The older brother of Rachel Scott, the first victim of the shooting, Craig was a “jock” who started a false rumor about Cassie Bernall’s martyrdom, believing it to have been the truth but too confused and disoriented in the wake of the attack to have known that his account was inaccurate.
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Craig Scott Character Timeline in Columbine
The timeline below shows where the character Craig Scott appears in Columbine. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 32: Jesus Jesus Jesus
Craig Scott , Rachel Scott’s older brother and a survivor of the library massacre, saw death and...
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Chapter 38: Martyr
...the school library is opened to victims of the library massacre and their families. As Craig Scott walks through with family members and retells Cassie’s story, he gets the details wrong, pointing...
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Afterword: Forgiveness
...is “almost nothing about Columbine” that makes Val feel “emotional” now—though at the time of Craig Scott ’s false statements about Cassie Bernall professing her faith in the library, when Val was...
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