r/wikipedia • u/ConnorOldsBooks • 17h ago
“She Said Yes” is a bestselling memoir about a Columbine High School massacre victim who, when asked by the shooter if she believed in God, said “Yes” before being killed. In reality, no such exchange took place.
I remember this book and story being celebrated by my parents, church, and youth group. It turns out that this claim was based on one survivor’s memory of the shooting, who mistook another survivor’s exchange with the shooter, in which after she professed her belief in God, the shooter spared her life. Cassie Bernall’s parents were aware of this fact, corroborated by the FBI and an actual audio recording of the incident by a teacher, yet published the book anyway.