We Remember Them

Happy Birthday to Danny Rohrbough. Senselessly taken on April 20, 1999 outside Columbine High School. 

4th pic- Kacey, today, with her beautiful family. While she had to give up her nursing career due to chronic pain from her injuries, Kacey became an author, public speaker, and tissue donation advocate.  

4th pic- Lance at a Rockies game meeting members of the Oakland A’s

Corey Depooter as an infant, with his baby sister, and doing one of the things he loved most- fishing. Corey was murdered in the Columbine library on April 20, 1999. 

Over My Shoulder- A Columbine Survivor’s Story of Resilience, Hope, and a Life Reclaimed by Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson

Apparently, Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was also paralyzed at Columbine, said that Richard’s dad squandered/”stole” money that Richard had received from the Columbine victims fund. Anne Marie’s dad did the same to her. So horrible that parents would choose money over their injured children. Anne Marie is trying to raise money to get Richard a new wheelchair or get his current chair refurbished.

Kelly Fleming was murdered in the Columbine High School library on April 20, 1999. She was only 16 yrs old. 

Richard’s had a rough time since April 20, 1999. Good to see he’s hanging in there; was wondering how he was doing because I haven’t seen or heard much about him in a while.

Daniel Mauser and little sis, Christine. Daniel was only in 10th grade when he was murdered in the library of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. He was a smart, shy kid with a dry sense of humor, according to his dad.

One of my favorite books by a Columbine survivor. Inspirational.

The sheriff’s department did nothing and then 13 innocent people were killed and a lot more were broken forever.  

Bottom- T-shirt honoring Dave Sanders’ heroism in saving students on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School

Members of NSYNC visited Columbine High School shooting victim, Kacey Ruegsegger, in her hospital bed after the attack. Kacey details funny anecdotes about the meeting in her book, “Over My Shoulder”

Daniel Rohrbough’s mom wrote a heartwrenching note for her son on the cross erected in his honor after the attack on Columbine High School. Dan was the second student to be killed; he was only 15 yrs old. 

Kyle Velasquez survived a stroke at birth and worked hard to overcome his mental and physical limitations. Kyle had only transferred to Columbine High School 3 months before the attack on the school. He had just begun to attend full days in the weeks before April 20, 1999. Kyle left the lunchroom that day to go upstairs to the library to use the computers. His beautiful life was stolen in a place where he should have been safe.