Surviving the 2015 Paris Attacks: Pulled From the Gunfire | The New York Times

Gauthier, 24, was in the Bataclan concert hall in Paris when assailants opened fire. He was shot but escaped when a man dragged him to safety.
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[@acidqueen69]

i hope he and all the other survivors go to a good therapist and/or support group.

[@willfrancis4967]

+adamcluck Wtf they need to talk about it. thats the best thing to do whenever someone has a mental illness (PTSD) they should seek help immediately

[@willfrancis4967]

I see your point but I am not influenced about celebrity culture or anything like that. I was actually referring more about soldiers who have PTSD and who need help and one of the ways for help is by speaking to a psychiatrist.

[@johnjingleheimer-schmidt2793]

+fucko the fox I hope they all go to hell for taking part in this terror hoax psy-op.

[@cannabutters]

+John Jingleheimer-Schmidt Well, looks like the tin foil hat crazies are out. That didn't take long..

[@MorpheusOne]

@JJS: "I hope they all go to hell for taking part in this terror hoax psy-op." Their is an implication there, in your statement, that you support white supremacy. Would you say that this is accurate?

[@jenzwooz2043]

i hope the guy in the red shirt is ok.

[@herpderpmapleserp149]

Wow, to the guy who was dragging people out of the place.....I hope he is okay. Makes me so happy to know there are people willing to risk their safety to help complete strangers...you don't know who they are...they could be assholes for all you know. But some people still want to save them. Sometimes I wonder if I can do that.

[@frankelder1158]

I'm so sorry he had to go through that. Such a young man. He will be scarred for life. I hope he gets support.

[@AdelAli0]

This was even hard to watch....... #prayforparis

[@arizona_iced_out_boy]

+caroline f religion for well minded people will be used in well minded ways. Religion for ill minded people will be used in ill minded ways. I'm an atheist, but I still think this is an intolerant way to look at things. Regardless, my respects for all the people who were victims of the attack and respect towards the heroes.

[@crittergitter01]

+caroline f You are confused. Praying for someone isn't religion, believing in God is not a religion. The God these attackers isn't the true God. They worship a falls God. I pray for people I believe in the one and only true God the father of Jesus. I don't and never have or plan to ever chop someones head off or shoot up a city simply because they don't believe the same as I...I only wish piece love and kindness to all. So does that make me a bad person ?

[@arizona_iced_out_boy]

that literally does not mean anything. OP is trying to send his/her regards and respect in the only way they know how to/the one that means the most to his/her. If I hear someone say god bless you to me I'm not going to through a autistic fit for not understanding my culture or religion.

[@crittergitter01]

@ Big Boss lol

[@vegetable6994]

+caroline f yeah and american government is secular too idiot, what does the government have to do with the people? France is secular means no religious influence in the government, not that people cant be religious

[@k.w.churchill4397]

What a senseless crime on humanity.

[@shawnjblee8420]

OMG. i cant even imagine what he would have feel and the other people inside at that time. Sending my thoughts and prayer to all the victims and their families . Rest in Peace.

[@justineb4766]

Sorry you had to go threw this. Prayers from Colorado, USA.

[@greysonchance7206]

I don't understand how someone can have so much strength to take someone's life, all out of hatred. How can someone live with the fact that they've caused the death of even one person? How does that thought not make them shake in their shoes? This is someone's LIFE they are taking, not a toy. #prayforparis

[@awayanimal4581]

The french Shia Labeouf

[@illyamehrzai1795]

+AwayAnimal When i saw this i was like SHIA LABEOF WAS IN THE PARIS ATTACK! lol

[@butt5810]

poor guy. lived through one of the most traumatic experiences he could imagine and now has to carry on with everyday life

[@spiderliliez]

I am lost for words... November 13 marks another chapter of our lives. I hope at the end of our books, we all get that content and peaceful endings.

