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In the quarter-century since two gunmen at Columbine High School shot and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher in suburban Denver — an attack that played out on live television and ushered in the modern era of school shootings — the traumas of that day have continued to shadow those who were there.
In the quarter-century since two gunmen at Columbine High School shot and killed 12 fellow students and a teacher in suburban Denver — an attack that played out on live television and ushered in the modern era of school shootings — the traumas of that day have continued to shadow those who were there.
On Dec. 14, Jackie Hegarty of Newtown, Connecticut, knows her phone will be "flooded" with messages, as it is each year on that day, the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. Hegarty, a Sandy Hook survivor, lost 20 young classmates and six educators in that shooting, which marks its somber 10th remembrance this year. This year, Hegarty said many of the messages she receives will be from people who weren't there that day with her, but who know exactly how it feels to survive a school shooting.
The Columbine High School mass shooting in Littleton, Colorado, left behind many survivors and families who are still dealing with the massacre’s trauma. Zach Cartaya, a Columbine student and co-founder of The Rebels Project, joins CBS News with more on his mission to help other victims of violence. Source
One of the most infamous school shootings in U.S. history, Columbine left a deep wound in the country's psyche, and traumatized the survivors for decades.