Father of Rachel Joy Scott (Killed in Columbine Shooting) speaks to Congressional panel (taken from 1999)
I recently came across the testimony of Darrell Scott that he bravely gave to the Subcommittee On Crime at the U.S. House of Representatives In 1999 (Obviously it’s very timely given the recent Virginia Tech massacre).
He become an activist trying to raise awareness for what can be done about school violence after his daughter Rachel Joy Scott, a young Christian girl, was brutally murdered during the Columbine high-school shooting massacre. She was murdered in part because of her faith (she boldly told her killers she was a Christian even though she knew they would kill her for uttering those words). Her parents wrote a book about her life, death and the after-effects called Rachel’s Tears which became a world-wide best seller and an amazing example of living for Christ for all young Christians.
Darell Scott discusses the Columbine tragedy and how God’s grace allowed him to come to forgive the killers of his daughter. You should watch this before you read the speech below.
Below is the full transcript of the testimony given by Darrell Scott.
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