Rhino
04-20-2007, 11:27 AM
8 Years After Columbine School Massacre, Victims' Relatives Find Questions Still Unanswered
Friday, April 20, 2007
LITTLETON, Colo. — As they mark the eighth anniversary Friday of the Columbine school shooting and mourn the recent victims at Virginia Tech, many Littleton families are also questioning a judge's decision to seal information about the killers.
Columbine High School was closed Friday, as it had been every April 20 since the 1999 attack in which two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves.
Invoking the Columbine tragedy, Gov. Bill Ritter asked state residents to join a bell-ringing and moment of silence for the Virginia Tech victims on Friday.
"We experienced a terrible tragedy at Columbine High School," Ritter said. "The people of Colorado will stand in solemn silence on the anniversary of that dreadful day with the people of Virginia as they grieve."
But federal Judge Lewis Babcock's decision earlier this month to seal for 20 years the testimony of Harris' and Klebold's parents about the boys' home lives has infuriated some survivors and victims' relatives, who feel the information could help prevent future school rampages.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,267321,00.html
Friday, April 20, 2007
LITTLETON, Colo. — As they mark the eighth anniversary Friday of the Columbine school shooting and mourn the recent victims at Virginia Tech, many Littleton families are also questioning a judge's decision to seal information about the killers.
Columbine High School was closed Friday, as it had been every April 20 since the 1999 attack in which two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves.
Invoking the Columbine tragedy, Gov. Bill Ritter asked state residents to join a bell-ringing and moment of silence for the Virginia Tech victims on Friday.
"We experienced a terrible tragedy at Columbine High School," Ritter said. "The people of Colorado will stand in solemn silence on the anniversary of that dreadful day with the people of Virginia as they grieve."
But federal Judge Lewis Babcock's decision earlier this month to seal for 20 years the testimony of Harris' and Klebold's parents about the boys' home lives has infuriated some survivors and victims' relatives, who feel the information could help prevent future school rampages.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,267321,00.html