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Listening Columbine shooting.

Words to be used : mockery / go off / aimed / storey / gruesome / bloodshed / ruthless / even / lack / hidden / traumatized / blood /

The murderers:

The aggressors were two boys, teenagers going to Columbine High School / High School graders who held other pupils responsible for their ____________ of popularity. They were reserved, quite inhibited and jealous of the popular students. They were neither sporty, nor goodlooking, nor friendly.

So they decided to take their revenge / get ____________ over every joke, ____________, sneer they had suffered over the past years. Unfortunately, they had easy access to guns at home and were trigger-happy.

The plan:

The initial plan was ____________. They carried shotguns, rifles ____________ under long black coats and planted a bomb in the school cafeteria. Their goal was to teach popular kids how to grow respectful. The bomb was meant to kill hundreds in the cafeteria at lunch time while they waited outside, prepared to kill in cold __________  as many escaping kids as possible.

Their ____________ / merciless plan was to shoot any survivor at random.

The shooting

At lunch time, on April 21st, the bomb did not ____________, so they entered the school with their firearms and cornered students in the library, shooting with a chilling determination.

Although some pleaded for their lives, they ____________ at their victims and pulled the trigger.

Desperate, helpless children feared for their lives and ran for safety. Panic-stricken teenagers managed to escape. They told the police and the journalists who had arrived about the bloodbath / ____________  / massacre / slaughter and the astonishing escape of a wounded boy who jumped from the first floor / ____________ onto a media truck to safety.

The reactions:

Parents were in a state of shock, scared stiff for the children still inside the school.

Some could hear the pupils on their cellphones calling for help. The whole day is recalled as a tragedy by many Americans ____________ by the number of victims and the age of the young offenders. People often come to the school memory ground to mourn the dead.

The murderers:

The aggressors were two boys, teenagers going to Columbine High School / High School graders who held other pupils responsible for their lack of popularity. They were reserved, quite inhibited and jealous of the popular students. They were neither sporty, nor good-looking, nor friendly.

So they decided to take their revenge / get even over every joke, mockery, sneer they had suffered over the past years. Unfortunately, they had easy access to guns at home and were trigger-happy.

The plan:

The initial plan was gruesome. They carried shotguns, rifles hidden under long black coats and planted a bomb in the school cafeteria. Their goal was to teach popular kids how to grow respectful. The bomb was meant to kill hundreds in the cafeteria at lunch time while they waited outside, prepared to kill in cold blood as many escaping kids as possible.

Their ruthless / merciless plan was to shoot any survivor at random.

The shooting

At lunch time, on April 21st, the bomb did not go off, so they entered the school with their firearms and cornered students in the library, shooting with a chilling determination.

Although some pleaded for their lives, they aimed at their victims and pulled the trigger.

Desperate, helpless children feared for their lives and ran for safety. Panic-stricken teenagers managed to escape. They told the police and the journalists who had arrived about the bloodbath / bloodshed/ massacre / slaughter and the astonishing escape of a wounded boy who jumped from the first floor / storey onto a media truck to safety.

The reactions:

Parents were in a state of shock, scared stiff for the children still inside the school.

Some could hear the pupils on their cellphones calling for help. The whole day is recalled as a tragedy by many Americans traumatized by the number of victims and the age of the young offenders. People often come to the school memory ground to