[@MizzBizz49]

You notice how Europeans are able to hold it together & keep their emotions in check , in an interview like this this one, so much better than the people of the US? Almost all of the interviews with the victims of 911 that I saw were semi-hysterical witnesses & traumatized victims who were recounting their experience. I even saw one victim of the Paris attacks talk about loving his attackers and forgiveness!!!! Can you evan imagine such horror & coming out with a statement like that???? May God bless these dear people!!!!!

[@chazconklin23]

+Deb Corbett Is it crazy to be afraid of death?

[@Littlebulldog88]

+Deb Corbett You're comparing the reactions and composure of those who witnessed completely different tragedies. Not to take away from either attack, but I would imagine seeing a mass shooting resulting in 150+ people die is much different than watching something where 3000+ people died. Jumping from buildings committing suicide, seeing victims, watching the towers collapse, feeling as if the entire city is crumbling, etc. Again, I say I would "imagine", for I was not there. Objectively speaking, its very unfair to say, "Europeans are able to hold it together & keep their emotions in check" better than those people on 9/11.

[@dtox12]

+Deb Corbett There is an interview with a survor of paris attacks, first interview with survivor that made airways, and he was just laughing and stuff, was really weird.

[@MizzBizz49]

Hmm.

[@andrewgreene2475]

+Deb Corbett First and foremost, God bless every single one of you Frenchman and with the help of the USAF, isis will soon no longer be around, now, Are you kidding me?!? I cannot understand the stupidity of people like you! Your thought process! Yes, this was an act of terror and god bless every single one of them but the 9/11 attacks were much more severe than this. Thousands of innocent lives lost! You say "semi-hysterical" witnesses, could you imagine seeing dozens and dozens of people jumping from 70, 80 stories high to commit suicide???? Peoples emotional stability has absolutely nothing to do as to which continent they live on but rather how you were raised, what you can tolerate, this gentleman seems to handle the situation better than others, but i can imagine he is still in shock from these attacks, a few more inches to the left and the bullet could have hit his heart and he realizes this.

[@seanadamson6677]

the fresh are such strong and resilient people. i was in paris the night of the attack in Nice. i was a block from the eiffel tower and i had just come from the paris fire department. The firemen were hosting a big party and i remember looking at each one when i discovered what had happened. some were oblivious and those who knew turned completely pail. the climbed in there ambulances and headed the 7 hours to Nice. As i walked home i could hear people all over the place singing La Marseillaise.

[@TRDR66]

Why is that only Shia Muslim clerics are openly condemning the incident and the Sunni clerics are just saying nothing ? Disgraceful.

[@100kasimpasali]

They are man you might not be seeing it. Turkish president and prime minister condemned them the day after. However what does that even do even if the whole world condemned them these people will still unfortunately not come back to life.

[@GoGoTomoko]

Am i the only one who is creeped out its on Friday the 13th?

[@Nesiantink]

+DeeJay Doge was done on purpose

[@GoGoTomoko]

lmao

[@markkelly8674]

Predicted in a shoot em up computer game released 4 years earlier which centered around a terror attack in Paris on November 13th.

[@zebalewski1]

so sorry for what they went through. I'm also sorry parisians can't carry weapons to protect themselves, these poor people were sitting ducks

[@ineslegrand4764]

as a french girl i want to say that we don't want guns all we want is peace

[@ineslegrand4764]

but thank you for the support

[@mezimeen]

+zebalewski1 you're aware that in any concert hall, including ones in america, you can't bring a gun inside right? and exactly what pack of teenagers in america at a cafe or club all have guns on them? Gangs? How exactly can you protect yourself from an attack like this just because you have a gun in your pocket? This gun logic is asinine.

[@ineslegrand4764]

+mezimeen and attacks like those happen so fast even if people were armed i doubt they could be able to shoot anybody

[@zebalewski1]

+mezimeen the laws need to be changed, the only people who can be armed in gun free zones are criminals, making everyone else sitting ducks. I have a firearm. I very good with it. if I am put in a situation like this, I will shoot way out.

[@Jamba-wl8ez]

Shocked at what bullets can do? Just wait 10-20 years until these groups have nuclear capability.

[@rwjazz1299]

The Taliban are in talks right now with China, Pakistan, and Russian. They wish to acquire nukes in exchange for access to Afghanistan's natural resources, and cash. We reap what we sow. What better way to nuke Europe and not have to push the button.

[@linger4605]

How much do you think New York Times paid this survivor for the exclusive story?lmao smh

[@stevocanuck]

+linger4605 the media would do anything to get a good story out of anyone.. and here's where the real SMH starts... (ONLY when there's something "good" in it for them.) .. if its not news worthy, they'll turn it down.

[@RhNegtiv]

+linger4605 Yeah, one bullet does a lot of horrific damage to the body.... except for that blond Virginia reporter. She just runs away like Superwoman after being shot with hollow point bullets that explode in the body.

[@markkelly8674]

@@RhNegtiv and the dead cameraman was named Adam Ward, an amalgam of Adam West & Burt Ward who played Batman and Robin in the 60's.

[@billyhargrove4777]

Apres d'autre pays disent qu'ont es mal polie ou etc... normal regarder juste ce qu'ont subi 😭

[@Jeweldee]

Now what has Angelina Jolie have to say about European countries taking in Muslim "refugees" ???

[@frankelder1158]

+Judy Wolvaardt Who do you think they are running away from? They are here and there.

[@FMercurism]

A horrible story... : (

[@zebalewski1]

agreed. I would love to avenge

[@generationfallout5189]

+zebalewski1 Evil wins when it makes you behave like it.

[@zebalewski1]

+Generation Fallout you're right, we should just let them keep terrorizing us. much better idea.

[@-ninetailed-7172]

+Generation Fallout Well, you tried.

[@aimeesingsx9876]

🙏🏻

[@Ronldbx6]

There's no reason for this video to have any dislikes, really?

[@jazminnunez9295]

someone knows this guy's full name?

[@Livelaughlove8585]

sensless act of violence on these poor people. rip all the victims

[@johnsmith5586]

So are the Paris victims somehow more worthwhile to mourn than the innocents killed in Beirut?

[@honeydew1]

they aren't, but western media is going to focus on the west.

[@johnsmith5586]

screams On the contrary, the reports are there. NYT did a piece among other high profile outlets.

[@johnsmith5586]

Luca Johnson But you see, the press has reported on it. it's the viewership that has disregarded the information.

[@BOO-jo2jg]

woh.

[@texasboy6554]

the guilty ones weren't some one from outside, tha French government is tha auto-attacker

[@Jackson-ez8xr]

not to be rude or anything but the bullets don't do anything its the sick and twisted people that cause the damage

[@janice7052]

+Jackson3547 Bullets do something. A gun allows someone to be detached from the tragically significant and intimate experience of taking someone's life. Just the pull of a trigger can change everything. You cannot deny that.

[@1thess523]

+Jamie Renna Yes the "pull of the trigger" can change everything but how does the trigger get pulled? Yes bullets cause damage but not until they are loaded by someone who then use's those bullets shot through a gun. Every thing is tragic about what happened but I think what's even more tragic is the fact that the truth of why these evil people rein this terror(Islam) will be politically corrected away!!! Obama said today that they have to eradicate the core of these terrorist yet he will not even acknowledge that they are "Islamic terrorist" he just keep referring to all these situations as "act's of terror".

[@westplays1037]

+1thess523 It's what Bush did too

[@1thess523]

olivia martinez it is already regulated but the people that don't follow the rules are the ones that keep killing the people. how are you going to regulate some to a law breaker please answer that. Maybe they should pass a law that say's "you can't drink and drive" so we can save millions of lives!, wait guess what? We already have that here in The USA but the law breakers still do it and most of the time kill the person they crash into and not themselves. More laws only work for those people who follow them and guess what happens to the people that follow them when they meet up with the person that doesn't???????????????????????????? It's funny you mention "weed" and saying it doesn't do damage but helps with cancer. I have plenty of old friends that attest to the fact that it cause's damage, not one of them has had a benefit to it and one of them is dead because his weed use lead to harder and harder drugs, you say it helps with disease's right? Well I am against weed but let's say there is 100% proof that it cure's cancer, I would say pass a strict law that is ONLY FOR THOSE WITH CANCER THAT CAN SMOKE WEED BUT NOT GET HIGH AS A KITE, AND IF YOU ARE CAUGHT SMOKING WITHOUT CANCER YOU WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE!! Would you be for that law?

