Dylan and Eric: the underprivileged of Columbine who wanted to be idols and possible inspiration for Torreon’s boy
Dylan klebold Y Eric Harris they met in Littleton, Colorado, shortly after Harris’s father retired from military service in the summer of 1993.
Eric, who since childhood had contact with the militia and armament by his father’s profession, had a negative attitude. As he grew up, he suffered many episodes of anger and depression, which is why he had to medicate during the last months of his life. In fact, it is believed that one of the drugs he used for this condition, “Luvox” He was the cause of his erratic and volatile behavior.
Dylan, meanwhile, grew up in Littleton in a pacifist family, by his father, and Lutheran, by his mother. Klebold He had friends from early childhood, many of whom he kept until his death.
Both were completely different since they met. Eric It was fickle, strong in character, while Dylan He was a reserved child. However, according to clinical witnesses of the case Columbine, the personality of Eric “dragged” to that of Dylan, which began to become uraño, and although he was more objective than Harris With respect to the hatred towards the athletes who annoyed them, I also thought that the “solution” to everything was an attack against the “oppressors.”
Harris Y Klebold they sought to be “respected” for what they planned to do.
According to the newspaper of Harris, the young people wanted to emulate a terrorist attack in Oakland on April 19, 1995, where Timothy McVeigh Y Terry Nichols they blew up a truck with bombs outside the Federal Building Alfred P. Murrah. The attack left 168 people dead and at least 680 injured. Both sought to “improve” what happened in Oakland, so they learned to make homemade explosives in internet tutorials.
Eric Harris He had a blog on the Internet where he published threats to students at the school, as well as homemade recipes for explosives and plans on murders. Klebold I used the platform to echo the publications of Harris, besides having a physical diary, in which he expressed his thoughts on the plans they had in mind.
During 1998 both young men bought the weapons they would eventually use on the day of the massacre. Robyn anderson Y Philip Duran They were two of the people who helped them get the weapons. By December 1998, the perpetrators had the arsenal ready that would lead to Columbine.
Nevertheless, Harris he didn’t count on his blog, which also served as a newspaper, would be found by a mutual friend of both, Brooks brown, with whom Eric He had differences and threatened death in his writings.
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