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“I originally thought I wanted to be an accountant,” DeAngelis said. “And someone told me, ‘Frank, you chose a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.’ So, I decided to go back and be a teacher. I loved cafeteria duty because I got to be with the kids.”
It’s just that what happened on that infamous date in 1999 made his life and legacy all the more purposeful. “25 years, it’s hard to believe,” DeAngelis said. “The thing that does somewhat surprise and amaze me is that we’re still talking about it.”“My secretary runs in, and she says, ‘There’s a report of gunfire.’ And I’m like, this cannot be happening – this has to be a senior prank. I’ve been at Columbine for 20 years and I can count on two hands the number of fistfights we’ve had,” DeAngelis said. “And all of the sudden I come out of my office and it’s my worst nightmare.
DeAngelis remained principal of the school until 2014 so he could watch every student graduate who was in the district at the time of the shooting, from the seniors who graduated just a month after the shooting, all the way down to the kids who were preschoolers at the time of the massacre.“Even with everything I went through – I’d go back and do it again,” DeAngelis said. “I loved being an educator.
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