Bowling for Columbine Page #4

and - just cos we're mad at 'em -

drop a bomb, or shoot at 'em,

or fire a missile at 'em.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG:

What A Wonderful World

Oh, my goodness!

Oh, my goodness!

Oh, my word!

Oh, my word!

South of Denver in Littleton,

on the grounds of the US Air Force Academy,

there sits an actual 8-52 bomber.

The plaque underneath it proudly proclaims

that this plane killed Vietnamese people

on Christmas Eve 1972.

It was the largest bombing campaign

of the Vietnam War.

Just outside Denver is Rocky Flats,

the largest plutonium

weapons-making factory in the world,

and now a massive radioactive dump.

A few miles away, buried inside a mountain,

is NORAD,

which oversees our nuclear missiles,

many of which dot the Colorado landscape.

And once a month,

Lockheed transports one of its rockets,

with its Pentagon payload,

through the streets of Littleton,

passing nearby Columbine High School

on its way to an air-force base

on the other side of Denver.

The rockets are transported

in the middle of the night,

while the children of Columbine are asleep.

22 NATO missiles fell on the

village of Bogutovac near Kraljevo.

Deadly cargo was dropped

on the residential part of the village.

We're striking hard

at Serbia's machinery of repression

while making a deliberate effort

to minimize harm to innocent people.

NEWSREADER. On the hit list

were a local hospital and primary school.

We all know there

has been a terrible shooting

at a high school in Littleton, Colorado.

I hope the American people will be praying

for the students, the parents and the teachers.

And we'll wait for events to unfold,

and then there'll be more to say.

Jefferson County 911.

Somebody's shooting a gun

at Columbine High School.

- Do you know if anybody's injured?

- They've got pipe bombs, Uzis, you name it.

- You're shitting me.

- I'm not.

A student hit in the spine at Columbine.

We've got another kid on the line,

shot in the head.

- Jefferson County Sheriff's office.

- We have automatic weapons.

AN right. Can you guys send

lots and lots of paramedics?

- So he's still under an attack?

- The school is still under attack.

We got a couple of kids out in the hall

that are shot, so they're trying to get to them.

Do not let anybody else in until we tell them.

- Jefferson County 911.

- Hi, it's Izzy Povich at NBC News.

We're calling about the school shooting.

We're on the air live right now on MSNBC.

Is that something you could.)?

Literally I could patch you through

and you could tell us on the air.

- Literally I could put you through right now.

- I understand that.

Now they said he's gone to the library.

He's in the building.

He's in the building.

Hi, this is Stephanie Phillips from Dateline.

How are you doing?

- I love your show.

- I'm so glad. Thank you.

- I watch it every night.

- Thank you!

Jefferson County 911.

I'm a teacher

at Columbine High School.

There is a student here with a gun.

- He has shot out a window.

- Has anyone been injured?

- Yes! Yes.

- OK.

And the school is in a panic.

I'm in the library. I've got... students down.

Under the tables, kids!

Heads under the tables!

I saw a student outside. I was in the hall.

Oh, dear God!

I was on hall duty. I saw a gun.

I said, "What's going on out there?

He turned the gun straight at us and shot.

And, my God, the window went out.

The kid standing there with me,

I think he got hit.

- Help is on the way, ma'am.

- OK. Oh, God!

Stay on the line with me.

Oh, God!

He's shooting in the library right now.

He's firing shots from the library.

He's firing shots in the library.

- Do we need to leave?

- OK, hold on here.

They just shot inside the cafeteria.

I may have to try to get out of here

and call you back.

I called four times to find out

where I'm supposed to go

and they put me on hold for ever.

Hi. It's Wendy at CNN still.

Hi. We're taking names and numbers

from the press.

OK, cos Fox has somebody on now.

Fox has somebody from your...

I know.

We've talked to a whole bunch of people

and there's so many phone calls coming in.

I gotta get to my daughter

at Columbine. I've been trying for an hour.

Sir? OK, calm down, OK?

I think we're entitled to the information

as parents on where our children are!

- We have a lot of units out there.

- I cant get anywhere near it.

I want to find out how to get in touch

with my daughter. How do I get information?

I don't have any of that information right now.

Why the hell not? It's been over an hour!

My son is Eric Harris and I'm afraid he might be

involved in the shooting at Columbine.

Involved how?

He's a member of what they're calling

the Trench Coat Mafia.

- Have you spoken to your son today?

- No. Have they picked up anybody yet?

They're still looking for suspects.

Your son is with who?

- What gang?

- They call them the Trench Coat Mafia.

I just heard that term on TV.

Stay low. If you try to leave

I don't want you to get shot, OK?

Stay very tow and quiet. Stay tow and quiet.

Everybody, keep very quiet.

When the shooting was over,

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

had killed 12 students and one teacher.

Dozens of others were wounded

by the over 900 rounds of ammo that were fired.

It is believed that the guns that they used

were all legally purchased

at stores and gun shows,

and many of the bullets were bought at

the Littleton Kmart, just down the street.

Harris' diary also detailed ideas

about hijacking an airplane

and crashing it into New York City.

Some may characterize that as fantasy.

In the end,

they turned the guns on themselves.

And then he came into the library,

shot everybody around me,

then put a gun to my head

and asked if we all wanted to die, and...

We started hearing shots in the hall.

And then they came in and they all told us

to get under the desk,

and we all got under the desk.

And then they started coming in the library

and opening fire.

I just started screaming and crying

and telling them not to shoot me.

And so he shot the girl instead.

He shot her in the head in front of me.

And he shot the black kid

because he was black.

I have only five words for you.

"From my cold, dead hands."

Just ten days after the Columbine killings,

despite the pleas of a community in mourning,

Charlton Heston came to Denver

and held a large pro-gun rally

for the National Rifle Association.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Thank you all for coming

and thank you for supporting your organization.

I also want to applaud your courage

in coming here today.

I have a message from the mayor,

Mr Wellington Webb, the mayor of Denver.

No, no, no.

He sent me this...

...and it says,

"Don't come here. We don't want you here."

I say to the mayor,

this is our country.

As Americans, we're free to travel

wherever we want in our broad land.

"Don't come here"? We're already here!

I am here today

because my son Daniel

would want me to be here today.

If my son Daniel was not one of the victims,

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