On May 21, 1998, a school shooting at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killed 17-year-old student Mikael Nickolauson. The attacker, a 15-year-old expelled student named Kip Kinkel, had murdered his parents the previous day after being suspended for possession of a loaded, stolen handgun.

The morning of May 21 Kinkel arrived at the school armed with a semi-automatic rifle, a pistol, and two knives. He opened fire in an outdoor patio, wounding students, then moved into the crowded cafeteria and fired dozens of rounds. Mikael Nickolauson was fatally wounded there. In total two students were killed and 25 others injured; several students tackled and held Kinkel until police arrived.

Kinkel was arrested at the scene, later pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder, and was sentenced in November 1999 to 111 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Does anyone have memories of Mikael or details about that day that could add to the record?