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Local women describe an ‘eerie’ Paris after attacks Tyler OLSEN Abbotsford News
Megan Dirksen was out for dinner with friends Friday evening in a Paris restaurant when a new acquaintance, a local named Marie, checked her phone and brought her hands up to her face. Hours earlier, Marie had told Dirksen – a Mission resident who had come to the city for a month-long vacation – that Paris never gets old. “No matter how long you are here, you always discover something new,” she said Now Dirksen looked on with concern, as Marie learned that her beloved city had come under attack by men bearing suicide vests and AK-47s. Soon the phones of Marie and the rest of those at the group’s tables lit up as family members sought to get in touch and learn their loved ones were safe. The group soon broke up and outside the restaurant, Dirksen and her friend were able to get a taxi with the help of their tour guide. “As we waited, the city was at the deadest calm I have ever felt. Eerie is the word and Continued on A5
In the days after Friday’s terrorist attacks, Parisians and tourists alike gathered to pay their respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Michelle Sagert photo Triomphe.
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