Columbine Marks 10-Year Milestone

Colorado comes together to remember victims, support survivors

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 20, 2009 6:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – Survivors of the Columbine High School massacre will gather today to mark 10 years since two seniors killed 12 classmates and a teacher in a bullet-fueled rampage that shook the country, USA Today reports. The anniversary is an opportunity for the community to come together for the survivors, Principal Frank DeAngelis said. "There are students out there still dealing with it," he said at a service yesterday. "We lost 13 of our family members. "

"Ten years, it feels like a milestone," said one woman, a junior at the time of the killings, who escaped unharmed. "I feel almost pulled there to see how everyone is doing and where everyone is. A lot of people have made their peace with it, but it doesn't mean they're forgetting it."

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Former Columbine student Lindsay Abrams, center, and her husband Danny Abrams, right, hold candles during a candlelight vigil at the Columbine Memorial yesterday. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

Brynn and David Gustafson read the inscriptions at the Columbine High School memorial at Clement Park, near Littleton, Colo., on Sunday, April 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

Family and friends gather for a candlelight vigil at the Columbine High School memorial at Clement Park, near Littleton, Colo., on Sunday, April 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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