It was a normal day for students at Columbine high school. Students were sitting in their classrooms learning. But something happened that would change the lives of thousands of people.

Eric Harris was born on April 9th, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. Eric and his family moved around a lot due to his father’s job. His father worked in the Air Force as a transport pilot. Harris and his family moved from the time he was born up until his father retired in 1993. Eric was a normal kid he played baseball and he was pretty decent at soccer. He wore preppy clothes to school, but had a hard time fitting in.

Dylan Klebold was born on September 11th, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado. Dylan was a child of upper middle class parents. He was a very smart student. …show more content…
He was on the cross country team even though he didn’t really enjoy sports. He loved pepperoni pizza. His favorite TV shows were the Simpsons and X-files. He got straight A’s on his last report card. He also applied for National Honor Society two weeks before he died. In September 1999 he was posthumously accepted into National Honor Society.

Corey Depooter was a kid who loved just about every outdoors activity out there. He loved to golf, fish, hunt, and hike. He loved to fish the most. He got a job at a golf club to save up money to buy a boat with his friend. He was said to be the kind of person you wanted to be around when you were sad. He could cheer just about anyone up. He wanted to be a Marine when he grew up. At his funeral he was officially made an honorary Marine.

After what happened, Columbine high school tore down the library since most of the deaths happened there. They built a bigger, better, and safer library. The library was renamed the Hope Columbine Memorial Library. It was built on the hill Rachel Scott died on. The space above the cafeteria where the library used to be was turned into an atrium with a mural on the ceiling of aspens and evergreen trees. Most of the school was remodeled to help students forget what happened on that tragic day. The school placed more security cameras around the