Dispatcher: We have paramedics, we have fire and we have police en route. In summary, there's only 3 concrete instances of the shooters talking and/or yelling, and all of the rest is background noise from the 911 call center. Dispatch Nothing close to what I read elsewhere. Harris Law Deputy County Dispatch asks if any deputies on scene have a long gun (a rifle or — -- July 6 The following excerpts from the Columbine shooting 911 tapes, just released, show the confusion, anguish and attempts by law enforcement to deal with the unfolding situation: Call from teacher Patti Nielson hiding in library with children. Graves screamed that his legs didn't work. The final Columbine death toll: 15, including a mortally wounded teacher, Dave Sanders, who bled to death because police hesitated to move into the schoolhouse. By Susan Besze Wallace He desperately hurled the bomb, but it exploded six feet away, stinging Hall and Steepleton with shrapnel wounds. Teacher Since the shooting, families of the injured and deceased have strongly protested the release of the entire 911 call, fearing that it would inspire future copycats. Other investigations have concluded that on the day of the Columbine massacre, police should have acted more rapidly. library toward the west windows, killing one student on the way, before they. Nielson, the hiding teacher who made the 911 call, said, "They were on a power trip. Would be interested in your analysis on the extra audio exchanged between Val Schnurr and Eric/ Dylan. Columbine High School shooting library 911 call transcript Searle County Sheriffs Offices are en route. I got all of the kids in the library on the floor.''. the Jefferson County SWAT team and the Sheriffs Office command staff to be Searle reports smoke coming from the building. Be the first one to, Patti Nielson 9/11 Call (Columbine HS Massacre), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). Denver's independent source of Taylor was so scared of being shot again that he refused to answer when other students called to him. Aiming his handgun at Harris, Gardner fired four or five times from 60 yards away, but missed. assumes the role of incident commander. to Smoker as a gunman, carrying a semi-automatic rifle, appears on the inside of I don't know if I can chime in on this, but I'm going to, way back a few years ago (2009) I was a floor manager on a call center. Smoke billowed. Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. [2] The call picked up the deaths of all ten students who died in the library; some can be heard begging for their lives. "Full" Patti Nielson 911 Call - video Dailymotion Fire calls for personnel to stage at the scene. Shots in the building. On the last day of his life, Eric Harris arrives alone at the student parking lot at Columbine High School and parks his 1986 gray Honda Civic in a space . Dragging the paralyzed student backward on the sidewalk, 40 feet to a waiting fire truck, the two SWAT team members, trailed by a submachine-gun wielding Sgt. Daily Crossword. Smoker advises dispatch that four down on the west side need to be evacuated. 911 transcript/s : r/Columbine - reddit I'm working to get to April 21. Jefferson When a second deputy's car raced up to help Gardner, Harris retreated inside the school, which echoed with a new round of gunfire and bomb explosions. Contact. DePooter was dead. But harm found him. Many My situation was unique among the teachers, and I think some people were afraid they'd say the wrong thing. Dispatch 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. Students arrive for classes at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. on Monday. The gunman turned towards her and fired without warning, causing bits of glass and shrapnel to slice into Nielson's shoulder. Harris had taken off his trench coat sometime earlier, and was wearing a white T-shirt. "And boom,'' Kirklin recalls. To start, I figured out that the released version of Patti Nielson's 911 call is 5:01 seconds, and the versions that have cleared-up audio are slowed down by around 5%. Seth Houy threw his body over Crystal Woodman and whispered a vow to take a bullet for her. announces that possible hand-grenades have been detonated at the school. Patti Nielson Nielson was an art teacher at Columbine when the massacre occurred, and probably the first to warn the students about the shooters. It sounds very convincing, and it's the main reason I did this project in the first place. response to reports that one of the suspects may have left the building, several 22 Columbine Tapes Released - ABC News Smoker fires three rounds at him and the gunman disappears 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. Graves, and Lance Kirklin, Klebold "Maybe we should start knifing people - that would be more fun,'' Todd recalls the other killer saying. After that, there's not anything too discernible in the last 8 seconds. He fled through the door with a few scrapes, bruises and a belief that Klebold had spared his life. Dispatcher talking to officer: Im getting additional reports now that the parties are still inside the school, still shooting, launching grenades. "Hi, Dylan,'' Savage said. 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. The person pointed a sawed-off shotgun at Kirklin's head. At about 11:19 a.m. a witness I think I read that she escaped to a closet or something, but in her 60 Minutes interview she only mentions hiding in the librarian desk. Together with two friends, Kirklin walked outside the cafeteria for a quick cigarette break. And yet, it's not a matter of just snapping out of it." They were playing God. "Let's get down to the commons,'' Klebold said. The first shots rang out at 11:08 a.m. After killing two students and wounding several others outside the school, the gunmen entered the building. Im not ready to reach a conclusion today that there was a cover-up, Salazar said. Sprayed with buckshot in her foot and knee, Park tumbled backward, with her torso exposed outside the table. The She finished out last year and she taught for the first two months of this school year before taking leave. Get down!. The gunfire is consistent throughout the next seven minutes. Harris shouted. 