Was Columbine Girl A Martyr?
The book She Said Yes is climbing best-seller lists amid growing doubts that she did.
Some authorities are questioning the famed last words of Columbine High School shooting victim Cassie Bernall.
The teen was allegedly asked by her killers whether she believed in God before they shot her, during the deadly attack last spring. She reportedly replied by saying "yes."
But Jefferson County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Davis says several investigators have doubts whether that conversation ever took place.
According to The New York Post, Emily Wyant, 16, who was with Bernall during the attack, told the FBI that she never heard Dylan Klebold ask Bernall if she believed in God.
"She said it, plain and simple," another witness, Joshua Lapp, still insists, the Post reports.
But Davis says the doubts have grown stronger since officials first alerted Bernall's parents about the discrepancies in statements from other witnesses in the library during the attack.
Book editor Chris Zimmerman admits there are different accounts of what happened in the library. But he says the witnesses interviewed for the book stand by their accounts.
Another story concerning the Columbine shooting involves the injured boy who managed to exit the school building by tumbling out a window.
Pat Ireland, whose perilous escape was nationally televised, was elected the school's 1999 homecoming king Friday.
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| Pat Ireland showed courage under fire. |
"He's a strong kid, an inspiration for all of us," said Mike Sheehan, Columbine's student body president and a finalist for homecoming king.
Ireland still has some paralysis on his right side. He takes three classes each morning and then undergoes three hours of therapy.
Another survivor, Richard Castaldo, still uses a wheelchair but played drums with the Columbine band at halftime Friday.
Columbine won the homecoming game 31-3 over Eaglecrest.
