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Update On The Wounded

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

April 27, 1999 / 10:42 AM EDT / CBS

As the mourning continues in Littleton, Colo., so does the recovery of those who were wounded or otherwise injured during the April 20 massacre at Columbine High School. Here is an update.

Mark Taylor, 16, shot in the legs, lay helplessly on the ground, watching as one of his attackers approached with a grenade.

"And then a police officer came, and he ran off. And that's all," Mark tells CBS Station KCNC-TV in Denver.

Mark's story represents just one of many memories of horror from the April 20 massacre at Columbine High School. And, speaking from his hospital bed, Mark says it would be too painful ever to go back to the building.

"I thought I was going to die," he says. When he was shot, he was just standing on a hill with his friends near the school building. He was dragged to safety by officers behind a rescue vehicle, his dramatic rescue watched on live television throughout the U.S.

Mark has four bullet wounds in his torso, arm, and legs, and he is a patient at University Hospital, where he's listed in good condition.

Valeen Schnurr

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Val Schnurr, 18, was shot eight times and was released from Swedish Medical Center Monday.

Her mother, Shari Schnurr, tells CBS News Correspondent Cynthia Bowers that Val was under a table in the school library when she was shot in the abdomen. She fell forward, out from under the table, crying, "My God, my God! Don't let me die!"

The gunmen asked her if she believed in God, says her mother, "and she said 'Yes.' She was half-scared to say yes, because they were reloading, and she knew she was probably going to get it again. But Â… she couldn't say no and deny her faith."

Val crawled back under the table, saying, "I think I'm dying." Her mother says the gunmen may have thought she was wounded enough to die, because they turned and walked away from her.

"You know, you'll never understand what God's plan is for us," says Shari Schnurr. "I just know it wasn't her time to go home to Him. But I know He has a great plan for her."

Although Val still has four bullets in her body, she is expected to make a complete recovery and plans to attend college this fall. Her long-term goal is to become a counselor at Columbine High School.

Patrick Ireland

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Pat, 17, will be remembered by many who watched the horror story unfold at Columbine. He is the student who crawled to the window and fell out and was caught by SWAT team members. He was shot in the head three times.

CBS This Morning Health Contributor Dr. Dave Hnida of CBS Station KCNC-TV in Denver visited Pat on Monday and reports that the youth is "having still a lot of trouble speaking and comprehending speech. When you would talk to him and say, 'Show me an orange,' he'll call it an apple. He gets very frustrated because he knows it's an orange, but he can't say that." He was listed in fair condition at St. Anthony Central on Wednesday and has begun rehabilitation.

Makai Hall

Makai Hall

For years, Pat has been close friends with Makai Hall. They were together when they were shot. Makai, 16, was treated for gunshot wounds at St. Anthony Central Hospital and released Friday afternoon.

So far, Makai has deflected questions about the condition of his friend, and talked of his will to get better.

"Even though it's a great tragedy, I'm not going to let it bring me down," he said last week. "I'm going to use it to motivate myself."

Ann Marie Hochhalter

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Ann Marie, 17, is listed in serious condition in the intensive care unit at Swedish Medical Center. She was shot in the chest. She also suffered injuries to her liver.

Her doctors tell Hnida that she was within minutes of dying. She had to have her chest opened right in the emergency room to have her aorta (a major blood vessel) clamped open. The doctors say that if she had been an older person, Ann Marie probably would not have survived.

Doctors don't know if Ann Marie will be paralyzed, says hospital spokeswoman Sara Spaulding. Ann Marihas suffered some damage to her spinal cord, and it's not clear how Hochhalter she will recover, or if she'll be able to walk again. Her grandfather, Charlie Engelstad of Warren, Minn., had said that doctors told family members that the girl was paralyzed from the waist down.

Lance Kirklin

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Lance, 16, is in the intensive care unit at Denver Health Medical Center. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his face, chest, and legs.

He has undergone surgery three times so far, including a 10-hour operation Saturday to repair facial wounds. Although he is still listed in critical condition, he also has been classified as "stable."

Kasey Ruegsegger

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Kasey, 17, is listed in fair condition after five hours of surgery to her shoulder and hand Monday at the Lynn Preservation Institute. She was transferred from St. Anthony Central Hospital to Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital for the procedure.

Hnida reports that Kasey has suffered a lot of damage to her shoulder. "She'll have a long road ahead in terms of rehabilitation," he adds.

Richard Castaldo, 17, is in fair condition following surgery Thursday night. He has five gunshot wounds to chest, back, arm and colon. He is in the intensive care unit at Swedish Medical Center.

"Actually, he is showing [some] signs of spunk," reports Hnida. "He's telling his mom that he will be fine, and 'Quit fussing over me'."

Here are the conditions of the rest of the Columbine High School shooting victims who were hospitalized following the April 20 attack.

Swedish Medical Center:

Sean Graves, 15, fair condition. Suffered four gunshot wounds, one to back and three in the abdomen, multi-trauma unit.

Denver Health Medical Center:

Lisa Kreutz, 18, fair condition with multiple gunshot wounds to body.
Mark Kitgen, 17, released Friday. Multiple gunshot wounds to neck and head.
Jeanna Park, 18, released Monday night. Gunshot wounds to leg and shoulder.

St. Anthony Central Hospital:

Mike Johnson, 15, released Wednesday morning, gunshot wounds.

Littleton Adventist Hospital:

Jennifer Doyle, 17, released Friday afternoon, gunshot wounds.
Stephanie Munson, 17, treated and released with gunshot wound to ankle.
Adam Kyler, 16, treated and released for abdominal pain.
Stephen Austin Eubanks, treated and released with gunshot wounds to head and knee.
Nick Foss, 18, treated and released for injuries from a 15-foot fall.
Dan Steepleton, 17, treated and released, gunshot wounds.
Joyce Jankowski, 45, treated and released.
Pat Nielson, 35, treated and released.

Exempla Lutheran Medical Center:

Brian Anderson, 17, treated and released. Suffered superficial wound to chest when gunman shot through double-paned window.