He didnt pause long, or even stoop down far enough for Emily to see his face. when she died at the age of 17. Virtually every major media organization followed. She Said Yes includes two chapters about that rebellion. In a statement issued at Cassie's funeral, her parents said:"Her life was rightly centered around our Lord Jesus. A rescue worker rests on the back of an ambulance on while working the scene at Columbine High School in Littleton on April 20, 1999. The beating had been videotaped. Investigators later brought Craig back into the library, where he indicated where the voice had come fromwhere Val had been, the exactly opposite direction of Cassie. Her parents state that at one point Cassie became suicidal. Learn more about managing a memorial . Crowd is sent into the memorial area at the parking lot of Mann Theatres Sunday morning, April 25, 1999, before the start of the Columbine Memorial service. It persisted for decades, representing Cassie as a Christian martyr and inspiring the creation of songs such as This Is Your Time by Grammy Award-winning American musician Michael W Smith and Cassie by American rock band Flyleaf.. Failed to report flower. Victim of the Columbine High School Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. The casket for Cassie Bernall is carried out of West Bowles Community Church after the funeral on April 26, 1999. If you want to take a look on it, feel free to visit my webpage, by using the following link:https://qnqura.wordpress.com/cassie/I do know about the controversy, regarding of Cassies final seconds, if she has been asked by her killer Eric Harris if she believes in God and if he shot her because she has answered his question with Yes. Klebold had then loaded his gun again but had refrained from shooting her. Her parents resolved to enrol her at a new school, the Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, to help her start afresh. According to her parents, who lovingly called her Bunny Rabbit, Cassie liked rock climbing in Breckinridge. IT'S THELEAST I CAN DO FOR CHRISTDYING FOR ME. i will Welcome to AncientFaces, a com "Thank you for helping me find my family & friends again so many years after I lost them. Link to family and friends whose lives she impacted. Eric shot Cassie in the head. Emily could see his legs and his boots, pointing directly at the right side of Cassies face. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. [4][5][6][7], In September 1999, Bernall's mother, Misty, released She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall. Do you believe in God?, She wavered. Columbine survivor Pat Ireland watches from the family car as his father, John, embraces Pat's Physical Therapist, Sarah Gorner, outside Craig Hospital on July 2, 1999. Cassie rallies with fevered altar calls erupted around the globe. There is a problem with your email/password. She had recently visited Great Britain and her favorite movie was 'Braveheart'. But she did know that she had found something that was going to fulfill her in a way that nothing else had until then, said the friend, named Shauna. It is just that I have personally received great strength and new faith, since I have known of Cassies story for the first time, by reading her mothers book, and I have focused some parts of my religious life about her. The memoir, however, gives the readers the choice to take their own call on what happened on that fateful day. Both Klebold' s and Harris's cross have been covered with black plastic. Cassie became known worldwide for courageously affirming her faith as she faced death. [9], The deaths of Bernall and fellow student and Christian Rachel Scott during the Columbine massacre led both to be subsequently depicted and remembered by groups of evangelical Christians as Christian martyrs. [19] The video for "This Is Your Time" includes a short clip at its beginning of Bernall talking about her beliefs. Cassie went to a martyrs death, pastor George Kirsten told the mourners, and were going to celebrate that because shes in the martyrs hall of fame., McPherson, the youth minister, said in his message, What the church has talked about for 2,000 years, what every church in this world has talked about on a daily basis, Cassie, you did it., Several years earlier, Cassie had been a troubled middle-school student who, as The Denver Post put it, was enthralled by witchcraft, suicide and a view of life so dark that her desperate parents dragged her to meet with McPherson. Cassies family also came up with a statement backing the accuracy of the memoir, mentioning that they had spoken to four witnesses who had told them that Cassie had defended her faith before being gunned down. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. She said yes, and he asked why. IT'S HARD AND SCARY,BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT." An independent candidate, Ross Perot, won 18.91% - the most votes for an independent candidate since Teddy Roosevelt's run for President in 1912. I believe in God., Because I believe. She was among the first to be rescued. Everything was muffled then. Resend Activation Email. Kreutz was shot during the shooting rampage at the school on April 20 that left a total of 15 dead. Cassie Bernall, a 17-year-old killed in the massacre, was an international sensation for about five months. Tomlin had traveled to a small town in Mexico last year as part of a ministry that helped build a house for a poor family who had been living in a shack. the average Bernall family member Columbine High School teacher Sue Caruthers placed carnations at each cross. The funeral was held at Heritage Christian Center. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Cassie Ren Bernall I found on Findagrave.com. [10][11][12] In the following years numerous bookstermed "hagiographies" by sociologist Ralph Larkinwere published about Scott and Bernall with the assistance of or authorship by their parents. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Cassie's friend Emily Wyant, who was next to her in the library when she was shot, also told the family that the question had not been asked. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. The churchs pastor, Dwight R. Blackstock, said Rohrbough might still be alive if hed have made a little different choice. