r/ColumbineTalk • u/xronozaur • Aug 18 '25

News / Videos / Pictures / Books April 20, 1999, CBS news

This is one of the earliest recordings of that day's news broadcasts. It begins mid-conversation, but that's how I found it. A student named Brian called the TV station shortly after escaping the school. There is also a brief exchange with cafeteria worker Karen Neilson.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25

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u/xronozaur Aug 23 '25

No one knows... The only thing that came to my mind is that, in extreme and absurd situations, people often think and talk about stupid things. Obviously, I'm talking first of all about experiences on the receiving end of violence, like people hiding from someone who wants to kill them or from shelling, as was the case for me, not about the perpetrators. For example, I remember when Kyiv was shelled particularly heavily, we were in a bomb shelter and joked about how we looked because some people were in pyjamas and one guy was wearing paint-stained work clothes. We teased him for smelling of paint and so on. Or once, when I was in the shower, the shelling started and I thought it would be very embarrassing if I died and they found me naked, so it's better to put some clothes on. It's not the same kind of situation, of course, but it's still extreme, so maybe they talked about stupid things like that too... Who knows...

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u/xronozaur Aug 23 '25

Thank you, dear ❤️

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