[@1thess523]

olivia martinez haha i don't wear panties but thanks for caring, have you ever heard of the black market or have you seen what's going down in Mexico where some of the strictest gun laws are? A killer isn't going to be too lazy to get a gun from the black market. We'll leave it at that, have a good night

[@yoMXTT]

I thought this was shia labouf from the thumbnail

[@BasicPsychology101]

Has anyone else even remotely considered how much power is behind creating in a sense a type of cue against gun rights? If we're willing to give weapons to terrorists groups to propagate an agenda, just imagine what can be done when we want whole countries to give up their guns.

[@illyamehrzai1795]

+Basic_Psychology What happened there was terrible but i can't help but think that the US government wants more reasons to take away militias and guns

[@reptilianresearchredux5887]

+Basic_Psychology America can't ever. Sharia courts are being allowed to operate in Great Britain, just think where we'd be if our founders hadn't did what they had or my Grandpa and countless other veterans. We do not have the RIGHT to throw it away over stories of violence being prepared and presented with the purpose of demoralizing free people. we have to think about our great great great Grandchildren, we cant leave them without this right.

[@TheModernSuns]

2,000 plus years and the god theory has never been proven. Yet, it still continues to move people.

[@benewgillian6823]

Satan is real , that's for sure ...

[@blueishxx]

2:58 it's monstrous , absolutely monstrous what bullets can do

[@teccaninakilla]

yup ur shirt is the biggest concern with the attack atm

[@frieda2413]

+saul gonzalez Who are you to judge him? Were you there? Did you live through it? Well, he did. So shut up.

[@mikaelkato5135]

High five if you can understand him!

[@alana6806]

I can't understand how persons can loose the human sense and all what I have in mind is to harm, kill innocents who just want to live normally, it's so revolting, no religion can ask this

[@brodyrobertson7822]

You've Outdone Yourself. badge wind 11

[@ador7572]

@ 0:058 he should've shouted "get up and fight!"

[@ador7572]

elias ___ I am... how many shooters and men were there? If they fought the gunmen the number of dead people would be much lower but they cowered in fear not thinking there's hundreds of them and only a handful of shooters. Remember the train gunman who was stoped by passengers because they fought? Next time you comment and prove to everyone how dumb you are, maybe you should stop and think.

[@tomadams2639]

+ador757 People are built for self preservation. You can't make judgements because living in your mother's basement have never had a life or death situation like this. You have a better chance of running away from a gunman than just throwing your life away by running at them and getting mowed down.

[@ador7572]

you turds react without thinking... I'm not judging him for running away. I'm suggesting that in an instance where gunmen are going to open fire and you're trapped in a crowded area where a stampede will occur due to panic, its better to fight back. Terrorists count that people will run away that's why they were calm when firing their weapons. They don't expect any resistance and can casually slaughter people thus promoting an idea that doing an attack like this is easy.

[@tomadams2639]

+ador757 You don't understand group dynamics or psychology. People are not so sacrificial that they are willing to run at multiple armed assailants like zombies for the betterment of the whole group, especially in a chaotic situation like this. The front runners would surely die, and no one wants to be the front runner. People have a need for self preservation, even if that means more people die. That's reality. I garentee you are no different.

[@ador7572]

Thomas Adams I understand psychology, and I may never experience that situation nor do I want to but I know Islamists depend on our fear in order to carry out successful attacks. Again, I'm not judging him or any survivor for running away, I do however believe that if people start fighting back, Islamists will be more hesitant to carry out attacks like these.

