Popular explanations for the terror Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold wreaked on their Colorado high school often mention bullying. But Dave Cullen has been following the story since that deadly day, and in his new book, Columbine, he reveals the real story of their rampage.
In his interview with Neal Conan, Cullen warns of the pitfalls of reaching quick conclusions about the “why” behind tragedies like those at Columbine and Virginia Tech. “Key information doesn’t come out for months or even years,” he cautions, “so if you start to come to a determination of why within hours, it may be years before you have the information to make that conclusion.”
Cullen does believe, however, that in the years since Columbine, “people have been much much better about just holding off and saying, ‘we don’t know why yet.'”
Wow, this was surprising coming on NPR
[blockquote]Today, Anne Marie (Hochhalter) is 27 and living in Westminster, a Denver suburb. A few days before the 10th anniversary of Columbine, she spoke to NPR about how she is getting along. “I’m doing good,” she says. “But I still struggle with lingering pain.
[b]”Church is important to you, right?”[/b]
Yes, very important. … I belong to a nondenominational Christian church here in Westminster. They have been a huge support to me since I started attending there in 2001. That’s actually where I found faith again, because I was actually not a believer.
I was an atheist before. And a friend invited me to that church, and after I went for a while, I became a Christian. God really spoke to my heart. That church has been such a huge support for me throughout my journey of healing from Columbine. [/blockquote]
yes, they also did a story on the christian academy awards(or somesuch) a few weeks ago….and it was on scott simon’s saturday show! i had to submit comment and thank them for that. it was attacked by the liberal listeners but imho npr is the closest i can get to general non biased reporting-except for illegal immigration and anything having to do civil rights, they are blatantly liberal about that.