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Things That Bring Back Scary Feelings For Mass Shooting Survivors: Bad Visibility. A Yogurt Cup. Me.

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Heather Martin and Sherrie Lawson shop in a Centennial King Soopers in March 2019.

When my boss asked me and colleague Andrea Dukakis to report and write a series of stories on the 20th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, it felt like an honor and a sentence. I was, truth be told, only vaguely aware of the Columbine story, but knew the project would require the utmost sensitivity.

CPR reporter Nathaniel Minor during an interview with Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was killed at Columbine High School in April 1999. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite