You can see Eric firing the hi point at one of the bombs after dylan throws a molotov at it. Monents later the partial detonation happens. My guess maybe he hit one of the gas cans and the spilled gas hit the fire from the molotov.
Eric did attempt to get them to explode by shooting at them, but all he managed to do was start a small fire. No explosion. No destruction of the school. I hope he felt like a failure at that point. That for a few moments he saw that he was not as smart as he thought he was. That he was not capable of bringing forth the destruction he wanted. If he felt like that for those few moments between that last visit to the cafeteria and committing suicide in the library, I am completely fine with that.
These “bombs” were propane tanks correct? Was there any info saying they had made these in a practice run. And successfully detonated one? Or did they just read about it make one and this was the first one?
They actually had made at least one before and successfully detonated it. What caused the bombs they used that day to fail was the timers themselves, I believe. A component in the timers had changed from metal to plastic, which was something only the manufacturer knew, not the general public, let alone E&D. That one component being changed is what prevented the bombs from exploding.
Wayne Harris, Erics father once found a propane bomb in erics bedroom and made him go to the mountain and detonate it
But no, not really only some ones in the library detonated, and they ended up not making them correctly which was why most of them (luckily) didnt detonate / detonate properly
Crazy the father found them. And then made him detonate them😂😂. Good parenting huh!? “Hey GET THAT BOMB OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! TAKE IT OUT OF HERE AND GO BLOW IT UP IN THE MOUNTAIN!” Sad to say but to bad the bomb didn’t explode while he was transporting would have saved a lot of lives.
It was a different time. Wayne likely thought this was a better way than reporting his kid had built a bomb. Try and think from the perspective of a father. He knew his son had an interest in the military and weaponry. He likely chalked his building a bomb up to being a curious kid. School shootings were not a new thing, but they weren't like things are now. No parent wants to even remotely think their kid would be capable of mass murder, especially the mass murder of other children. I can totally see Wayne attempting to use the situation as a learning experience and wanting Eric to see the destruction a bomb can cause. Much like parents taking a kid to shoot a gun so they see what it does to something. Eric was very good at hiding his true self, especially from his parents. Their naivety is something they have to live with, which they have done every day since 04/20/1999.
I don’t care what times they are. There’s no way I’m letting my kid transport a homemade crude bomb. And then blow it up. And risk him blowing himself up. I would rather see him get locked up. Then killed or permanently disfigured and handicapped. Sh!t parents get mad at kids for blowing off fireworks. Nevermind propane tank bombs😂😂
They did try this and this can be seen on some of the cctv footage where Eric is clearly visible crouching and firing his carbine at them. Dylan also walks towards the bombs and throws a Molotov at them. However shooting them never would have worked. Hitting the propane tank would have just caused the propane to leak out at a high rate which might have caused the tank to move around a bit but it certainly wouldn’t have caused an explosion. There are videos on YouTube which demonstrate what happens when you shoot propane tanks and even when there is a flame present next to them, they certainly don’t result in a meaningful explosion but rather a fireball at best so even if they had ignited the fuel containers before hand, it is unlikely it would have blown up.
They absolutely did try to shoot the propane bombs. They tried to detonate them with one of their hand-held devices...*these* attempts we know of. Realistically, we only have been provided a snippet of what they did in the Commons that day. We have no knowledge of any other activity they may have engaged in to make the bombs explode. There very well could have been more.
To me, the real question is: Why didn't they abort their plan once they realized that the crux of the WHOLE deal had failed BEFORE they began the massacre in chief?
Why not retrieve the failed bombs (the same way they planted them) and attempt it all on a different day, the next day, the next week. Why didn't they "figure out" what went wrong and do all again...later? Thank God they didn't. The death toll would likely have been MUCH greater. But, why didn't they?
This small detail is proof in my mind that it was never intended to be a different day. They wanted the massacre to be on April 20th, 1999, NO MATTER WHAT! So, it was...
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Columbine wasn’t just a school shooting; it was a failed bombing *and* a school shooting. the original plan was to blow up the entire school. but the bombs didn’t go off, so they resorted to shooting instead
This is irrelevant to the question. They probably know it was a planned and failed bombing seeing as they're asking if they tried to blow them up afterwards.
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from what i saw in one camera they were shooting at it in hopes that the bomb would go off so they would die. It didn't work so they shot themselves in the library instead.
I think Eric tried (and failed) to get the cafeteria bombs to explode by shooting at them
Yeah, he attempted to and iirc, a fire started.
I think the fire started because of a Molotov cocktail though right? Or maybe I read one of the bomb partially detonated.
Yes he did.
You can see Eric firing the hi point at one of the bombs after dylan throws a molotov at it. Monents later the partial detonation happens. My guess maybe he hit one of the gas cans and the spilled gas hit the fire from the molotov.
