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Many people may remember one fateful Tuesday April 20, 1999, the event at an ordinary high school in Littleton Colorado. The Columbine shootings will go down in the record books as well as in the hearts of many as one of the worst school shootings in history. What many people may not remember is the story of Cassie Bernall, a 17-year-old junior at Columbine High. She was a typical teenager having a typical day. With one single word that she said on that tragic Tuesday, the life of Cassie Bernall and her courage in the face of death gripped the heart of an entire nation. As two of her own classmates went through the school killing people, they reached Cassie Bernall hiding in the Library. A former believer in witchcraft and re-born Christian, Cassie will be remembered for saying only one word -- a word that will be used forever to illustrate the courage and compassion of a young girl confronted with a choice between love and hate, good and evil. With this one word Cassie touched the hearts of millions of people, Christian and Non-Christian alike. I am one of those people that have been impacted in many ways by her story. Her story is one of faith, courage, force, hope, and forgiveness. The one word that Cassie will be forever remembered by is YES. With this one simple word she has changed countless lives. As her two classmates found her visibly praying while she was hiding in the Library they asked her “Do you believe in God" One of the other students in the Library quoted: With her life on the line, she paused, like she didn't know what she was going to answer, and then she said yes. She must have been scared, but her voice didn't sound shaky. It was strong. Then they asked her why, though they didn't give her a chance to respond. They just blew her away. (need to find source again) But that story was soon disputed: One story claimed that this never happened; another said that it did happen, but not to Cassie; and another claimed that she did give some kind of witness to her killers, but not exactly in the manner just described.
Approximate Word count = 1408
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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