an initiative to help each other between victims and relatives of victims

This is the story of people whom horror has reunited. An outstretched hand between Lydia and Jean-Claude, victims of the Bataclan, and Annick and Alain Dariste, grandparents bereaved following the attack of July 14, 2016, in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). A meeting to discuss their suffering and help each other. “Compared to November 13, we tell ourselves that we form a family, but the family has grown because we are full of empathy [quant] to the fact that there are victims of other attacks, unfortunately“, emphasizes Jean-Claude.

It was the French Association of Victims of Terrorism that made this exchange possible. “We are a bit of a cane to support them“, says Lydia. During three hours, Lydia and Jean-Claude recount the trial of the November 13 attacks. “The hardest part was the civil party, it’s very painful, you have to try to shield yourself [face] to that“, breathes Jean-Claude. And Lydia adds: “Testifying allowed me to free myself from a burden and to move forward.“A benevolent presence that Annick and Alain Dariste will need because, since the attack, time has not done its work.