Daniel Conner Mauser

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in
Columbine, an unincorporated area in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and
Littleton. Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students
and one teacher. An additional 21 students and other persons were injured while attempting to
escape. The pair then committed suicide. In addition, it is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in
United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the 1966
University of Texas massacre, and the deadliest for an American high school.
(Sasha Cohen has had the nerve to create a memorial for these killers on THIS site. Please tell her
that we want to remember the victims we love, not their killers. They get enough publicity already.
This site is for angels, let's keep it that way.)
Daniel Mauser was a Sophomore who excelled in math and science, and got straight 'A's on his last
report card. His dad, Tom Mauser, remembered his son as a smart young man who wasn't afraid of
challenges and who wasn't ashamed to hug his parents. He attended Ken Caryl Middle School, the same
school the shooters went to, but there's no record of them knowing each other.

Daniel was shy but he didn't let that stop him from joining the debate team and though he wasn't a
natural athlete, he still joined the cross-country team. He liked to ski, camp and recently returned
from a two-week trip to Paris with the French club. He had received straight 'A's in his classes for
the last two grading periods and won the "Stretch for Excellence" award for being named the top
biology student of the Sophomore class at Columbine High School. Sadly, he died before he could
learn that he'd been selected for that honor. Daniel was also posthumously accepted for membership
into the National Honor Society in September of 1999. He had applied for membership weeks before the
shootings.

Daniel is described by his family as a shy, gentle soul; lovable and loving. He was close friends
with his sister Christine. Daniel liked pepperoni pizza, playing video and computer games, and
watching shows like the Simpsons and the X-Files. Daniel was fond of trivia and knowledge games, as
well as swimming and hiking. His father had hoped that in the summer of 1999 to take Daniel on his
first 14,000 mountain hike.

Daniel volunteered at the Swedish Hospital and he was preparing for Confirmation in the Catholic
Church. He would have been Confirmed at St. Frances Cabrini Church two weeks after the date of his
death. His class put a plaque in the teen program room in Daniel's honor. Daniel was hoping to get
his driver's license in 2000. He was concerned with gun safety in America -- just two weeks before
he was killed Daniel had asked his father if he knew that there were loopholes in the Brady Bill.
Tom Mauser was motivated by what he interpreted as a sign for action: Daniel was shot with a gun
that was purchased through one of the very loopholes he had pointed out. Tom is now an active
protester of the NRA and continues to campaign for stricter gun laws in the wake of his son's tragic
death.

Daniel was in the library when he was shot in the face by Eric Harris while hiding under one of the
tables. Daniel died under the table where he had hidden. His funeral was held jointly with Kelly
Fleming's at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemeteryin Wheat
Ridge, Colorado.

Not long after the shootings, Daniel's family along with several other families of the shooting
victims learned that the school district was planning to reopen the library where Daniel and the
others had died. The plan was to make cosmetic changes such as removing the carpet, repainting,
replacing bullet-riddled shelves. Upset by the notion, the Mausers along with several other parents
and volunteers founded HOPE (Healing of People Everywhere) and together they convinced the district
to tear out the old library and replace it.