| 3 days 2 hours 23 min ago Turning tragedy into prevention
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(NECN: Brad Puffer) - When teenage gunmen went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School nine years ago, Rachel Scott was their first victim. Now, her uncle is traveling the country, talking about school violence and ways to prevent it.
He was in Massachusetts Thursday for a school safety summit. Hosted by Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone, in partnership with the non-profit organization, Middlesex Partnerships For Youth, the conference consisted of more than 200 superintendents, principals, teachers, law enforcement and education officials.
In memory of Rachel, Larry Scott and her family have created "Rachel's Challenge," a non-violence school program that has literally reached out to millions of students to promote the universal message of kindness and tolerance in our schools.
Larry also had two children of his own at Columbine on the day of the attacks.
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