[@linger4605]

They're already giving interviews? Really?! Umm I wouldn't want to be talking about something horrifying like this. Modern day media smfh!

[@spankymcgee3472]

I would. I would want people to know what was happening. I probably wouldn't be able to do it on camera though.

[@markkelly8674]

Crisis actor

[@anuseth7613]

Free Fund mae Pitai khao It's really sad

[@ravediaries6859]

A true hero...ban bullets and knives!

[@nathanholmes3475]

Seems. Clever. petite cheese What's your opinion about that, guys !!!

[@christopherblack4854]

well atleast the guy who planned it was killed yesterday..

[@robj537]

My heart go's out to the victoms in Paris. I thank god to be an American and that I have the right bear arms to protect my family and friends if an incident occurs. I only wish othere European governments would acknowledge that the best way to protect your citizans is to arm them. Its vary cowardly for these terrorist to attack a country with unarmmed citizens where the only thing they can do is hide and hope the best.

[@robj537]

+R4bbit68 That is sad your own Government doesn't trust it's people with the means to defend themselves. That is your God given right, and if you're an atheist that is your right as a virtue of being human. Being able to defend yourself and your family. Instead they make you all victims, because your servants or subjects. Do you know what Hitler said it's a lot easier to control the people when they're not armed. There's an old saying free men have guns, slaves don't. I wasn't talking about a suicide bomber. I was talking about the Assholes with the AK 47. They tried the same stuff in Texas and we stop them immediately with what?!? citizens with guns!

[@frieda2413]

+Rob J (Sideswipe3489) It's not our government, WE don't want guns. Is that so hard to comprehend?

[@robj537]

+Frieda Yes it is. A gun is a tool that levels out the playing field and gives people a chance. like single mother or the elderly or people being massacred in a crowd. I bet there was a lot of people that night wishing they had a gun because this myth of gun control wasn't working. I understand we are from different cultures but we are both human and I think that we should be on the same page that we should be able to defend our loved ones with whatever means we feel is necessary.

[@domoniqueman2545]

Probably paris wasen't ready for the attack but I shall pray for them):

[@daoud1256]

unbelievable hateful atrocity by a group that is despised by all including those who they claim to belong to. they are a black mark on humanity, and they try to bring dishonor to one of the worlds largest religions. may they fail utterly and may we as humanity all come together against this.

[@dawnmadiagn1512]

testing

[@jedi1967]

VIVE LA FRANCE!!!!

[@monjiaitaly]

I hope France rethinks its ban on guns for the populace.

[@00cynthiamarie]

So terrifying, I hope he is able to live his life without having to be in constant fear. Also, my timing is terrible but he's so very attractive

[@evan51298]

never provoke france into war time. their hearts are strong enough to conquer Syria and bombard the terrorist in a sweep.

[@rwjazz1299]

Tell that to the Germans.

[@weaponx5697]

marijuana is the medical services they need it heals the mind.

[@marcosangel6826]

Eagle with fears are queers band no death metal here bs

[@narrativequestion]

that isnt real blood on the tshirt

[@BasicPsychology101]

Great... more fuel for propaganda.

[@tomadams2639]

It was a victim recounting his experience, how is that propoganda?

[@TheFunkyape]

