While Columbine High School shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter’s life was shaped by tragedy, the tenacious woman worked hard to ensure it was not defined by it.

Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting but found the strength to forgive the mother of one of the shooters, has died.

The parents of a Columbine shooting victim who was killed shared their story of how survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter -- who died this week -- helped them and became very close with their family.