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
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