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Listening to another dispatcher in his earpiece, Sergeant Barry Williams, who was leading a second SWAT team inside, tried to track Sanders down--but he says no one could tell him where the science rooms were. Still, he and his team searched on, looking for a rag that kids said they had tied on the doorknob as a signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Columbine Tapes: The Columbine Tapes | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...team finally found Sanders in a room with 50 or 60 kids. A paramedic went to work, trying to stop the bleeding and get him out to an ambulance. But it had all taken too long. Though Harris and Klebold had killed themselves three hours earlier, the SWAT team hadn't reached Sanders until close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Columbine Tapes: The Columbine Tapes | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...course, despite this auspicious beginning, the quality of our evening quickly took a nose-dive. After the aforementioned cranberry cocktail kicked in, I found myself wandering around Cambridge Commons belting out "Sweet Caroline," while Josh had to return to The Crimson where he was ultimately trampled by HUPD SWAT as they broke up a party. Meanwhile, the FMers capped off their evening sipping sherry in J.P. s newly installed terrace Jacuzzi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Groupies | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...game became a mismatch, but this time the Tide turned. Leading 14 to 6 at half time, Swarthmore scored three touchdowns in the third quarter. With the score 42 to 6, coach Alvanos rested the starters, including Aleffi, for the first time in their careers. By then some Swat backers were waxing philosophical about the losing streak. Aleffi's father John, 52, has traveled from Clark, N.J., for every Swarthmore game in the past three years. "I'll tell you," he said, "this has been a tremendous test of character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Quaker Beating | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...Another shocker: public funds earmarked to pay for tombstones for some of the 7,000 victims of the Srebrenica massacre have vanished. Gilman plans hearings on the corruption this week and will call on the White House to create a "well-protected and highly trained ELLIOT NESS-style financial SWAT team" to pursue the inquiry in Bosnia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exclusive: More Losses in Bosnia; This Time It's Aid Money | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

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