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As a member of that "media in its usual frenzy", allow me to offer a little insight.
Five year anniversaries of any historic event are fairly common to observe - whether tragic or uplifting. In the case of Columbine, it's a particularly fitting time to look back at the events.
Many court documents, etc. related to the killings are just being released in this time frame, giving people a better insight into what happened and (possibly) how to prevent things like this from happening again. More importantly, though, this is a good time to follow-up and see what happened with the survivors to this tragedy - all of whom should have graduated by this point. Case in point: The kid who was hanging out of the window with a gunshot wound (the picture that made every newspaper in the country) had to teach himself to walk again, but went on to become valedictorian of the school and will graduate college this year and enter the business world.
Anniversaries don't have to be all about rehashing the past. They're a good - and natural - time to remember the fallen, try to figure out what lessons were learned and check in with the people who were there (that want to talk about it) to see how they've moved on with their lives.
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