| Location | Colorado |
| Age | 18 years |
| Cause of Death | Murder |
| Date of Birth | 04/08/1980 |
| Date of Death | 20/04/1999 |
| Visitors | 582 since 25/10/2009 |
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The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in
Columbine, an unincorporated area in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and
Littleton. Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students
and one teacher. An additional 21 students and other persons were injured while attempting to
escape. The pair then committed suicide. In addition, it is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in
United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the 1966
University of Texas massacre, and the deadliest for an American high school.
(Sasha Cohen has had the nerve to create a memorial for these killers on THIS site. Please tell her
that we want to remember the victims we love, not their killers. They get enough publicity already.
This site is for angels, let's keep it that way.)
Isaiah Shoels wanted to be a comedian, dreamed of becoming a music executive. After graduating he
wanted to attend an arts college. Friends nicknamed him "Bushwick". Born with a heart defect, his
parents said he was a fighter who overcame his disability and went on to play football and wrestle.
He had played cornerback the previous year on the football team but his father claimed he quit
"possibly because of racial intimidation". Isaiah also played keyboards and wanted to become a
record producer, like his father Michael who was the president of Notorious Records and Ft. Knox
Entertainment - a firm Michael started to promote black musicians in the Denver area. After
graduation Isaiah had planned to attend the Denver Institute of the Arts.
Isaiah was a popular boy; Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis said his classmates would compete to
work on school projects with him. "Isaiah Shoels, thank you for having such a positive impact on our
school and on our family. You will be greatly missed, and I love you, my dear child," he said at
Isaiah's funeral.
"He's smiling down on us," classmate and friend Nick Foss said. "I know he is."
Isaiah was studying in the library with his friends Matt Kechter and Craig Scott when the shooters
entered the room. The three boys hid under the same table, listening to the sounds of the gunmen
destroying the library and shooting other people. Isaiah was a well-known athlete and someone whom
the shooters had problems with before. When Dylan Klebold saw him hiding beneath the table, he
called Eric Harris over. They flanked the table on either side then Klebold made a racist comment
toward Isaiah, and tried to pull him out from under the table. When that failed, Harris opened fire,
killing Isaiah. Klebold then shot and killed Matt. Craig was amazingly left uninjured though he
played dead, covered in the blood of his dying friends.
Isaiah died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Witness reports of the shooters' racist remarks led
Isaiah's parents to later claim that the whole massacre was race-motivated, however Isaiah was the
only black person killed during the shootings. In fact, no other black people were even injured
during the assault.
The last of the Columbine victims to be buried, Isaiah was laid to rest in Fairmount Cemetery in
Denver, Colorado. Martin Luther King III, son of Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke at Isaiah's funeral
at the Heritage Christian Center.
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See through the window,
Look at the light,
Smell the sweet flowers,
See the sky bright,
Shed not the tears,
As you feel I have gone,
Love never leaves,
And my spirit lives on.
♥ .•**•.. ♥ .•**•.. ♥ .•**•.*• ♥ .•**•.. ♥ .•**•.. ♥ .•**•.*• ♥
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I PROMISE I WILL HEAR…..
Don't think of me as dead and gone
Please understand I have just moved on
God took my hand
When you thought I had died
And led me over to the other side.
There's a better life
Than the one we know
And to it one day we all must go
No more pain, hardship,
Or times of misery
Instead there's all our loved ones
As happy as can be.
You may not see me for a little while
Hear me laugh or see me smile
But I promise you with all my heart
From the ones I love I will never part.
I will always be with you,
However far you walk
I will always listen,
When you feel you need to talk
So when you are saddened
Or driven to despair
Take comfort from the knowledge
That I am always there.
One day soon I will share with you
The happiness I have found
And you will see life doesn't end
Six feet beneath the ground
Forget about graveside visits
And fresh flowers every day
A yearly verse in the papers
Is surely not the way
When there is something you want to say
Or you wish that I was near
Just talk to me like you always did
I promise I will hear.
Thoughts Today, Memories Forever
If I should go tomorrow
It would never be goodbye,
For I have left my heart with you,
So don't you ever cry.
The love that's deep within me,
Shall reach you from the stars,
You'll feel it from the heavens,
And it will heal the scars.
For You Isaiah xxx
︽☆︽ TIME TO FOLD YOUR ANGEL WINGS ︽☆︽
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.............((............ A ray of sunshine came & went
.............) \........... A beautiful treasure only lent
............( , ).......... A prayer
.........._ `|'_......... A tear
...........| () ||........ A memory so dear
...........|.....||....... Each day of our lives
...........|.....||........We wish you were here
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︽☆︽ SWEET ANGEL ︽☆︽ SWEET DREAMS ︽☆︽
sorry this happend to you.
what a tragic way to lose your life,i remember this on the news and thinking god help thier families and loved ones, i am so sorry this happend to you and all the other people that were injured or killed, they say time is a great healer, but how do you get over something like this, your family must be so strong to face each day without you, god bless you all.xxxxxxxx
sorry this happend to you.
what a tragic way to lose your life,i remember this on the news and thinking god help thier families and loved ones, i am so sorry this happend to you and all the other people that were injured or killed, they say time is a great healer, but how do you get over something like this, your family must be so strong to face each day without you, god bless you all.xxxxxxxx
Friends of Mine
Columbine, flower bloom, tenderly I sing to you.
Columbine, roseblood red, heartbreak overflow my head.
Columbine, flower bloom.
Columbine there's hope for you.
Columbine, friend of mine.
To your gain, on the mark.
With your love, love again.
Comfort peace and sweet release come from you.
Where, it's true, I hide myself in you.
Can you still hear raging guns ending dreams of precious ones.
In God' son, hope will come, his red stain will take our pain.
Columbine, friend of mine.
Peace will come to you in time.
Columbine, friend of mine.
Turn a page, to your gain.
Keep your heart on the mark.
Comfort us with your love.
Love again.
Christ of grace attend this place we look to you.
Honor you.
Fix you in our view.
Columbine, flower bloom.
Tenderly I sing to you.
Columbine, roseblood red, heartbreak overflows my head.
Columbine, friend of mine.
Peace will come to you in time.
Columbine, friend of mine.
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