In his footage, a number of people are seen dead on the floor while several hang dangerously from the window.
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One woman can be seen hanging from a windowsill, shouting: ‘Help, help, I’m pregnant’.
Witnesses at Le Bataclan, a concert hall that was swarmed by gunmen in the midst of a performance, relayed events on Twitter and to press on the scene.
“I live on the second floor, and my apartment overlooks Bataclan’s emergency exits”.
Survivors of the Bataclan theatre massacre. I understood that there was something serious… “He could have asked me to leave, but he let me [stay] there”. Everyone flowed back to the Rue Amelot and Boulevard Voltaire. After one managed to climb back inside when it was seemingly safe, he pulled the woman in through the window. I do not know [what happened], my mind is a blank.
Psenny himself attempted to assist the injured after he stopped filming and was shot in the arm.
He said the victim he rescued was American, and had been shot in the leg. The other man vomited and was cold. He felt cold – we thought he was going to die.
“The attackers, I don’t think I heard them saying anything or shouting anything or making any demands, they were just firing indiscriminately into the crowds”.
Moments earlier, jihadists shouted “Allahu Akbar” – God is great – and started indiscriminately killing those who were crammed into the venue to see USA band Eagles of Death Metal.
At least one person is shown writhing on the ground as scores more stream past, a few of them bloodied or limping. He then saw people leaving the Bataclan, with “all the world” running from the building. It’s when I saw the blood that I realised this wasn’t a bad joke.
A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan theatre.
“There was a man lying on the pavement”.
“There was silence for a long time”. I covered my ears because of the noise of the gunshots…
“The best thing we can do is to get on with our lives, what they want to do is terrify us”. The haunting cries of a man searching for a lost friend. “Rio is Paris” read signs held by people in front of Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday. The shootings took place around the same time as other armed assaults and bombings in and around Paris.
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Another said: “I’ve been looking for my cousin since last night…”
