Columbine High School massacre officers using this tactic are trained to move toward the sound of gunfire and neutralize the shooter as quickly as possible. Their goal is to stop the shooter at all costs; they are to walk past wounded victims, as the aim is to prevent the shooter from killing or wounding more. Dave Cullen has stated: "The active protocol has proved successful at numerous shootings...At Virginia Tech alone, it probably saved dozens of lives." After the massacre, many survivors and relatives of deceased victims filed lawsuits. Under Colorado state law at the time, the maximum a family could receive in a
Columbine High School massacre The film is believed to have been inspired by several shootings that are listed before the credits, Columbine being among them. The first documentary on the massacre may have been the TLC documentary "Lost Boys" in 2000. The 2002 Michael Moore documentary film "Bowling for Columbine" won several awards. Also in 2002, A&E made "Columbine: Understanding Why". In 2004, the shooting was dramatized in the documentary "Zero Hour". In 2007, the massacre was documented in an episode of the National Geographic Channel documentary series, "The Final Report". In the 2009 film "April Showers", which was written and directed by Andrew