![As the Columbine assault raged, students barricaded a classroom and fought to keep a wounded teacher alive. As the Columbine assault raged, students barricaded a classroom and fought to keep a wounded teacher alive.](https://compote.slate.com/images/9da07b93-8ca8-4c5e-9e9c-5baeed8d5875.jpg)
As the Columbine assault raged, students barricaded a classroom and fought to keep a wounded teacher alive.
![Linda Sanders (center), wife of Columbine teacher Dave Sanders, pauses and looks skyward, as bagpipers start to play Amazing Grace after breaking ground for the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park Friday June Linda Sanders (center), wife of Columbine teacher Dave Sanders, pauses and looks skyward, as bagpipers start to play Amazing Grace after breaking ground for the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park Friday June](https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16079coll32/321134/default.jpg)
Linda Sanders (center), wife of Columbine teacher Dave Sanders, pauses and looks skyward, as bagpipers start to play Amazing Grace after breaking ground for the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park Friday June
![March For Our Lives- Parkland on Twitter: "William “Dave” Sanders, 47 William Sanders was a computer and business teacher at Columbine for 25 years. He also coached the girl's basketball and softball March For Our Lives- Parkland on Twitter: "William “Dave” Sanders, 47 William Sanders was a computer and business teacher at Columbine for 25 years. He also coached the girl's basketball and softball](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4nvH_AXsAAr9ee.jpg)
March For Our Lives- Parkland on Twitter: "William “Dave” Sanders, 47 William Sanders was a computer and business teacher at Columbine for 25 years. He also coached the girl's basketball and softball
![Dave Sanders--Columbine Teacher: Sanders, Marilyn Salzman and Linda Lou: 9781413452228: Amazon.com: Books Dave Sanders--Columbine Teacher: Sanders, Marilyn Salzman and Linda Lou: 9781413452228: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OML8BE1JL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_PIStarRatingFIVE%2CBottomLeft%2C360%2C-6_SR600%2C315_ZA5%2C445%2C290%2C400%2C400%2CAmazonEmberBold%2C12%2C4%2C0%2C0%2C5_SCLZZZZZZZ_FMpng_BG255%2C255%2C255.jpg)
Dave Sanders--Columbine Teacher: Sanders, Marilyn Salzman and Linda Lou: 9781413452228: Amazon.com: Books
![Coach Dave Sanders was the only teacher to die at Columbine High School. He is responsible for saving 200 kids that were in the cafeteria and told them all to evacuate after Coach Dave Sanders was the only teacher to die at Columbine High School. He is responsible for saving 200 kids that were in the cafeteria and told them all to evacuate after](https://preview.redd.it/tt97u4g7ycv71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c5516e00c30704a7e2f66b3a05dbbd389d66d113)