He just keeps shooting and shooting and shooting. their cars, they have a clear view of the cafeteria area. 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. 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. Blending Dispatch And I probably will never have an answer to what went wrong.. Wadsworth. At 2:40 p.m., Pat Ireland summoned the strength to escape the library. Yes!! The "that bitch.." bit always came through very clearly to me. A big question you might have now is "if Patti Nielson's call started at 11.25.04, how is it possible that the call at 11.23.11 is able to be present fully?" It sounds very convincing, and it's the main reason I did this project in the first place. He even lay motionless when a fleeing student stepped over him. 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. Good research. Dispatch The first shot slammed Rohrbough through the back. Rohrbough, Sean Im going to give this a proper read. Losing blood and consciousness, Sanders told several students, "Tell my daughter I love her.''. But she hasn't yet dealt with the piles of clippings and pictures and correspondence and teddy bears that overtook her living room and now live in her basement. "We couldn't leave that little girl there,'' DiManna said. 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. 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. I felt something in my shoulder, Nielson said, her voice quavering slightly, I got grazed by a bullet.. deputies on scene radio their positions around the school, confirming that a 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. As she tells the operator her name, Harris and Klebold enter the library and begin to execute their classmates. I returned fire with my MP-5.''. "[6] The audio turned out to be real, though it was eventually confirmed to originate from a rare German documentary about the shooting. informs the command post that bomb squads from the Jefferson County and Arapahoe You can hear this operator again at 4:59 of Patti Nielson's call, and asks, "What's the emergency?" cars, set to go off once they go back into the school. Alarms blared. Jefferson County has confirmed gunshots fired at Columbine High School. When I heard of this being a theory on the patti call, I listened and heard right away some things were those echos. Nielson said she's become increasingly cautious, less trusting and more focused on her "real life." chemical storage room just east of Science Room 3, man on the roof wearing a red, white and blue striped Nielson has written to most of the families whose kids were killed. later, Harris begins shooting again at the deputy. alerts the deputies that the shooter may have a shotgun. witnesses who entered the north main hallway from adjoining classrooms see This corresponds to 0:07 of 11.30.13. Kids! Byerly reports shots fired on the east side of the building. The first Copyright 1999 The Denver Post. through the lobby. - How to get help Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. last day of his life, Eric Harris arrives alone at the student parking lot at Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? windows near the cafeteria. The next bullet grazed Nielson along her shoulder. Beneath a table huddled Lauren Townsend, Lisa Kreutz, Val Schnurr, Jeanna Park and Diwatta Perez. Jefferson Around the library there were more explosions and bullets. Fellow students in Nielson's degree program helped, typing papers and encircling her in study groups as a form of encouragement. female down in the south parking lot of Columbine High School. INAUDIBLE. Next to him, Scott curled in pain. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked inside the library. Dispatcher: Weve got a police officer on scene. And the kid standing there with us, I think, I, he got hit. Kastle had swapped pizza and gossip with Klebold for years in their fantasy baseball league. shotgun). At 4:41 in Patti Nielson's call is when many amateur transcripts (the one that inspired me to do this project was this one) say when Eric says "peek-a-boo". Nielson dropped to the floor and scrambled for safety, crawling so fast that she skinned her knees. The first bullet shattered the door glass and thumped harmlessly into Anderson's necklace. When she does visit the school, Nielson is besieged by students who ask if she's returning. just But they are having difficulty stopping the bleeding. paramedics transport student Stephanie Munson, shot in the ankle while escaping advises that several SWAT teams are en route. Klebold is running behind them, but comes to an abrupt halt in with 400 other backpacks and bags scattered throughout the cafeteria, the By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Fire calls for personnel to stage at the scene. coming from the schools northeast side. While the first five and half minutes of the call have been released to the public, the rest of the audio is "available" in the form of a transcript. "OK, I don't think I'm going to go out there. cancin: erased. exchanging gunfire with Harris, Gardner calls on his police radio for additional - Join the discussion in Your Voice It was super distracting at first, but it would go away as you adjusted. Steepleton and Hall felt their legs ripped by buckshot. alerts all units that Deputy Gardner is under fire and the suspect just ran into In time, she says. I grabbed him by the ankles and told him, 'We're getting you out of here.' 22 Columbine Tapes Released - ABC News "When the year 2000 hit, it wasn't like a new year for me," she said. Daily Crossword. I was losing air.''