![]() “Our generation has been extremely influenced by the events.” “Everyone thinks about this to some extent,” says Alexis Lebrun, a survivor of the Bataclan massacre, who was 26 that night. ![]() The nine ISIS attackers, themselves young men, seemed to target their own peers-and in the process created what came to be known as the “Bataclan Generation,” young French whose adulthood has been forever marked by the tragedy. Unlike the Charlie Hebdo attacks in early January 2015, in which the victims were journalists, the Nov. Yet for many, the question that haunts them is why they were targeted that November night. And the threat of another mass terrorist attacks has not gone away, as the recent (though less deadly) assault in Vienna has shown. The country is still wrestling with a national debate over France’s relationship with Islam, as extremists have continued to stage lone wolf attacks. 13, 2015, the memories remain vivid for survivors like Dénouveaux, who are still grappling with complex psychological problems as a result. He has yet to see another live concert.Īs the French capital marks the fifth anniversary on Friday of the terrorist attacks of Nov. “When November comes my sleep is really not good. Five years on, Dénouveaux is still marked by the experience. Ninety others inside the venue were not so fortunate, nor forty more killed in the four-hour assault on the French capital. When he finally made it out into a side street, trembling, he could scarcely believe he had made it out alive. ![]() For 10 minutes, he moved inch by inch towards a doorway he knew well from previous concerts, while all around him, young people attempting to flee were shot and killed. He knew that if he stood up, even for an instant, he would die. ![]() As pandemonium broke out he flung himself to the floor, and slithered on his belly towards an exit-a skill he learned while serving in the French military. But within seconds, Arthur Dénouveaux realized he was hearing the retort of automatic gunfire. At first, the loud blasts sounded like a faulty amplifier to those packed into the crowd at Paris’s Bataclan theater. ![]()
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