Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileOne of the first students to escape from Columbine High School is questioned by police.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileSwat team members move towards Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado on Tuesday April 20, 1999.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileA policewoman talks on a cell phone as one of the first students to flee Columbine High School is comforted in Littleton, Colo., Tuesday, April 20, 1999, after a shooting rampage at the school.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileStudents who were rescued from Columbine High School are lead away from the scene.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileTeacher Judy Greco is overcome with emotion as she describes the events at Columbine High School to a police officer. She was among the first to be rescued.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileA student who was rescued from Columbine High School April 20, 1999, uses a cell phone to contact her parents.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileStudents who were rescued from Columbine High School April 20, 1999, are lead away from the scene.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileSwat team members make their way to a perimeter around Columbine High School on April 20, 1999.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileStudents who escaped Columbine High School April 20, 1999, are lead away from the scene.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileParamedics tend to a student at Columbine High School who was observed as being over come with emotion on April 20, 1999. (Photo by Shaun Stanley/The Denver Post)
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileA Colorado National Guard member readies an armored personal carrier that was driven to the front of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileA student who came out of Columbine High School is questioned by police.
Shaun Stanley, Denver Post fileStudents are bused away from Columbine High School after they escaped from the school with police assistance.
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Denver Post photographer Shaun Stanley was one of the first journalists to arrive at Columbine High School the day of the mass shooting on April 20, 1999. One of his photographs appeared on the cover of the next day’s newspaper.