For more than a quarter of a century, the number of victims in the United States has been 13 victims.
However, another name has now been added to the list: Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was a student at the time and was paralyzed from the passport due to the shooting. Her Death 16 February He was officially classified by a coroner in Colorado as a murder, thus getting the number of victims at 14.
In the thirteen -page autopsy report, Dr. Dawn B. Holmes, a forensic pathologist with the Jefferson County coroner office, linked Mrs. Hochhalter’s death with an injury that suffered a seventeen -year -old junior in high school.
“Complications of paraplegia due to two (2) gunshots are an important contributing factor,” wrote Dr. Holmes.
The news received on Thursday The New York Times said that Mrs. Hochhalter died at Sepsis, an extreme immune response to the infection.
Twelve students and teachers were killed when two strongly armed students He started fire at the Littleton School in Colo.April 20, 1999, before they take their own lives. At that time it was the deadliest school shooting in American history. He also left 21 other people injured.
Mrs. Hochhalter ate lunch with friends when the shooting broke out. It was hit twice, in the chest and back. Although Mrs. Hochhalter experienced lifelong medical challenges due to her injury and the need to use a wheelchair, she maintained independence and often spoke of arms violence.
Her brother Nathan, who was a freshman in Columbine at the time of shooting, but was not injured on Thursday, said there was no point in including his sister among other people who were killed that day.
“She got for another 26 years,” said Mr. Hochhalter. “It was very independent, but it wasn’t easy for 26 years.”
Mr. Hochhalter, 40, said that his sister was considered a surviving place for the victim: she was able to go, go to the store and attend school and live alone for many years.
Police discovered the body of Mrs. Hochhalter in her house in Westminster, Colo., 16 February in performing social security control.
Sue Townsend, which approached her step daughter, was killed in shooting during the shooting, which was killed during the shooting with the persistent effects of her injury, including pressure and infection that killed with the persistent effects of her injury, including the persistent effects of her injury and infection.
Over the years, Trauma has been at many levels for Mrs. Hochhalter and her brother.
Six months after shooting, their mother, Carla June HochhalterHe walked into the pawn, asked to see the weapon, loaded it and killed himself. The elderly Mrs. Hochhalter, 48, was struggling with depression and other mental health problems before the shooting, her daughter later said.
In 2016, when Sue Klebold, mother of one of Columbine Shooters, released memory“Mother’s computer,” wrote Mrs. Hochhalter Note addressed to Mrs. Kleboldová She said on Facebook that she had no bad will.
“Just as I would not want to be assessed by the sins of my family members, I keep you in the same respect,” wrote Mrs. Hochhalter. “It was a harsh path for me, with many health problems because of my spinal cord injury and intense pain of nerve pain, but I decided not to be bitter to you.” A good friend once told me: “The bitterness is like swallowing a poisonous pill and expect the other person to die.” It only hurts. I forgave you and wish you only the best. ”
Michael Levenson The report contributed.
