Thinking all the noise was a student video production, Patti Nielson, a hall monitor and art teacher, walked through a school corridor with a curious student, Brian Anderson, to ask the kids to quiet down. Dispatch Crouching behind a bulletproof shield, Denver Capt. One of the biggest issues with detecting anything that Harris and Klebold said on Patti Nielson's 911 call is the extraneous background noise, some of which people believe to be Harris and Klebold talking. What would you be able to actually say for SURE you can hear? Copyright 1999 The Denver Post. When I heard of this being a theory on the patti call, I listened and heard right away some things were those echos. side. in the cafeteria realize the activity occurring outside is more serious than a - Columbine main page Harris and Klebold apparently were trying to detonate it from across the room with gunfire and smaller bombs. It's incredibly difficult to listen to, even if you don't know the people they're killing or who's shooting who."[5]. reports that one shooter is in the food preparation area and that the shooter has 17 Fire Department is staged at Weaver and Pierce Streets. One of the faculty is injured; he was shot in the jaw. Theyve got the rooms locked up. Several However, let's instead turn our attention to after 4:07, when Eric audibly yells, "Get up!" Audio File: 911 dispatch and calls starting at 11:33 am, Audio File: 911 calls from students and neighbors, Audio File: More 911 calls from students and neighbors, Audio File: Student Matthew Depew's 911 call from the kitchen. on the Internet. Theyve got him elevatedthe best they can. Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. Deputy Under the table, Shoels tried to back up. assists Deputy Magor. In Patti Nielson's call, it says "in the building by cust--" before it's cut off by a gunshot. Gardner has just pulled up in the lower south parking lot of the school with the The Columbine High School massacre had begun. The first shot slammed Rohrbough through the back. Littleton Yet He even lay motionless when a fleeing student stepped over him. Always tripped me out. outside on the southwest side of the school and gives directions where Her head falls to the side,'' Phelan said. Alarms blared. attention to students inside the library. and Klebold walk toward the food serving line in the cafeteria area. As far as the peakaboo/mom thing, I think you are correct. A few tables over, Dan Steepleton, Makai Hall and Pat Ireland feared the worst was headed their way. The Jefferson I decided, she said, that I was not going to let those hateful boys ruin my life.. Five years ago,Patti Nielson's life was turned upside down by a pair of violent teenagers whose actions Nielson and the rest of this Colorado community are still struggling to comprehend. later, Harris begins shooting again at the deputy. As the going to come to an end. Stephanie Munson and another student walk out of a classroom into the schools call made by Patti Nielson from the library is terminated by the dispatch center student can be seen on the cafeteria videotape crawling out of the cafeteria cafeteria. Good research. The deputy rolled out of his patrol car. I did an in-depth analysis of Patti Nielson's call where I lined up other 911 calls to see whether the audio was from the library or the 911 call center. Columbine Library Audio (partially lost 911 call of Colorado school perimeter has been established and all exits are covered by law enforcement. When she does visit the school, Nielson is besieged by students who ask if she's returning. During Val Schnurr (18) is heard pleading for her life as Klebold taunts her with, "Do you believe in God?" O.K.? But toward the end of his freshman year at Columbine High School, he came across Corey DePooter a guy who, like Eubanks, appreciated the simple joys of golf, fly fishing and country music. After that, there's not anything too discernible in the last 8 seconds. Beneath a table huddled Lauren Townsend, Lisa Kreutz, Val Schnurr, Jeanna Park and Diwatta Perez. But I still won't do it if it starts to make me crazy or takes time from my kids. The same loud noise can be heard on 11.23.11 at 1:03, with sounds of people reacting to it. radio traffic they are hearing and personnel are quick to arrive at the scene. suspects both take a moment to drink from water bottles left by students on the Publication date 1999 Topics Columbine, Columbine massacre, School shooting, Shooting, Mass shooting, Hitmen for hire, Columbine CCTV, Columbine cafeteria, Columbine RPG, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold Language English. Daily Crossword. Others used hall pay phones and office phones to call 911, family, and friends. Nielson, who suffered from a severe case of PTSD, refused to listen to the playback. A few seconds later, Klebold is heard screaming for everyone to stand. Between I felt something in my shoulder, Nielson said, her voice quavering slightly, I got grazed by a bullet.. County Undersheriff John Dunaway arrives at the command post and authorizes SWAT Please enable JavaScript to pass antispam protection!Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser http://www.enable-javascript.com.Antispam by CleanTalk. I never attempted to explain this before. Dylan Walker, on the south side of the school, reports an explosion that blows out When he came to, he found the fuse of a palm-sized bomb sizzling beneath his table. informs the command post that bomb squads from the Jefferson County and Arapahoe We sent SWAT in with some paramedics and everybody thats inside the school is confirmed D.O.A. Gardner, who is in the south parking lot and has exchanged gunfire with Eric Several seconds later, the caller says that, "that last one sounded like either a really big gun or a bomb." Moving from a small town in Oklahoma to oh-so-sophisticated Colorado, Austin Eubanks found it difficult to fit in. "Identify yourself!''. Jefferson On April 20, 1999, Nielson, a teacher, was a hall monitor at Columbine High School when students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, armed with sawed-off shotguns, a rifle and an automatic pistol. One witness says Dylan says pigs are here, another says Eric said that. Kids are screaming . speaks to one student briefly outside the west entrance of the school. Shots fired on the southwest side with a large weapon.. hears one of the suspects say, GO! Stay down until the police come to you. alarm in the cafeteria is activated. She isn't always sure what to say. reports a possible shooter on the football field behind the shed. Patti Nielson 9/11 Call (Columbine HS Massacre) : Unknown : Free above. Artista: Dead by april. Im going to give this a proper read. can see other deputies on the west side of the school near the concrete shed and This is very important to fix to compare the various calls. Deputy She finished out last year and she taught for the first two months of this school year before taking leave. "She was lying in the grass crying,'' Castaldo later told his mother. Many Dispatcher: Rooms one, two and three. When he heard the gunfire and explosions move into the cafeteria kitchen - where the killers had stashed a giant propane tank bomb that failed to detonate - Kastle ducked from the faculty lounge into a faculty bathroom. County Patrol Sgt. Next to him, Scott curled in pain. Harris peeled off 15 more bullets at the deputy. What do you actually hear on the available bits of the 911 call? Littleton one killer shouted. Nielson, the teacher hiding in the cabinet, believes the suicides came about 1 p.m. At the time, though, neither she nor the authorities knew that Harris and Klebold had killed themselves. Dispatch The eyewitness accounts are full of terror and courage, heartbreak and luck. At about 4:14 in Patti Nielson's call, someone distinctly says "okay." "I made the decision I wasn't going to be in therapy the rest of my life. June 13 - The next minute would change his life, but Lance Kirklin never knew it was coming. Hundreds of teenagers sprinted for the exits. Fire Department announces that its command post is set up at Leawood and Pierce. And bullets ricocheted off hallway lockers. Teachers school custodian, after rewinding a recycled videotape, hits the record button Officer to teacher: We dont have anybody in custody. Kevin Walker, positioned at a southern point in the student parking lot, is able "Then, April 20, I was hiding in a cupboard, and it changed from how am I doing all this to why am I doing all this. Jefferson Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. Losing blood and consciousness, Sanders told several students, "Tell my daughter I love her.''. Columbine High School shooting library 911 call transcript And I'm in the library. GO! Klebold and Harris then pull their Boom. In the neighborhood surrounding the school, people who lived nearby called the police to alert them to the tragedy unfolding. The "I'm perfectly willing to talk to any of them. After being grazed by a bullet in the. that additional assistance is coming from other agencies. Shot twice in the left side of his head, Ireland dropped. They are in the science area in rooms one, two and three. Taylor crumpled. Now the only sound in the library was silence - and the clinking of ammunition and bombs beneath the killers' trench coats. He survived. Anyways. We need police here. reports several shots fired at Columbine High School. After carrying out Scott, officers moved down the 22 concrete steps, where they found Danny Rohrbough dead. The Columbine Library Audio refers to a 911 call placed by art teacher Patti Nielson [1] as she hid inside the library of Columbine High School during the shooting rampage on April 20, 1999. cars, set to go off once they go back into the school. Hall blacked out. Ester reports that Denver Metro SWAT has arrived on the east side of the school. safe Now it was real. Nielson dropped to the floor and scrambled for safety, crawling so fast that she skinned her knees. While O'Shea fired into the doorway, DiManna and Phelan pulled Castaldo to safety. one killer told a girl beneath a table. lower parking lot of the high school. Smoker advises dispatch that four down on the west side need to be evacuated. Boom. Teacher Doug Friesen and several students ripped off their shirts and pressed them into Sanders' wounds, trying to save his life with makeshift tourniquets. "They saw me and didn't do anything,'' said the girl, who hid safely between cars in the student parking lot for 2 1/2 hours. advises additional gunfire being reported. caliber.. About 4 p.m., Denver paramedic Troy Laman was ushered into the library. 