timeline by Cadence Klouda

Baby Cassie

28ckloud — 2024-02-27 20:30:42 UTC

Cassie Bernall was born November 6th 1981

She had big blue eyes and blonde hair.

Growing up

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 00:55:32 UTC

Cassie grew up in a Christian home with her parents Misty and Brad and her young brother Chris.

She loved to be outdoors, go swimming, and bike rides with her dad. She also enjoyed fishing and rock climbing.

Hardship

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 00:58:44 UTC

As a teenager, Cassie went through a difficult emotional time. She started smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs. When she was 15 years old, while trying to find a bible in cassie's room her mother found letters between her and her best friend in which they talked about murdering their teachers and parents. Because of this Cassie’s parents transferred her to a Christian private school.

Cassie's anger

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:02:06 UTC

Over the next few months, Cassie was very upset with her parents. She was not allowed to see her friends and only spoke to them over the phone every once in a while. When they talked, she expressed her anger at her parents. She wrote about her struggles in poems, which often included suicidal thoughts. It also included very dark thoughts.

Growing a Health life

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:05:06 UTC

Cassie eventually found support and new friends at her church, where her parents made her attend youth group meetings. In 1997, she attended a church summer camp. There she committed herself to a life free of drugs and alcohol, considering herself a born-again Christian. That fall, she transferred to Columbine High School, a local public school. At Columbine, Cassie did well in her classes. She developed an interest in photography and loved reading Shakespeare

Friendship

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:14:30 UTC

When Cassie started going to Columbine High School she met a girl named Rachel, Rachel was a fun, Christian, and outgoing kind person! Rachel became Cassie's best friend! Rachel avoided parties and drinking and bad company, Rachel was the perfect person for God to pick to be in Cassie's life.

The Attack

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:20:45 UTC

Rachel and Cassie both attended Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. At 11:19 a.m., two male students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, arrived at the school carrying guns, knives, and explosives. Rachel had lunch outside with her friend Richard. Cassie was in the library. Dylan and Eric killed twelve students and one teacher, including Cassie and Rachel.

why?

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:25:24 UTC

Dylan and Eric attacked their victims randomly. However, a popular idea is that Rachel and Cassie died because of their Christianity. One story said of Cassie that Eric asked her if she believed in God, and he shot her when she responded yes. A similar story spread about Rachel. The parents of the two girls promoted these stories about their daughters, and they stressed how important their religion was to them. Christian books, magazines, films, and songs portrayed the two girls as Christian martyrs for their faith.

After

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:47:15 UTC

After the shooting it was hard for her family and friends. Cassie's mom wrote in her book that after the shooting they got letters after letters saying there sorrys about the accident. these letters came from all over the world tons of different states even countries like England, Jamaica, Germany, Australia, and Peru. Someone even wrote that they named there daughter after Cassie.

Effect

28ckloud — 2024-02-28 01:52:09 UTC

Now school shootings have become more frequent in the United States since Columbine. While some schools implemented lockdown drills and other preventive measures immediately following the shooting at Columbine, such precautions did not become common in schools and workplaces until over a decade later.