I’m reading Dave Cullen’s book “Columbine”, which is pretty much a ten year perspective on this. The book, at times, still renders the event with the feel of a distant event, something like the sensation I had from the news coverage that week back in ‘99. Even though our son was in class at CHS that morning, I hadn’t thought that much about how close we came to losing him until I started reading the book last week.

Many so-called adults who should have known better blew a chance to rescue victims, prevent the crimes, or report and deal honestly with the aftermath. To this day, it seems to divide a lot of angst-ridden people along the same lines as our current culture war. Perhaps when that struggle ends Columbine will come into focus for more of us.