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Cassie Lane reports suggested that one of the assailants, either Eric Harris or Dylan Klebold, asked Bernall if she believed in God moments before fatally shooting her. She was reported to have answered "yes". This story led to Bernall being presented as a martyr by some Christians, and served as the inspiration for several songs, including Michael W. Smith's "This Is Your Time"[1] and Flyleaf's "Cassie". In the months following Cassie Lane's death, her mother, Misty Bernall, authored the book She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall (ISBN 0-7434-0052-6). In this book Misty Bernall discusses her daughter's turbulent teenage life, spirituality, and alleged martyrdom. However, the official investigation into the shootings concluded that Bernall did not have the exchange.[3] Valeen Schnurr, one of the survivors of the Columbine massacre, said in an interview with Stories for a Teen's Heart author Janna L. Graber that the question, "Do you believe in God?" was addressed to her, and that she answered in the affirmative.[4] Witness Craig Scott, brother of Rachel Scott, a girl who was also killed in the massacre, had originally reported that he heard Bernall's voice. When investigators took him back to the scene he indicated that the voice had not come from the area where Bernall had been located. Emily Wyant, who had been sitting with Bernall in the library as the shootings began, asserted that the exchange did not take place.