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Then they asked her why, though they didnt give her a chance to respond. Too many people had found too much valuespiritually or financiallyin the myth to simply let it die. 20, 1999BUNNY RABBIT,WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THE ARMS OF OURLOVING LORD AND YES, CASSIE, WE'RE HAPPY FOR YOU.ALL OUR LOVE NOW AND FOREVERMOM, DAD AND CHRIS"P.S. A controversy evolved around the claims that Cassie was a martyr, as several witnesses claimed that the question was asked to another student, Valeen Schnurr, who survived the massacre. HONESTLY, I WANT TO LIVE COMPLETELY FOR GOD. Cassie's story has also been told in churches and youth groups all over the country. It was for her strong faith in God and His promise of eternal life that she made her stand." Here she is placing a flower at Rachel Scott's cross. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. [7], Valeen Schnurr had been shot and was on the floor of the library when one of the shooters, Dylan Klebold approached her. She saw the sawed-off gun barrel. The Biography piece is collaborative, where we work together to present the facts. She paused, like she didnt know what she was going to answer, and then she said yes. Rachel's teacher signs her coffin. Her pastor called her funeral a marriage to Jesus Christ. [17], In the book, Misty Bernall repeated the story that her daughter was asked if she believed in God before she died, despite being told by investigators that the question had not been asked. This is a photo of Cassie R Bernall added by Andrew Dolan on April 23, 2020. According to the Internet site ReligionToday, Rachel Joy Scott, 17, who was also killed in the library, had led a weekly prayer and Bible study group of fellow teens the past year and a half at Orchard Road Christian Center, an Assemblies of God congregation. Cassie Ren Bernall was born on November 6, 1981, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Cassies younger brother, Chris, found an almost-prophetic poem the night of her death which she had written the previous Sunday, The Boston Globe reported. BY ANCESTRY.COM, Golden Cemetery 755 Ulysses St, in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado 80401, United States. Easy-to-arrange cremation & funeral services. "[9], Bernall was killed by Eric Harris during the Columbine massacre on April 20, 1999. [9], Bernall's presentation as a Christian martyr has led to her serving as the inspiration for several songs, including Flyleaf's "Cassie"[18] and Michael W. Smith's "This Is Your Time". Darcy Craig, age 15, right, and Molly Byrne, age 16, left, of Colorado Academy High School hug each other after they prayed for Columbine High School students at Clement Park on Thursday, April 22, 1999. It was tradition that the seniors form a half moon stretching from one side of the amphitheater to the other and toss their hats up. 8 on The New York Times best-sellers list. If we do not start to act in any way, then these 13 sacrifices, including the sacrifice of Cassie Bernall, will have been wasted. Reverend George Kristen of West Bowles Community Church in Littleton, Colorado, described Cassie Bernall's funeral as a "graduation ceremony," a day "to celebrate"; Minister Dave McPherson of the same congregation likened the service to "a wedding."1 Their opprobrious remarks remind me of a man who, in a botched demonstration of anti-anti . Which explains why 16 years later, a presidential candidate is still repeating it. Biography ID: 80209726. Try again later. Bernall entered the Columbine High School library to study during lunch. This browser does not support getting your location. It was widely believed that Cassie was the girl in the library who was asked whether she believed in God, to which she had answered Yes, before being killed by Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators. Seventeen-year-old Cassie Bernall was killed at Littletons Columbine High School. LITTLETON, Colo. (BP)-The parents of Cassie Bernall have recounted their efforts to achieve accuracy in a book about their teenage daughter who was internationally called a martyr after being killed at Columbine High School. CASSIE REN BERNALLNOV. She began to smile. Naturally, her parents are comforted by the thought of her being in heaven. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Weve updated the security on the site. Sanders, 47, who had taught at Columbine 24 years, then went upstairs to aid other students, dragging one who had been wounded in the leg to safety, before being shot twice in the chest. A friend said he could see the change immediately in her face. Among other vignettes from Cassies life and death: Attending her funeral were numerous members of Victory Outreach, a storefront church in one of Denvers roughest neighborhoods, where Cassie and her friends shared dinner every few weeks with prostitutes and drug addicts who are part of the inner-city congregation. Columbine High School seniors toss their hats up in the air after graduation in Greenwood Village, Colo. on Saturday, May 22, 1999. Unfortunately, in spring 2016 the website went offline and was nowhere to be found again. Erics legs turned. The girls whispered back and forth. A parent is reunited with his daughter at a house where more than 25 students had found shelter when shooting broke out at Columbine High School near Littleton. The opening was huge. LITTLETON, Colo. As Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish, Cassie fed the world with one word, Yes,' said Dave McPherson, youth minister at West Bowles Community Church, Littleton, Colo., the Sunday after Cassie Bernall was slain at Columbine High School. Call today. Everyone believed it. According to the Associated Press, Sanders staggered into a classroom where students tore off their T-shirts and pressed them to his wounds. Students are bused away from Columbine High School after they escaped from the school with police assistance. Two years ago she was strung out on drugs, deeply involved in witchcraft, and began writing . Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Verify and try again. The bed was donated by American Furniture Warehouse in order to provide a more comfortable sleeping surface for Mark who has had trouble sleeping. At Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colo., students smile as they enter the school to begin their new year Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Klebold asked her if she believed in God. Shrines include flowers, notes, signs, teddy bears and sports jerseys. And to a large extent, he was right: this widespread debunking was met with widespread denial. Despite this, the Bernalls issued a statement standing behind the accuracy of their book, saying they had spoken to four witnesses who had told them that she had defended her faith before being killed. But something interesting happened once the truth came to light. The casket for Cassie Bernall is carried out of West Bowles Community Church after the funeral on April 26, 1999. Although the investigators and Emily Wyant had informed Cassies family that the question about God was not asked to Cassie before she was fatally shot, her mother included the story in the book. Eric and Dylan passed by several times, but Emily never expected one of them to come under the table and shoot. In living as a Christian, she said, I just try to not contradict myself, to get rid of all the hypocrisy and just live for Christ.. She was interred in the Golden Cemetery in Golden, Colorado. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, marched to the school in Colorado around lunch time . Failed to remove flower. Along with her brother Chris, she was brought up in a Christian home. A vast array of websites sprang up to defend the erroneous story. Eric poked his shotgun under the table rim as he came down. At Leawood Elementary School, parents were reunited with their children April 20, 1999. This of course occurred during the April 1999 tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Sure, she was long over the worst stage of adolescent rebellion, but I was still waiting for that final emergence every mother waits for, when a daughter reaches true adulthood and becomes a companion and a friend, Bernall writes. Her funeral was held on a later date for close friends and family. And she had promised her prom date, Nick Baumgartner, to give up her occasional smoking. She responded, "Because I believe and my parents brought me up that way." Did Cassie serve in the military or did a war or conflict interfere with her life? You really cant live without Christ. CALL TODAY FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE 844-550-7897. So, whatever it takesI will be one who lives in the freshnewness of life of those who are alive from the dead., Cassie had planned to cut her corn silk-colored hair that hung halfway down her back and give it to someone who makes wigs for kids who are going through chemo, her aunt, Kayleen Bernall, told The Denver Post. We consider her [Scott] to be a Christian American martyr, the churchs youth minister, Barry Palser, told The Washington Post. Two of the victims, teacher William Dave Sanders and student Danny Rohrbough, were shot while helping others escape from the gunmen. all our love now and forever mom, dad and chris "p.s. Produced by her church, it can be ordered by calling 1-800-521-8011. She left a martyr, the Denver Rocky Mountain News stated. based on information from your browser. Briefly. And although Cassies story might look religious-based at first sight, I do believe that non-religious people can also receive plenty of strength from Cassies story too, as Cassie was also a very normal girl, who never tried to force her faith to others, and she had her personal worries always too, to her very last day.The music that I have used for this video is Fastpass by Buckethead. A system error has occurred. The family of Daniel Conner Mauser, foreground, and Kelly Ann Fleming, rear left, stand together as their loved ones are brought to the altar of the church at the start of a funeral mass at St Frances Cabrini Catholic Church on April 25, 1999, in Littleton. Jesus said, Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends., Lessons from Littleton: Reaping the whirlwind of relativism, Copyright 2018 The Layman Online, All Rights Reserved. In 1993, when she was only 12 years old, on January 20th, William J. Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. Early in the Republican presidential undercard debate tonight, Rick Santorum dredged up a powerful old Columbine myth to defend Kim Davis, Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, and to illustrate the steepness of America's moral decline. Updated: April 24, 2020. becomes full The fact was also verified by Valeen. She would rather say it. And she definitely doesn't want to be known as the girl who punctured the myth of Cassie Bernall. Today marks 20 years since 12 students and one teacher went to Columbine High School and never returned. Emily Wyant, her friend and a witness of the massacre, who was present with Cassie in the library on that day, mentioned that they had been hiding under the same table. Plough Publishing is also marketing a 25-minute video about Cassies life. The Rocky Mountain News, which had been investigating the story for months, followed the next day, with a much more detailed account. The killers walked around a lot, taunting and shooting, and Emily got a good look at them. The book, She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall, was published by Plough Publishing and released on September 1, 1999, after a little over 4 months of her death. Photos, memories, family stories & discoveries are unique to you, and only you can control. Cassie Bernall: A tribute service was held for the extended community at West Bowles Community Church in her hometown. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Val dropped to her knees, then her hands. (Editors note: As Christians, we are required to have a ready defense for the hope we have in Jesus Christ (I Peter 3:15-17), even though we may not have the chance to articulate it. A young girl did profess her faith in God at gunpoint, but she lived to tell about it. Their acquittal sparked a 6 day riot in Los Angeles. Mark Taylor checked out a new, extra soft mattress in his bedroom Friday, June 11, 1999. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Her parents called her "Bunny Rabbit" and said she loved to go rock climbing in Breckinridge. 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