Summary

CLASSES AT COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLETON, CO. ARE CANCELED AFTER A STUDENT REPORTED GETTING A THREAT OVER AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM. LAST APRIL, 12 STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER WERE KILLED, THEN THE TWO GUNMEN KILLED THEMSELVES.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 175840
Story Slug Columbine Classes Canceled
Location Littleton, CO
Format VOSOT
Date 12/16/1999
Archive Time 34:03
TRT :50
Supers File April 20th MOS Littleton, Colorado
Video Description FILE FOOTAGE OF COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLETON, COLORADO; MALE SOT - "PEOPLE KEEP BRINGING IT UP AND SOME PEOPLE CAN'T LET IT GO."; COLUMBINE HIGH - HOME OF REBELS SIGN; EXTERIOR OF COLUMBINE;
Description CLASSES AT COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLETON, CO. ARE CANCELED AFTER A STUDENT REPORTED GETTING A THREAT OVER AN INTERNET CHAT ROOM. LAST APRIL, 12 STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER WERE KILLED, THEN THE TWO GUNMEN KILLED THEMSELVES.
Script LEAD: NO CLASSES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLETON, COLORADO BECAUSE OF A THREAT MADE AGAINST THE SCHOOL. A STUDENT RECEIVED SOME TYPE OF A WARNING OR THREAT THROUGH THE INTERNET LAST NIGHT. (TAKE VO) SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE TO TAKE THREATS SERIOUSLY . COLUMBINE WAS THE SCENE OF TERROR THIS PAST APRIL WHEN TWO STUDENTS OPENED FIRE IN THE SCHOOL..KILLING 13 PEOPLE AND THEN THEMSELVES. OFFICIALS ARE NOT RELEASING THE DETAILS OF THE THREAT BUT SAY IT WAS DIRECTED AT THE WHOLE SCHOOL..NOT ANY ONE PERSON. (TAKE SOT--OC: Can't let it go) (VO CONTINUES) AUTHORITIES SEARCHED THE BUILDING INSIDE AND OUT BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND. FINAL EXAMS WERE PLANNED FOR THURSDAY BUT ARE BEING RESCHEDULED FOR AFTER THE HOLIDAY BREAK.
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