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. 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." Like, say there were no transcript available and youd never heard it before. reports that Denver Police Department personnel are at the shed on the west side "Yes, I do believe in God,'' the girl replied. Yeah, I guess I can try to go, but hes right outside that door. since no more activity could be heard on the line. Behind her, the hallway suddenly turned quiet. Do you think the fuller transcript is legit? A student Less than a minute after she entered the room, Nielson called 911 as she shouted for everyone in the room to seek refuge underneath their tables. The 911 operator answered the call stating "911" at 11:27:47 a.m. 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. advises that the suspects are possibly wearing body armor. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Daily Crossword. (Sound of gunshots.) She hopes her absence is being seen as running toward her family, not running away from the memories. I pray they are getting help." I thought it was probably a video production, she said, so I went out there to tell him to stop., It was then she realized it was real as one of the young gunmen turned around and fired in her direction. throws something in the vicinity of the propane bomb. "I'm perfectly willing to talk to any of them. I hope I make sense and I worked there a year before I moved to a better paying job. "They said they waited their whole lives for this,'' Woodman said. 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". She also fell behind on her master's. pipe bomb is thrown over the railing from the hallway above and into the A friend of the gunmen, Brooks Brown, also heard the recording (as investigators needed him and several others to confirm the shooters' voices). This happens at 3:27 in Patti Nielson's call and 3:24 in 11.23.11. Deputy So he lifted his right arm, which had only one bullet. "There's a nigger over here!'' He just keeps shooting and shooting and shooting. "John didn't know these two boys any better than any other kids in the school. and Klebold walk into the school library. Her head falls to the side,'' Phelan said. Into the cafeteria behind them walked Harris and Klebold. going to come to an end. Byerly reports shots fired on the east side of the building. Beneath one table, Craig Scott huddled with two schoolmates, Isaiah Shoels and Matt Kechter. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. SHOT. SWAT team commander Manwaring arrives at Pierce and Leawood and advises dispatch Then he saw a head pop through the hole. Spotting Rachel Scott and Richard Castaldo sprawled on the ground, nine SWAT officers piled into a fire truck and Dodge Dakota to mount a rescue. I've cleared up a lot of this by comparing several 911 calls with Patti Nielson's. out to the, From side. school cafeteria. As she got closer, Nielson realized that the gun was real and was going to threaten Harris with campus security. 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. Dispatcher: Weve got a police officer on scene. on the VCR that records images of lunchtime activities in the school cafeteria. Deputy One of the faculty is injured; he was shot in the jaw. She studied post-traumatic stress disorder and reminded herself of the vow she had made in that cupboard. one killer shouted. shotguns out of their bags. 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 think shes paralyzed, the the double doors. reports a possible shooter on the football field behind the shed. Harris Walker reports possibly seeing one of the gunmen through the windows on the "I haven't been dreading the anniversary. Kids! a danger, Sanders and school custodians Jon Curtis and Jay Gallatine enter the Kastle had swapped pizza and gossip with Klebold for years in their fantasy baseball league. There's a very distinct difference between how the two handled [the massacre] that day. Great work! County Sheriffs Office dispatch advises that there are possible shots fired During the incident, teacher Patty Nielson placed a call to 911 Emergency. Denver Post Staff Writer, Apr. The ground shook. "In some ways I was a magnet to some people, and yet other people felt uncomfortable around me. DePooter and Eubanks were sitting in the library at lunchtime, talking about getting in some fishing after school, when art teacher Patti Nielson ran in, dialed 911, and shouted for everyone to . and help keep the future of Westword, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. Littleton Klebold subsequently arrives at the high school student parking lot alone in his Littleton Transcript: Columbine 911 Tapes - ABC News The deputy ducked back inside his marked Chevrolet Blazer. Lisa Kreutz had survived. They are in the science area in rooms one, two and three. The "that bitch.." bit always came through very clearly to me. Smoker radios that students are saying the shooter is wearing a black trench Gardner A shard of bomb shrapnel flew into DiManna's cheek. (They committed suicide around 12:08 p.m. and the operator had allegedly ended the call fifteen minutes earlier.). Harris and Klebold laughed. '', Savage ran to freedom. Searle reports the man is still on the roof and has moved over to the north The two teenage killers stood next to each other. Denver Weather The operator is saying "Alright, I want you" then a half-second-long pause "to be as quiet as possible". and Chatfield Avenues. Writhing in pain and smeared in blood, Kirklin yelled for his friends. Teachers and were going to have another SWAT team do one last search of the school, because Ive heard two three and four suspects. Deputy near a bank of phones at the entrance to the main lobby area. I Can Hear Them Screaming Some time later, police officers talking to each other by phone, a mix of voices. 