Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, during which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then committed suicide.
Scott has been revered by groups of evangelical Christians as a Christian martyr. She posthumously was the subject and co-writer of several books, and also was the inspiration for Rachel's Challenge, an international[4][5] school outreach program and the most popular school assembly program in the U.S.[6] The aim of Rachel's Challenge is to advocate Scott's values, based on her life, her journals, and the contents of a two-page essay, penned a month before her murder, entitled My Ethics; My Codes of Life.[7] This essay advocates her belief in compassion being "the greatest form of love humans have to offer".[8]
^Dobersen, Michael J. (May 18, 1999). "Opinions". Autopsy Report – Scott, Rachel. Colorado: Jefferson County Coroner's Office. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.