A Colorado woman who survived the Columbine High School shooting more than 25 years ago passed away following her battle with cancer.
According to the GoFundme page and her obituary, 40-year-old Carissaland, known on March 3 for “service of her resilience, courage, devotion and service to God,” succumbed to colorectal cancer on March 3.
“Calissa was a Columbine shooting survivor and widow of war, fighting Stage 4 cancer for ten years and was the greatest encouragement that most of us know. The mission of service to the people declared God's hope despite pain and suffering, and declared light despite the darkness. This legacy has changed the corner of the world.
“Doug served her illness to selfless and unwavering Carissa during the day and during the day,” the statement added. “He was kind, cared carefully and carefully for every need, noticed the small details, and knew how she wanted/liked things.”
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Carissa Rand, a shooting survivor at Columbine High School, passed away on March 3rd. (gofundme)
Westminster's Carissa Rand said on her website that she was 11 when her mother died of breast cancer and survived the Columbine High School shooting at age 14.
“When I was 20, when my husband and high school boyfriend were killed in action in Iraq, I became a widow of war,” she added.
According to media reports, Rand was later engaged to Doug Rand, a brother to Greg Rand, the brother of her late husband, Greg Rand.
Rand said he was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer at age 31.
“I endured nine surgeries, an immeasurable amount of suffering and pain, and two years of chemotherapy, and that part of my journey hasn't finished,” she wrote on her website.
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Visitors will place candles among the flowers at the Columbine Memorial in Clement Park, Littleton, Colorado during a community vigil that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the high school's mass shooting on April 19, 2019. (Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images)
Rund's obituary She explains she has “a renowned career in civil servants who works as a speechwriter and public relations specialist for the Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and ultimately for the Department of Homeland Security.”
“She medically retired when she couldn’t keep up with the harshness of career civil servants and started a nonprofit organization to support, inspiration and doula for all.
Police officers are sitting in the parking lot next to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 2021. Twelve students and teachers were killed in a shooting at Columbine High School, but at the time it was the deadliest school shooting in American history. (Michael Cia Gro/Getty Images)
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“Calissa was God's lasting servant,” the obituary added. “She was a force of friendship in this world, an avid adventurer, and was mean in the victory of all those around her.”
