More than a dozen pastors presided over or aided with funerals and memorials for those slain at Columbine on April 20, 1999. Some have retired. A couple left the state. Like many who lived through it, they feel the tragedy regularly enough.
The shooting at Columbine has always been present in his life. He said that after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he went to New York to help with recovery work as a volunteer firefighter. If Columbine hadn’t happened, he said, he’s not sure if he would’ve gone to do that.
He said that when he delivered her eulogy, he compared Rachel to a torch for compassion, kindness and her faith. He can still remember when he asked mourners who would pick up the fallen torch. People stood up, answering that they would. At the funeral, he told the crowd that he believed the shooters were acting under demonic influences.
The Rev. Dwight Blackstock serves as interim pastor at Aurora First Presbyterian Church. Twenty years ago, he spoke at the funeral for Daniel Rohrbough, 15, and thought Columbine would be the last event of its kind: “I proved to be naive in that thinking."
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