But Rachel suspected the pain might not be entirely physical in nature. If it's a spiritual feeling, I ask you to bless it,'' she wrote. If it's the enemy, I ask you to bind it. You'd have to put blinders on to say something spiritual wasn't going on with Rachel before her death,'' says her mother, Beth Nimmo. Gunmen Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would kill 13 people only minutes later, before taking their own lives.
Family members believe that, in Rachel's imagery, the rose represents America's youth.
Long before he recovered the drawing from Rachel's backpack, he'd been telephoned by a man from Ohio who had described a recurring vision - one that mirrored Rachel's picture. The Denver Post. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.