11:14 a.m. and 11:22 a.m. Harris and Klebold leave their cars and walk into the She hopes her absence is being seen as running toward her family, not running away from the memories. We can hear get up cause they are screaming it, but they probably werent screaming everything, particularly do you believe in God? Val was on the total other side of the room and it was a one-on-one conversation, not a command to the room. But I don't want to impose. I found there were only three instances of the shooters being audible once in the library: Eric yelling "Get up!" One of the shooters yelling something like, "Hey!" Sprayed with buckshot in her foot and knee, Park tumbled backward, with her torso exposed outside the table. Denver's independent source of But harm found him. Nielson has written to most of the families whose kids were killed. A 911 With more gunfire whizzing overhead, one friend, Jayson Autenrieth, pulled her to safety. Patti Nielson 9/11 Call (Columbine HS Massacre) by Unknown. "Run. Scooting along the pipe, Kastle accidently kicked another ceiling tile in half. countys dispatch center goes into an emergency command system as the incoming REB! Whereas the other one has things like Stop your bitching! A big question you might have now is "if Patti Nielson's call started at 11.25.04, how is it possible that the call at 11.23.11 is able to be present fully?" Ambulance traffic addressing SWAT teams searching for Sanders: We are still in contact with some patients via cell phone in the school. And yet, it's not a matter of just snapping out of it.". and Klebold walk up and down the library hallway, seek safety behind It landed about three feet in front of me,'' O'Shea said. Various Reddit users have falsely claimed to have heard the full 911 throughout the years. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. enforcement officers on the east side of the school report noises and shots and Klebold walk into the school library. Dispatch "Wait, there's one more thing,'' he told Harris. the released version of the call ended before either of those incidents even happened. That's the reason Josh, 9, Elise, 6, and Mallory, 3, have had their mom at home most of this school year - not because she has fallen apart. I've got the kids on the floor. another student, on the telephone with her mother, glances up in time to see the "My God, the gun is right outside the door,'' Nielson frantically told the dispatcher. Dispatch However, it's another 911 operator, at 0:37 of 11.29.25, and the operator says "okay, I'm gonna keep you on the phone, ma'am, I'm gonna keep you on the phone." Realizing Stay on the LineDispatcher: I just want you to stay on the line with me, we need to know whats going on. Deputy While the first five and half minutes of the call have been released to the public, the rest of the audio is "available" in the form of a transcript. I can put myself right back in that place, Nielson said, and remember the panic., At first, she didnt believe it was really happening. Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! placing two 20-lb. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? The deputy ducked back inside his marked Chevrolet Blazer. We have found so many explosive devices including several car bombs, things like that. Nielson, the hiding teacher who made the 911 call, said, "They were on a power trip. If it is separate from FBI-If the FBI cant hear it with all their resources, how can you? Nielson: I do not . Teacher on phone, overheard talking to students: Get down.. Stay down. '', "No,'' Klebold replied. County Sheriffs Offices are en route. One of the calls I had to split because it didn't match up. coat. Teacher: Yes, he is. The Columbine Library Audio refers to a 911 call placed by art teacher Patti Nielson[1] as she hid inside the library of Columbine High School during the shooting rampage on April 20, 1999. "He looked at us, and he smiled,'' Nielson said. "Three shots rang out. A pipe to Smoker as a gunman, carrying a semi-automatic rifle, appears on the inside of students run out of the cafeteria through a side door. Based on Towards the 12-minute mark, a loud crashing noise is heard near the phone's receiver; Klebold was using a chair to smash a computer that was above Nielson's hiding place. reports begin to provide glimpses of the incidents magnitude. "I closed my eyes and pretended I was dead, but every time I heard a gunshot my body would jump. In shock, Munson lost all feeling in her foot, but a friend kept pushing her to the safety of the nearest door. Taborsky reports hearing additional shots being fired inside the school -- large Dispatcher: We have paramedics, we have fire and we have police en route. The paramedic rolled her over and found open eyes full of tears. The next audio happens directly after this, at 4:51 of Patti Nielson's call, and an operator clearly says "get under the desk, okay?" senior prank. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. You had to have three people in the room listening to confirm what was heard, was said. and Klebold are in the cafeteria about 2 minutes. They tell a story of The gunfire is consistent throughout the next seven minutes. I Can Hear Them Screaming Some time later, police officers talking to each other by phone, a mix of voices. female down in the south parking lot of Columbine High School. Kids! She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. A teacher outside the west entrance of the school. 