“April showers bring may flowers.” The month of April has brought more than just showers, it is considered to be one of the most violent months of the year.

It is the two-year anniversary of the horrific shooting at Columbine High School. That shooting is said to be the most violent attack at a school ever. The people in Littleton, Co., and people all over the world, will never forget that day, April 20, 1999.

The two shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, walked through the cafeteria and the library shooting whomever they saw, killing one teacher and fellow classmates. Fifteen people were killed on this dreadful day, including the two murderers.

This is not the first time we’ve seen such a violent tragedy in America. Six years ago, on April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City suffered a major disaster. There was a day care center in the Murrah Federal Building, where many young children were dropped off every morning on their parent’s way to work.

But on this day, a massive bomb exploded and the nine-story building tumbled to the ground killing 168 people. This was the worst terrorist attack ever to occur on U.S. soil.

“It seems like only yesterday I heard about this story,” said sophomore Melissa Dettore. “I can’t believe it was six years ago.” But these are just two examples of many tragedies that have occurred in April.

Within this past year there have been school shootings in Pomona, Ca. Edinboro, Pa, Williamsport, Pa. and Prairie Grove, Ar. Even the students at Neshaminy High School have experienced a few scares.

On April 29, 1999, the students were evacuated to the stadium because there was a bomb threat. The students sat in the stadium for almost four hours, waiting to find out if the bomb really existed. It didn’t.

“I couldn’t believe it was happening to us,” said senior Rachel Kepner. “It made everything that was happening in the country seem so real and so close to home.”

The weeks after Columbine brought many other scares. Schools all over the nation were receiving bomb threats and many kids were bringing guns to school. “I remember a lot of people saying that they were scared to come to school,” said senior Joe Aquaro. “You never know what’s going to happen, especially after that incident.”

Some people believe that this violence has been triggered by the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s birthday, which was April 20, 1889. Many people think that the killers at Columbine chose the date of their crime for a reason.

Nobody really knows the reason why April is such a violent month. Who knows why a man would blow up a building with little kids in it, along with many adults? Who knows why two kids walked through their school killing their fellow classmates?

We can’t make excuses or give reasons for these tragedies, we can only remember those who suffered and hope for the best. We cannot dwell on the past, we can only wish for a brighter, less violent future.