't been dreading the anniversary. Sudoku I got all of the kids in the library on the floor.''. Writhing in pain and smeared in blood, Kirklin yelled for his friends. So he ducked into the cafeteria's faculty lounge. duffel bags conceal 20-pound propane bombs timed to explode at 11:17 a.m. chool I thought it was probably a video production, she said, so I went out there to tell him to stop., It was then she realized it was real as one of the young gunmen turned around and fired in her direction. 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. A teacher, Theresa Miller, spent hours on the phone with 911 to deliver updates on Sanders' condition. bombs exploding in the field along Wadsworth Boulevard are intended to divert, Harris For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. the building. Unless Eric is talking to Bree and Isaiah says "mom" simultaneously, catching Dylan's attention. speaks to one student briefly outside the west entrance of the school. assumes the role of incident commander. also confirms a live bomb at Wadsworth and Chatfield. Then he saw a head pop through the hole. We have found so many explosive devices including several car bombs, things like that. Apparently a faculty member inside the school talking to police, describing the situation facing some of the students who are hiding and speaking to the students at the same time. "Oh, I'm killing people. Teacher: Yes, he is. Kids! "What are you doing? Jefferson "Yes, I do believe in God,'' the girl replied. At one point she says she has to put the phone down and she does. One web pages 911 Calls from Columbine High School Trapped students cowered beneath library tables, unable to hide but unsure of anything else they could do.
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