Memorial at Last for Columbine Killings

Construction of a long-delayed and reduced memorial to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings began on Friday in a quiet spot between two hills in a park where students took refuge as chaos descended on April 20, 1999.

Alex Dudik, who was a senior that year, returned for the groundbreaking near here and a speech by former President Bill Clinton to commemorate the attack.

The plans for a memorial — an inner wall for the 13 murder victims, and an outer circle for the 23 people wounded by the two teen-age gunmen who then took their own lives — evolved greatly over the years of planning and postponement.