Columbine Shooter Dylan Klebold's Mother, Sue Klebold, Shares Her Story in an Interview

Seventeen years after Columbine, Sue Klebold is standing up for mental health awareness.

As dozens of students were rushed out of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, Sue Klebold got a call at her office in downtown Denver. "Susan, this is an emergency," her husband Tom said. "Gunman…shooter…school." Their son Dylan's best friend Nate had called Tom saying that he couldn't find Dylan or his friend Eric Harris. There were reports that shooters, still inside Columbine High School, had on black trench coats, like the ones Dylan and Eric often wore. Frantic, Klebold drove the 26 miles home, talking to herself as she sobbed. Tom tore apart the house, hoping that if he could find Dylan's coat, it would mean their son wasn't involved.

The coat wasn't there.

Dylan and Eric killed 13 people and injured 24 that day before turning their guns on themselves.

Nearly 17 years later, in a Manhattan hotel room, that same horrific scene of students shuffling out of the school with their hands behind their heads plays on the TV. Klebold, who has been casually watching the screen, sharply turns away from it when the grainy footage comes on and a voice over refers to "Columbine: one of the most tragic school shootings in history."

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