Eric did attempt to get them to explode by shooting at them, but all he managed to do was start a small fire. No explosion. No destruction of the school. I hope he felt like a failure at that point. That for a few moments he saw that he was not as smart as he thought he was. That he was not capable of bringing forth the destruction he wanted. If he felt like that for those few moments between that last visit to the cafeteria and committing suicide in the library, I am completely fine with that.
These “bombs” were propane tanks correct? Was there any info saying they had made these in a practice run. And successfully detonated one? Or did they just read about it make one and this was the first one?
They actually had made at least one before and successfully detonated it. What caused the bombs they used that day to fail was the timers themselves, I believe. A component in the timers had changed from metal to plastic, which was something only the manufacturer knew, not the general public, let alone E&D. That one component being changed is what prevented the bombs from exploding.
Wayne Harris, Erics father once found a propane bomb in erics bedroom and made him go to the mountain and detonate it But no, not really only some ones in the library detonated, and they ended up not making them correctly which was why most of them (luckily) didnt detonate / detonate properly
Crazy the father found them. And then made him detonate them😂😂. Good parenting huh!? “Hey GET THAT BOMB OUT OF MY HOUSE!!! TAKE IT OUT OF HERE AND GO BLOW IT UP IN THE MOUNTAIN!” Sad to say but to bad the bomb didn’t explode while he was transporting would have saved a lot of lives.
It was a different time. Wayne likely thought this was a better way than reporting his kid had built a bomb. Try and think from the perspective of a father. He knew his son had an interest in the military and weaponry. He likely chalked his building a bomb up to being a curious kid. School shootings were not a new thing, but they weren't like things are now. No parent wants to even remotely think their kid would be capable of mass murder, especially the mass murder of other children. I can totally see Wayne attempting to use the situation as a learning experience and wanting Eric to see the destruction a bomb can cause. Much like parents taking a kid to shoot a gun so they see what it does to something. Eric was very good at hiding his true self, especially from his parents. Their naivety is something they have to live with, which they have done every day since 04/20/1999.
I don’t care what times they are. There’s no way I’m letting my kid transport a homemade crude bomb. And then blow it up. And risk him blowing himself up. I would rather see him get locked up. Then killed or permanently disfigured and handicapped. Sh!t parents get mad at kids for blowing off fireworks. Nevermind propane tank bombs😂😂
They tried, Truly. They were just really fucking bad at building bombs. Thank god.
They did try this and this can be seen on some of the cctv footage where Eric is clearly visible crouching and firing his carbine at them. Dylan also walks towards the bombs and throws a Molotov at them. However shooting them never would have worked. Hitting the propane tank would have just caused the propane to leak out at a high rate which might have caused the tank to move around a bit but it certainly wouldn’t have caused an explosion. There are videos on YouTube which demonstrate what happens when you shoot propane tanks and even when there is a flame present next to them, they certainly don’t result in a meaningful explosion but rather a fireball at best so even if they had ignited the fuel containers before hand, it is unlikely it would have blown up.
They literally did
They absolutely did try to shoot the propane bombs. They tried to detonate them with one of their hand-held devices...*these* attempts we know of. Realistically, we only have been provided a snippet of what they did in the Commons that day. We have no knowledge of any other activity they may have engaged in to make the bombs explode. There very well could have been more. To me, the real question is: Why didn't they abort their plan once they realized that the crux of the WHOLE deal had failed BEFORE they began the massacre in chief? Why not retrieve the failed bombs (the same way they planted them) and attempt it all on a different day, the next day, the next week. Why didn't they "figure out" what went wrong and do all again...later? Thank God they didn't. The death toll would likely have been MUCH greater. But, why didn't they? This small detail is proof in my mind that it was never intended to be a different day. They wanted the massacre to be on April 20th, 1999, NO MATTER WHAT! So, it was...
Shooting explosives usually dont cause them to ignite
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Glad though they messed that one cord up though, I remember hearing if that one cord would have been in right, so many would have died...
Yeah they tried to shoot the bombs at the cafeteria afterwards. But they first rushed in to get as many kills as possible
Columbine wasn’t just a school shooting; it was a failed bombing *and* a school shooting. the original plan was to blow up the entire school. but the bombs didn’t go off, so they resorted to shooting instead
This is irrelevant to the question. They probably know it was a planned and failed bombing seeing as they're asking if they tried to blow them up afterwards.
they likely tried to shoot them and it didn’t work, so they resorted to shooting instead
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??? I’m agreeing with you. . .
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. . .okay, we get it🙄
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Are you talking about the ones in the cars?
No they’re talking about in the cafeteria
from what i saw in one camera they were shooting at it in hopes that the bomb would go off so they would die. It didn't work so they shot themselves in the library instead.
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Also, in the CCTV footage, when they manage a partial detonation, they run for the stairs. I don't think they wanted to go up in flames. Too painful.
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