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Bomb Plot, Not Just A Shooting
- The Columbine attack was planned as a bombing-first operation, not primarily a shooting.
- The shooters' bombs largely failed, which converted their plan into the shorter shooting spree that actually occurred.
Short Attack, Long Siege
- The active killing lasted about fifteen minutes, then the perpetrators wandered until they killed themselves.
- Police protocols then were to secure slowly, producing a three-hour delay before authorities realized the attack had ended.
Real-Time Coverage Fueled Myths
- Live TV and students calling in made Columbine an unfolding, real-time media event.
- That immediacy amplified confusion and allowed early myths to form and spread quickly.