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The Columbine tragedy - “Shots fired at Columbine High School” – (April 20, 1999)


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It was the darkest nightmare of every parent come to life - and it happened in the land of “It can’t happen here.” The setting was Littleton, Colorado, a comfortably middle-class suburb of Denver, a place where people come to raise a family, and where the arch over a hallway at local Columbine High School is inscribed with the motto: “The finest kids in America pass through these halls.” But on April 20, 1997 - the halls of Columbine suddenly became the scene of a murderous reign of terror. Coverage of the shootings was intensified by the ubiquity of 24-hour cable news, and its constant need to come up with fresh information - often incorrect. The media quickly realized they simply had no protocols for a mass casualty incident of such dimensions.
Broadcast audio courtesy of KOA Radio, Denver, CO, ABC News Video Source, CBS News
Contributors: David Bernknopf, Former VP CNN, A founding employee of CNN Jayson Luber, Former KOA Radio and KUSA TV Traffic reporterKathy Walker, News Director, KOA Radio, DenverMarcy McGinnis, Former Senior Vice President News Coverage, CBS News Jerry Bell, KOA NEWS Radio Managing Editor
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