Due to a range of events (including the clock manufacturers changing the material from metal to plastic, preventing a complete circuit and the rushed nature of the bomb-making as Harris had purchased the propane tanks that same morning), their anticipated destruction of the cafeteria and the library above it, potentially killing hundreds, never came to fruition.Īt around 11:20 AM, Eric and Dylan realized the bombs must have failed, and began the shooting spree they had reportedly initially planned to wait for the detonation, then pick off stragglers who fled the building. The shooting was in reality a failed bombing, as the pair had planted two BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion) devices consisting of propane tanks wired up with clocks to detonate at a set time in the cafeteria during Lunch ‘A’ period. The massacre, which took place in Jefferson County, Colorado, brought school shootings into the public consciousness, being an event of national concern that was widely televised and reported on. On the 20th of April 1999, Columbine High School seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold began the worst school shooting since that year, killing 13 people and wounding 24.
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