
Spirit of the Heartland
Please pray for all who were at Columbine High School on April 20, for their families and friends, and for all children, parents, and teachers who now live in fear.
Those who were killed
- Cassie Bernall , 17, became a born-again Christian two years ago and was active in church youth
programs and Bible study groups. Bernall recently visited Great Britain. Her favorite movie was
said to be Mel Gibson's , Braveheart.
- Steven Curnow
- Corey DePooter, 17, was a good student who loved to golf, hunt and fish. A former wrestler, he
recently took a maintenance job at a golf club to save up for a fishing boat with a friend.
DePooter hid under a library table with friends as gunmen sprayed bullets at floor level.
- Kelly Fleming, 16, was an aspiring songwriter and author who wrote scores of poems and short
stories based on her life experiences. She was learning to play guitar. Fleming moved from Phoenix
18 months ago and was eager to get her driver's license and a part-time job. She was shot in the
library.
- Matthew Ketcher, 16, was a junior who had hoped to start for the football team. Ketcher lifted
weights and played on offensive and defensive lines. He maintained an A average in school.
Ketcher was shot in the library after he tried to reach friends hiding in an adjacent video room.
- Daniel Mauser, 15, was a sophomore who excelled in math and science, and earned straight A's on
his last report card. Mauser ran cross country and joined the debate team. He liked to ski, camp
and recently returned from a two-week trip to Paris with the French club. Mauser was hoping to
get his driver's license next year.
- Daniel Rohrbough
- William (Dave) Sanders, 47, was a computer and business teacher for 24 years.
Sanders coached girls basketball and softball; his basketball team posted a winning record in his first year, 1997-98,
after finishing next-to-last the year before. He was married with at least two daughters and five
grandchildren. Sanders was shot twice in the chest while directing students down a hallway to
safety. He survived at least three hours until students were rescued.
- Rachel Scott, 17, played the lead in a student-written school play, "Smoke in the Room." Active
in the Celebration Christian Fellowship church, she also liked photography and was hoping to
work as a missionary in Africa. Scott earned good grades while working at a Subway sandwich
shop to pay off the car she had borrowed from her parents. During the shooting rampage, her
younger brother Craig, 16, played dead in the library and helped lead others to safety.
- Isaiah Shoels, 18, was due to graduate in May. He suffered health problems as a child and had
heart surgery twice. Shoels wanted to attend an arts college and become a music executive. He was
small in stature, but played football, wrestled, and could bench-press twice his weight. Shoels
transferred from Lakewood High School. He was shot in the head execution-style in the school
library specifically because of his race and athletic interests, witnesses said.
- John Tomlin, 16, enjoyed driving off-road in his Chevy pickup. He worked after school in a
gardening store and belonged to a church youth group. Last year, Tomlin went on a missionary
trip to Mexico with his family and helped build a house for low-income people. He planned to
enlist in the Army in two years.
- Lauren Townsend, 18, was captain of the girls varsity basketball team, which was coached by her
mother. Fellow players said she was "consumed" by the sport. Townsend was a member of the
National Honor Society and wanted to major in biology in college.
- Kyle Velasquez
Those who took their own lives
- Eric Harris
- Dylan Krebold
Hospitalized Students
condition as of April 23, 1999
- Richard Castaldo, 17, serious condition
- Jennifer Doyle, 17, good condition
- Sean Graves, 15, fair condition
- Makai Hall, 19, fair condition
- Anne Marie Hochhalter, 17, critical condition
- Patrick Ireland, 17, serious condition
- Mark Kintgen, 17, fair condition
- Lance Kirklin, 16, critical condition
- Lisa Kreutz, 18, serious condition
- Jeanna Park, 18, fair condition
- Casey Ruegsegger, 17, serious condition
- Valeen Schnurr, 18, fair condition
- Mark Taylor, 16, serious but stable condition
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