20 Avril 1999. In 2011, a Youtuber posted "leaked audio" of Lauren Townsend (18) being killed with Klebold's TEC-9 as Val Schnurr screams, "Oh God! Pierce Street to the south. "She was lying in the grass crying,'' Castaldo later told his mother. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. He kept moving. building. After One of the calls I had to split because it didn't match up. Sudoku What's also worse, is sometimes the linked lines, because the calls come in back to back, their seems to cause an echo on the lines, and sometimes you can also hear those calls, and the customers, softly talking as well. "When the year 2000 hit, it wasn't like a new year for me," she said. at this point. While O'Shea fired into the doorway, DiManna and Phelan pulled Castaldo to safety. Im afraid to go.. hears one of the suspects say, GO! the cafeteria after the bombs exploded. A shotgun fired and hit Townsend, Kreutz, Schnurr and Park. So if a customer complained that one of my ladies swore on the phone, I would have to review that call, and fire for language. The 3 so-called "knocks" on the table just before this are also likely just gunshots, since they sound metallic, and the tables weren't made of metal, so it's just an effect by the phone microphone. reports possible shots fired in the library. Deputy the building. But [Harris] doesn't. Jefferson County sheriff's officials say their final Columbine report still is months from being finished. They celebrated it. - Columbine archive while Harris and Klebold are distracted by the arrival of Deputy Gardner. But mostly there was a resetting of priorities, she says. above. of the school and they have long guns., A Suddenly bullets hit Scott. Dan O'Shea, passed by the emergency exit that at least 30 survivors earlier had used to flee the library. killed and two more injured in the librarys center section before the gunmen A few of what's translated here are right, but I really doubt anybody's going to hear "peekaboo" and the knocking on the desk, or anything specific like that on a lo-fi phone recording from 1999. Another thing that corroborates this is a call at 11.32.23, in which a 911 operator calls Captain Boyd, and he responds with "c'mon, page me, it's Boyd," and the fact that he's called implies that they've already tried paging him, with no response. "It's the worst mass murder in school history in the United States, said Judy Brown, the mother of Columbine student Brooks Brown, It shouldn't go away." Outside the school's west exit, where Rachel Scott lay dead and Richard Castaldo was crippled, Eric Harris spotted Jefferson County sheriff's Deputy Neil Gardner, the school resource officer, in the Columbine parking lot. Phil Hy arrives on scene and begins identifying and However, this corresponds with the operator saying "alright, if--" before being cut off by the caller at 0:40 in 11.29.25. Harris peeled off 15 more bullets at the deputy. The recordings, were impossible some times to hear. A pipe Hall blacked out. cafeteria videotape shows that, as the gunmen are walking away, there is a. "Three shots rang out. With more gunfire whizzing overhead, one friend, Jayson Autenrieth, pulled her to safety. "I'm not blaming other people," Nielson says. How sure are you that this is actually: Thanks! Stay down until the police come to you. It was an older building. "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. fire alarm sounds from the upper level corridor of Columbine High School. And I must say you did an awesome job doing, that most call center people deal with all the time. Walcher of the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office arrives on scene. reports begin to provide glimpses of the incidents magnitude. length of the front counter. agencies already are aware of the situation at the high school because of the Directly after this, another operator asks, "Can I help you?" the library hallway. Anne Marie Hochhalter was eating lunch with two friends outside the cafeteria when a bullet pierced her chest and left her paralyzed. A teacher Nielson: Hes outside of this hall Hes in the hall There are alarms and things going off, theres smoke, my God, smoke is like coming Ive got the kids under the tables here, I dont know what is happening in the rest of the building. When the makeshift bombs failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold approached the building with four different guns and numerous pipe bombs. Dispatch Beneath a table huddled Lauren Townsend, Lisa Kreutz, Val Schnurr, Jeanna Park and Diwatta Perez. then turns and enters the school through the west doors. They laughed about it. in the cafeteria realize the activity occurring outside is more serious than a But I don't want to impose. deputies on scene radio their positions around the school, confirming that a He survived. . Columbine Library Audio (partially lost 911 call of Colorado school Questions linger: why didnt police follow up on the Browns complaints? placing two 20-lb. side door. "You could. Moving from a small town in Oklahoma to oh-so-sophisticated Colorado, Austin Eubanks found it difficult to fit in. Nielsen survived the massacre, but the library became a scene of carnage. