School officials said the number of people trying to get close to or even inside the school reached record levels this year, the 20th anniversary of the 1999 attack that killed 13 people. This year alone, security staff contacted more than 2,400 “unauthorized” people on Columbine’s campus. School security has intercepted others with a similar infatuation with the crime and its teen perpetrators -- so-called Columbiners. Boisterous call-and-response chants of “We are Columbine” dominate school pep rallies and more solemn occasions including an April ceremony marking the anniversary. After the attack, Frank DeAngelis, then the school’s principal, met with the families of those killed, students and staff about their scarred building’s future.

Source: thestar June 14, 2019 04:52 UTC