On the evening of November 18, 2015 in Paris, France, proclaimed the City of Love, a terrible, gruesome, not-so-lovely attack occurred. Three teams of attackers from the group known as ISIS bombed and massacred, via AK-47, a group of civilians attending an Eagles of Death death metal concert, a soccer match between Germany and France, and a few restaurants as well.

On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists — some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them — attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway. The death metal band, Eagles of Death, were performing and in the middle of the show, men came out from behind the stage opening fire on the attendees. Many thought that it was part of the show, but reality soon set in. Members from ISIS were taking lives quickly and rapidly.

“The concert had started. I was in the audience and I heard what sounded like a firecracker. It was loud but the gig was very loud and I thought it was something that was part of the show. I think lots of people did too. Then they started firing. I saw what I thought was at least two people, then I fled. The exits were clearly marked and I just ran. There were wounded, there was a lot of blood. Blood everywhere,” said Jerome Boucer, shivering in the cold night wearing a white t-shirt covered in blood spatter from the victims wounded or killed.

“It was carnage,” Marc Coupris, 57, told The Guardian,  still shaking after being freed from being held hostage at the Bataclan, a popular concert venue. “It looked like a battlefield, there was blood everywhere, there were bodies everywhere. I was at the far side of the hall when shooting began. There seemed to be at least two gunmen. They shot from the balcony. I saw my final hour unfurl before me, I thought this was the end. I thought I’m finished, I’m finished. I was terrified. We must all have thought the same. Eventually, when a few gendarmes came in slowly we began to look up and there was blood absolutely everywhere. The police told us to run.”

There were 89 people reported dead at the concert venue, but that was only the worst attack of the night. At approximately 9:20 PM, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside of the soccer stadium. Moments later, a second explosion occurs but this time, it was inside of the stadium. Four people were killed in the incident. A few moments after that, more were killed inside and out of a few restaurants. The chaos was a nightmare come true for the city of Paris. Loved ones were lost, spirits were crushed, futures were ruined for 129 innocent people. Although Paris is in great mourning, they are not the only ones reeling from the attacks.

All over the world including Australia, Brazil, The US, etc. are devastated from the attacks, especially us here in the US. Countries are flashing the French flag colors on their most famous monuments. New York, the Empire State Building, Australia, the Sydney Opera House, and Brazil, the Christ the Redeemer statue that looks over the city of Rio. Although other countries are showing their respects and saying prayers, the United States may just as well be the one most affected, knowing the pain and suffering of being victim of a brutal attack.

Even though Hammonton High is miles away from where the attacks occurred, students and faculty were still impacted by the events.

“I feel really sad about what’s occurred,” said science teacher Ms. Myra Doughty. “If these terrorists want us to acknowledge them, they’re going about it all wrong.”

Even though Homeland Security raised its terrorist threat level to Code Orange, Doughty argues that terrorists can still attack anytime they want.

Students, too, expressed their grief on the attacks.

“I feel really bad for the people in Paris,” said Jonathan Ryker, a senior at Hammonton High School. “It really brings us all together as a whole by holding up Paris’s colors on major buildings and monuments as well as on athletes cleats and armbands.”

Other countries are coming together as a whole to help France and help stop this group.