Columbine Mine massacre Columbine Mine massacre The Columbine Mine massacre, sometimes called the Columbine massacre, occurred in 1927, in the town of Serene, Colorado. A fight broke out between Colorado state police and a group of striking coal miners, during which the unarmed miners were attacked with firearms. The miners testified that machine guns were fired at them, which the state police disputed. Six strikers were killed, and dozens were injured. The company town of Serene, Colorado, nestled on a rolling hillside, was the home of the Columbine mine. The strike was five weeks old and strikers had been conducting morning rallies at
She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall is a memoir by Misty Bernall about the life of her daughter Cassie Bernall who was killed during the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. The book was published by Plough Publishing and released on September 1, 1999. The book spent five weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List, peaking at No. 8. The book was published a little over four months after the death of Cassie Bernall in the Columbine High School Massacre. The book details the