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12 students, 1 teacher remembered in vigil 25 years after Columbine shooting WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

DENVER — Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.

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A vigil was held Friday night, according to The Associated Press. There were 13 chairs left empty with small candles on them to honor the 13 people who were killed at the Colorado school on April 20, 1999. Biographies of the victims were read.

Columbine, in Littleton, Colorado, was the worst school shooting in the country at the time, according to USA Today. Two students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, gunned down a teacher and their classmates. They left multiple injured as well.

Those killed included Rachel Scott, Kyle Velasquez, Corey DePooter, Steven Curnow, Cassie Bernall, Kelly Fleming, Matt Kechter, Daniel Mauser, Dan Rohrbaugh, Isaiah Shoels, John Tomlin and Lauren Townsend, according to the AP. A teacher, Dave Sanders, 47, was also killed.

Mauser’s father spoke at the vigil, according to the AP.

“And most importantly we ask you to never forget, never forget the …

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