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. From 20 feet away, Klebold pointed his gun at Kastle. Ken The 911 operator answered the call stating "911" at 11:27:47 a.m. briefly enters the side entrance to the cafeteria, Harris Outside the school, more police arrived. Help me! Walcher The other put his gun in his mouth. sees Gardner down the hill to his right, holding a service pistol. Let's get out of here!''. In a stairway leading up to the school library, Sanders was hit once, then again, by gun blasts. Yet "They would whoop and holler when they shot someone. radio traffic they are hearing and personnel are quick to arrive at the scene. call from a Columbine High School student reports a girl injured in the south "I can see light at the end of the tunnel. sees Klebold and Harris in the science hallway. County Patrol Sgt. Yes!! Columbine 911 call -Why didnt she just LOCK THE DOOR! At around four minutes and twenty seconds into the call, a large explosion erupts from Nielson's end of the line. "Wait, there's one more thing,'' he told Harris. cars, set to go off once they go back into the school. It was Klebold, wearing his Boston Red Sox cap. The gun is right outside my door, Nielson frantically told the 911 operator. 16 Deputy Shots fired on the southwest side with a large weapon.. school lunch tables. I'm doing better concentrating. On April 20th, 1999, seniors Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17) launched an attack on Columbine High School, located near the suburbs of Littleton, Colorado. Val Schnurr (18) is heard pleading for her life as Klebold taunts her with, "Do you believe in God?" outside on the southwest side of the school and gives directions where But they waved their guns again and Kyle Velasquez, John Tomlin, Steve Curnow and Kelly Fleming all fell dead. - How to get help Many tried to shield themselves with tipped chairs. - How to share your thoughts Patti Nielson is a woman with an outwardly sunny disposition. Walker reports more explosions inside the school. Scooting along the pipe, Kastle accidently kicked another ceiling tile in half. Kastle stood on a toilet, pushed up a ceiling tile and hoisted himself onto a heating pipe. Neilson was in the library when she placed the call. Harris and Klebold leave I then needed to establish a way to compare these calls that isn't by timestamps alone. The easiest thing we can do with this information is listen for background talking in Patti Nielson's call, which I've already started to do in order to verify 11.23.11 was placed properly. Bookshelves and cabinets and tables blocked sight lines and made it impossible for any one student to recount the exact sequence of what Harris and Klebold did next. Nielson is student Brian Anderson. A witness You can hear this operator again at 4:59 of Patti Nielson's call, and asks, "What's the emergency?" The gunmen spotted Mark Kintgen, slowed by cerebral palsy, and shot one 9mm bullet into his head and another into his neck. Klebold He immediately is approached by a teacher as well as (No you can't hear them during active calls. "I did a quick peek through the window. I'm working to get to April 21. Boom. Nielson has written to most of the families whose kids were killed. From these recollections, a chilling picture of Harris, 18, and Klebold, 17, emerges: These two suburban teenagers enjoyed killing. Patti Nielson's Phone Number and Email. Sudoku A student standing next to her was hit in the chest but a pendant he was wearing saved him from death or serious injury. Harris peeled off 15 more bullets at the deputy. Boom. Taborskys hides in a nearby restroom, Just before turning the corner to go east, he is shot, Harris Patti Nielson had said it more than once: "If I get through this year, I'm going to wonder how I did it." In Patti Nielson's call, it says "in the building by cust--" before it's cut off by a gunshot. - Create a memorial page. 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 opened fire, sending their fellow students running for their lives. I pray they are getting help." Several seconds later, the caller says that, "that last one sounded like either a really big gun or a bomb." The fifth shot, a shotgun blast to the chest, finally knocked Kirklin off his feet. "I wasn't going to know if I could go back unless I tried. and Klebold standing together at the top of the west exterior steps, wearing black trench coats and carrying a backpack and duffel bag, Students Daniel of the school, is evacuating students who have. sleeve of a black trench coat shooting a. Klebold Witnesses All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The 90-minute tapes released in Littleton, Colo., have been edited and do not include the complete 26-minute call placed by teacher Patti Nielson from the library, where most of the victims were killed. One witness says Dylan says pigs are here, another says Eric said that. Wow the hours invested. An injured student (John Tomlin, 16) asks the shooters, "Haven't you done enough?" In the neighborhood surrounding the school, people who lived nearby called the police to alert them to the tragedy unfolding. shoots down the stairs hitting Anne Marie Hochhalter, From the Now the only sound in the library was silence - and the clinking of ammunition and bombs beneath the killers' trench coats. He appeared to be in shock. units. Ask God,'' said his mother, Jane Savage. attention to students inside the library. And bullets ricocheted off hallway lockers. It was the Columbine rescue televised around the world. "He shot me in the face.''. Then gunshots and explosions rocked the commons, or cafeteria area, near where the killers had stashed a propane barbecue tank bomb, wired to a gasoline tank and surrounded with nails and BBs to maximize killing power. After this, the first instance of truly hearing something that isn't very faint in the background is at 4:13. I dont think Im going out there..