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  • Sue Kelbold, Mother of Columbine Killer Dylan Klebold, Speaks Out For the First Time

    Sue Kelbold, Mother of Columbine Killer Dylan Klebold, Speaks Out For the First Time

    Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine killer Dylan Klebold, spoke out about the 1999 killing that left 13 dead for the first time Friday in an interview with Diane Sawyer for the ABC show 20/20.

    Klebold told Sawyer that following the tragic shooting that left the community of Littleton, Colorado, and the country reeling, she couldn’t stop thinking about the victims and their families.

    “I just remember sitting there and reading about them, all these kids and the teacher,” Klebold said.

    “And I keep thinking– constantly thought how I would feel if it were the other way around and one of their children had shot mine,” she continued. “I would feel exactly the way they did. I know I would. I know I would.”

    Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and one teacher. Another 24 were wounded before the killers took their own lives.

    “There is never a day that goes by where I don’t think of the people that Dylan harmed,” she said.

    “You used the word ‘harmed,’” Sawyer noted.

    “I think it’s easier for me to say harmed than killed, and it’s still hard for me after all this time,” Klebold added. “It is very hard to live with the fact that someone you loved and raised has brutally killed people in such a horrific way.”

    Klebold told Sawyer the tragedy changed her own perspectives about why she didn’t notice anything amiss in her son.

    “I think we like to believe that our love and our understanding is protective, and that ‘if anything were wrong with my kids, I would know,’ but I didn’t know,” she said. “And– it’s very hard to live with that.”

    “I felt that I was a good mom… That he would, he could talk to me about anything,” Klebold added. “Part of the shock of this was that learning that what I believed and how I lived and how I parented was– an invention in my own mind. That it, it was a completely different world that he was living in.”

    According to CNN, Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was paralyzed after being shot in the massacre wrote a Facebook post directed to the mother, saying “I have forgiven you and only wish you the best.”

    The interview, her first, coincides with the Feb. 15 release of Klebold’s new memoir, “A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy.”

    The profits of Sue Klebold’s book will go towards research and charitable foundations focusing on mental health issues.

  • Dylan Klebold: Columbine Killer’s Mom Can’t Used the Word “Killed” When Talking of Late Son’s Actions

    Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris opened fire at Columbine High School almost 17 years ago, on April 20, 1999. They killed 12 students and one teacher, and wounded 24 more before they killed themselves.

    In a 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer on Friday night, Dylan Klebold’s mother, Sue Klebold, recounts for the first time on TV, her feelings about whether or not she could have prevented what happened on that fateful day.

    “There is never a day that goes by where I don’t think of the people that Dylan harmed,” Sue Klebold said.

    “You used the word ‘harmed,’” Diane Sawyer noted.

    “I think it’s easier for me to say harmed than killed, and it’s still hard for me after all this time,” Dylan Klebold’s mother said. “It is very hard to live with the fact that someone you loved and raised has brutally killed people in such a horrific way.”

    Prior to the Columbine shooting, Sue Klebold admits she was the kind of mom who believed she would have known if something were seriously wrong with her son. April 20, 1999 shattered that belief completely.

    “I think we like to believe that our love and our understanding is protective, and that ‘if anything were wrong with my kids, I would know,’ but I didn’t know,” she said. “And…it’s very hard to live with that.”

    “I felt that I was a good mom. That he would, he could talk to me about anything,” Klebold continued. “Part of the shock of this was that learning that what I believed and how I lived and how I parented was–an invention in my own mind. That it, it was a completely different world that he was living in.”

    Sue Klebold has written a book called A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy. It goes on sale Monday.

    Klebold received a huge gift on the day before her interview with Diane Sawyer. She received forgiveness from one of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s victims.

    Anne Marie Hochhalter was shot during the Columbine shooting, but lived. She is paralyzed–forever confined to a wheelchair.

    Dear Sue Klebold,I was injured at Columbine High School in 1999. As you know, your son Dylan, and his classmate, Eric…

    Posted by Anne Marie Hochhalter on Thursday, February 11, 2016

    Via social media, Hochhalter told Dylan Klebold’s mom that she doesn’t hold her responsible for her son’s actions. That may very well allow Sue Klebold to take the biggest step toward healing she has ever considered.

  • Sue Klebold, Columbine Shooter Dylan Klebold’s Mother, Receives Message of Forgiveness from Shooting Victim Anne Marie Hochhalter

    Sue Klebold, Columbine Shooter Dylan Klebold’s Mother, Receives Message of Forgiveness from Shooting Victim Anne Marie Hochhalter

    Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold, broke her silence in the media on TV Friday with an appearance on ABC’s 20/20. Speaking out about the horrors of the Columbine shootings, as well as wondering if she could have done anything to prevent them, Sue Klebold received a gift, too, in the days before her TV appearance.

    Anne Marie Hochhalter was one of the shooting victims at Columbine High School back in 1999. She didn’t die from her injuries, but was left with a severed spinal cord. She remains paralyzed today.

    Posted by Anne Marie Hochhalter on Thursday, February 11, 2016

    In a Facebook post on Thursday–the day before Sue Klebold appeared on 20/20, Anne Marie Hochhalter wrote a very poignant message to Sue Klebold and her husband–one that hopefully helps set them free from 17 years of excruciating emotional turmoil.

    Dear Sue Klebold,I was injured at Columbine High School in 1999. As you know, your son Dylan, and his classmate, Eric…

    Posted by Anne Marie Hochhalter on Thursday, February 11, 2016

    Hochhalter is stunned at the positive press she has received in light of her forgiving heart.

    Wow the response to my post to Sue Klebold has been overwhelming. Thank you all for your kind words. If any of you are…

    Posted by Anne Marie Hochhalter on Thursday, February 11, 2016

    Sue Klebold has suffered greatly since the Columbine shootings. In addition to knowing her son was responsible for the deaths of so many others, she lost her child, too. She has also endured almost 17 years of some people believing she and her husband created the monster who killed their children.

    I'm still overwhelmed by the response to my post but I wanted to clarify a few things that have been written about me in…

    Posted by Anne Marie Hochhalter on Friday, February 12, 2016

    Anne Marie Hochhalter has a big heart. Kudos to her for reaching out to Sue Klebold, and perhaps affording the woman some much-needed peace.

  • Sue Klebold Gives First Interview Since Columbine

    Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold, has stayed out of the public eye for many years. Now, she’s breaking her silence.

    Klebold recently sat down with ABC’s Diane Sawyer and opened up about the events that forever changed her life. Klebold is publishing a memoir, A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, on February 15th.

    “I think we like to believe that our love and our understanding is protective, and that ‘if anything were wrong with my kids, I would know,’ but I didn’t know. And it’s very hard to live with that.

    “I felt that I was a good mom… That he would, he could talk to me about anything,” Klebold continued. “Part of the shock of this was that learning that what I believed and how I lived and how I parented was– an invention in my own mind. That it, it was a completely different world that he was living in,” Klebold tells Sawyer.

    The interview will air on Friday, February 12th, at 10pm ET on 20/20. But you can check out a portion of it below:

    On April 20th, 1999, Sue’s son Dylan, alongside friend Eric Harris, murdered 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. An additional 21 people were injured. After the shooting stopped, both Klebold and Harris turned the guns on themselves.

    One of the most shocking events in recent history, Columbine was the first mass school shooting to really shake the nation. Sadly, as we know, many have followed.