dylankl3bold: 20th April 1999 - 20th April 2018 19 years ago right now it was about 8pm for you on t
dylankl3bold: 20th April 1999 - 20th April 2018 19 years ago right now it was about 8pm for you on the last full day of your lives. 19 years ago was the last time Dave Sanders could say goodnight to his kids. 19 years ago was the last time 12 children hugged their parents goodnight and got their stuff ready for school the next day. 19 years ago you got ready to snap back at a world that had caused you so much pain. In my timezone it is April 20th, 2018. It has been 19 years, almost 2 decades, since you senselessly ended 13 bright lives and then your own. Dylan, I truly wish you could see the good that your mother is doing, she’s spreading ‘brain health’ awareness, she’s helping kids suffering like you, she’s trying her best to make up for the things she couldn’t see. I wish you had gotten the help you needed. I wish it didn’t end the way it did. I wish you could’ve looked around a bit harder and seen all the people on your side. My wishing won’t do much, though. The systems failed you, this world failed you, and I am so sorry. Rest easy. Eric, We still haven’t heard from your family but I’m sure they miss you more than you could have ever known. You meant so much to so many people and I’m sorry you couldn’t see that. I’m sorry your rage grew to a point where you thought that you had to retaliate against systems that pushed you down. You should’ve got the help you were calling out for; people should have seen the red flags you were leaving but no one did, and for that I am sorry. Boys, what you did was horrific, senseless, and heartbreaking. You will never be forgiven for the tragedy you caused. The rampage committed in your final hours caused an entire nation to grieve, but mostly it changed the course of so many families’ lives. You took from them something that can’t be replaced. While it is a tragedy that you were suffering the way you were, you cannot be forgiven for what you have done. Cassie, Steve, Corey, Kelly, Matthew, Daniel, Dan, Rachel, Isaiah, John, Lauren, Kyle, and Dave, We miss you. You deserved so much better and we are sorry you had your lives ripped from you in an act of unpredictable violence. People are trying harder to make sure things like this stop happening, and slowly but surely things could turn around. I hope you are restinf in peace, and that you know you will always be loved and missed. ——————- On this day please remember people are mourning. Be respectful. You can explain how you believe Eric and Dylan were victims on any other day, but on this day 19 years ago, 13 lives were cut short unexpectedly and unfairly. 2 boys caused 13 people’s last hours to be full of fear, terror, and pain. Eric and Dylan can be mourned too, they committed suicide after suffering for so long, which is heartbreaking - but their choice to end innocent lives was terrible and you all need to realise that while they were victims of a failed system, they were not the victims on April 20th, 1999. -- source link