. 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. Email. gives the command post a description of one of the suspects: Littleton The deputy rolled out of his patrol car. Nielson: Smoke is coming in from out there and Im a little afraid. schools cafeteria. They were playing God. Dave Sanders, still on the second level, turns into the library hallway toward And yet, it's not a matter of just snapping out of it.". "I'm perfectly willing to talk to any of them. The tact team is aware of their location, its just going to be a while before they get to them. He appeared to be in shock. advises of reports of two suspects with UZIs, pipe bombs and shotguns. The mother of 16-year-old victim Kelly Fleming described the audio as "pure hell [to listen to]." Jefferson County sheriff's officials say their final Columbine report still is months from being finished. Nothing close to what I read elsewhere. While I don't yet know who said it, it's someone in the 911 call center, since it's also clearly heard at 0:10 in 11.29.25. paged. Into the cafeteria behind them walked Harris and Klebold. Crouching behind a bulletproof shield, Denver Capt. "Hi, Dylan,'' Savage said. Kids under the table! Deputy She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. But [Harris] doesn't. Outside the cafeteria, Rachel Scott, a student actress, was sitting in the grass and eating lunch with Richard Castaldo, attending his first year at Columbine after transferring from Catholic Machebeuf High School. Tributo a Eric Harris y Dylan Klebold. Walker, on the south side of the school, reports an explosion that blows out Do you think the fuller transcript is legit? Patti Nielson had said it more than once: "If I get through this year, I'm going to wonder how I did it." Pierce Street to the south. Shots in the building. Always tripped me out. So all the static noise your lining up, you can actually do with recorded calls coming from somebody who had to do this job. This happens at 3:27 in Patti Nielson's call and 3:24 in 11.23.11. SWAT team commander Manwaring arrives at Pierce and Leawood and advises dispatch Copyright 2000 The Denver Post. On April 20th, 1999, seniors Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17) launched an attack on Columbine High School, located near the suburbs of Littleton, Colorado. 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. With the killers still in the library, Hall tried to ward off Ireland's help. "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado. Get down! Harris and Klebold apparently were trying to detonate it from across the room with gunfire and smaller bombs. Nearby, Tim Kastle flushed with fear and dread - fear for his life, but dread because he knew one of the killers. Through the library window, the killers spotted a police car. since no more activity could be heard on the line. 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. it ends before steven curnow even got shot. O.K.? patrol car, Harris shoots down the Kids are screaming . Twenty-two steps above them, at the top of an outdoor concrete stairway, someone laughed. reports that one shooter is in the food preparation area and that the shooter has 17 After carrying out Scott, officers moved down the 22 concrete steps, where they found Danny Rohrbough dead. Without breaking eye contact, Klebold raised his sawed-off shotgun. "I haven't been dreading the anniversary. While O'Shea fired into the doorway, DiManna and Phelan pulled Castaldo to safety. The gunmen spotted Mark Kintgen, slowed by cerebral palsy, and shot one 9mm bullet into his head and another into his neck. Dispatch Gardner has just pulled up in the lower south parking lot of the school with the Dispatch This noise corresponds to an operator saying "um" at 2:11 on 11.27.04. 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. Dispatch There were flashbacks. "I haven't been dreading the anniversary. Boom. Fire sprinklers sprayed. Denver Weather 16 Let's get out of here!''. Why do I have to do it all at once? We went to the police twice.". By ABC News -- July 6 The following excerpts from the Columbine shooting 911 tapes, just released, show the confusion, anguish and attempts by law enforcement to deal with the unfolding situation: Call from teacher Patti Nielson hiding in library with children.