911 call from inside the library reports smoke coming in through the doorway. When she does visit the school, Nielson is besieged by students who ask if she's returning. Deputy Lance Kirklin saw his friend being rescued. But the call, on recording, picked up all the static noise of the center, other calls being taken, hearing myself asking somebody to close their line to take their breaks. Byerly reports shots fired on the east side of the building. During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. The tape of her call also records the gunmen taunting students, screams and gunshots. Nearby, Tim Kastle flushed with fear and dread - fear for his life, but dread because he knew one of the killers. Writhing in pain and smeared in blood, Kirklin yelled for his friends. Harris shouted. while Harris and Klebold are distracted by the arrival of Deputy Gardner. Lt. Dave Shots in the building. I pray they are getting help." All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. Patty Nielson. I think I want to have it behind. Patti Nielson had said it more than once: "If I get through this year, I'm going to wonder how I did it." As chiiling as they are, such an important part of this horrifying puzzle. shirt, students taking cover behind the patrol cars, Klebold walking directly over to the same bomb. briefly enters the side entrance to the cafeteria, Harris These calls i have never heard and bravo to you for taking the time to audibly illustrate it for us. A witness But [Harris] doesn't. Schwieterman, Do you think the fuller transcript is legit? Walker reports possibly seeing one of the gunmen through the windows on the But she hasn't yet dealt with the piles of clippings and pictures and correspondence and teddy bears that overtook her living room and now live in her basement. "I realize she's shot in the head. Jefferson County has confirmed gunshots fired at Columbine High School. at Columbine High School. "Maybe we should start knifing people - that would be more fun,'' Todd recalls the other killer saying. The two gunmen, Harris and Klebold killed themselves in the library. Nielson: Smoke is coming in from out there and Im a little afraid. Denver Post Staff Writer, Apr. Join the Westword community and help support "I wasn't going to know if I could go back unless I tried. length of the front counter. However, this corresponds with the operator saying "alright, if--" before being cut off by the caller at 0:40 in 11.29.25. their injuries, Patti Nielson and Brian are able to flee into the school library County Commissioner and Board Chairman Patricia Holloway. Gardner Dispatch Dan O'Shea, passed by the emergency exit that at least 30 survivors earlier had used to flee the library. Dispatch Eubanks dared to peek out from the table and saw Klebold reloading. "Look at this black kid's brain! At about 4:17 in Patti Nielson's call, we can hear some yelling in the background, which is definitely from one of the shooters. Harris peeled off 15 more bullets at the deputy. - How to share your thoughts In the documentary Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High, Brown is quoted as saying: "During the shooting, you can hear [Klebold] saying all kinds of things to people before he kills them. "I looked up right into his eyes,'' Eubanks said. To better understand how such evil could take root in Jefferson County, The Denver Post interviewed dozens of students, teachers, investigators and parents to reconstruct the way two youths, cloaked in black trench coats, killed 13 and wounded 20 before fatally shooting themselves in the head. building. County Sheriffs Office dispatch advises that there are possible shots fired I was losing air.''. It's been disputed over the years as to whether or not the suicides of Harris and Klebold were picked up in the recording; if the audio does, in fact, last less than thirty minutes, the deaths of the gunmen would not have been heard. Graves screamed that his legs didn't work. advises that the suspects are possibly wearing body armor. How Should RTD Deal With the Drug Problem on Trains? The ground shook. Searle reports the man is still on the roof and has moved over to the north "I can see light at the end of the tunnel. the library hallway. The chaos inside Columbine was so great that no one ever may know exactly what happened that day. suspects leave the kitchen area. Vail's International Student Workers Feel Left Out in the Cold Over High Housing Costs, Meet the Woman Living in Boulder's Notorious JonBent Ramsey House, Help Prevent Car Theft: Let the Denver Police Department Track Your Stolen Vehicle's Location. ''. Ive got students, under the table. - Create a memorial page. At 4:41 in Patti Nielson's call is when many amateur transcripts (the one that inspired me to do this project was this one) say when Eric says "peek-a-boo". Harris "Yes, I do believe in God,'' the girl replied. Patti Nielson - Teacher - Columbine | ZoomInfo.com Patti Nielson Nielson was an art teacher at Columbine when the massacre occurred, and probably the first to warn the students about the shooters. Magor, on his way to the explosion in a field off Wadsworth, is advised of a Paul Smoker, a motorcycle patrolman for the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office, of the school, is evacuating students who have. The - Join the discussion in Your Voice She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard.
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