Many aspects of the Paris attack seem highly suspicious. Regulars at the Bataclan weren't allowed in on the night in question. The only released CCTV footage of the Paris attack was completely staged in one of the cafes alleged to have been attacked, this only a short distance up the road from where over a hundred rounds had supposedly just been fired, were all the customers deaf? There were only about half a dozen customers there anyway so why didn't the terrorists attack the McDonalds around the corner where there were loads more people and why did they only shoot at cafe's that were colour coded purple and owned by Jewish folk? The Bataclan itself was sold on 9/11 last year, Revelations 9:11 being the only place in the bible where Satan's name is mentioned. The Rothchild family had previously purchased the offices of Charlie Hebdo the month before that particular attack in which a fake policeman pretended to be shot in the head with some fake smoking device strapped to his wrist. A real policeman investigating anomalies into the case committed suicide the following day. Only two terror drills took place in Paris subsequent to the Charlie Hebdo attack, the second coincidentally took place on the same day as the attack itself, a repeat of the 7/7 London Bombings where bomb drills took place in the exact same three tube stations on the same morning as the actual attacks. Some joker with a grand piano was allowed to play the new world order theme tune outside the crime scene the following day. Justin Bieber made an overtly satanic video prior to the attack where his nose turned into the french flag with blood dripping off the end and his eyes turn into dollar signs. Senator John McCain confirmed the Paris exercise cost $10,000. Bieber's video also shows an upside down silhouette of the Eiffel tower in black. His new album coincidentally released the same day as the attack and he coincidentally reported that a friend of his died in the attack. A shoot em up video game was released a few years ago which sets you the task of stopping a terrorist attack in Paris on November 13th. A horror film was also released the same day as the attack which trailer showed the Empire State Building lit up in the french colours with lightening striking beside it, lightening being symbolic of the devil. The lead singer of the Eagles of Death Metal, who calls himself the devil, wears lightning bolts on his outfit and one of their songs reads we're going to San Bernadino, the location of the next fake shooting a few months after. The Illuminati card game released in the mid nineties shows a card with the Eiffel tower showing a weird eye shaped light in the centre. At 12.14am immediately after the attack this same weird light appears on the darkened Eiffel tower which normally goes dark at 1am not 12am, a repeat of the same card game showing a lady jogger in a green top with the slogan nobody suspects a jogger then immediately after the bomb went off at the Boston marathon a lady jogger in a green top throws a device over her shoulder which an old guy behind her attempts to catch while falling. By the way the first reports from San Bernadino stated 12 dead and 14 injured or vice versa, a reference back to the time the darkened Eiffel tower showed that weird light. In 2008 we had a fake shooting in a theatre showing a BATMAN film, then we had JOKER do the Boston Bombing, then we had the live TV shooting where the name of the cameraman who was shot was ADAM (West) (Burt) WARD, then we have the shooting at the BATalcan. Three suicide bombers go off but don't kill anyone except themselves and one blows up but his magical passport gets found at the scene. The media reports that a male nurse tried to do mouth to mouth on one of the suicide bombers (weak bomb). The only damage show to the cafe after the bomb is two overturned chairs. A bomb goes off outside a football stadium before half time and they continue playing the game in it's entirely??? Some dude is saved from the explosion outside by his magic mobile phone and the only witnesses are the TV crew who are already on the scene. A pregnant lady hangs by one hand from a window ledge outside the theatre while a guy on the ground lies motionless until he thinks the camera phone is off him at which point he decides to check his own phone? The only photo from inside the Bataclan shows the victims left a trail of blood in the shape of the eye of horus, the AK's did no damage to any of the lightbulbs and the band carefully took apart their drum kit before the photo could be taken. Then there were all the horrible actors who had claimed to have know victims and who's stories keep changing. One faker came on Irish TV claiming she was worried about her friend because he hadn't posted anything on facebook but the bloke in question hadn't posted anything on facebook since 2010.

[@muhammetbarut]

the mans words are not matching his body language. He is clearly lying about some stuff or just over exaggerating things. For the most part his head is looking down towards the left meaning he is ashamed of something. He shakes his head left to right and itches the bottom of his nose (especially, when he says "the bullet hit my elbow" ) meaning subconsciously he doesn't believe what he is saying. When speaking of the horror he saw there were no facial expressions that really conveyed his emotions, there were no sighs of fear, anger, shock or sadness. What's happening is Paris, and the Middle east is most definitely terrible and I don't mean to say that terrible things aren't happening. I'm just saying this guy seems to be not telling the whole truth or any truth. He even rests on his shot elbow and moves his hand fairly freely without much signs of pain so there is something fishy and i just want to point that out.

[@Jeweldee]

Now what has Angelina Jolie have to say about European countries taking in Muslim "refugees" ???

[@monjiaitaly]

I hope France rethinks its ban on guns for the populace.