In Paris and Saint-Denis, families, survivors, officials, and ordinary people gathered on Thursday to commemorate the November 13, 2015 attacks that killed 132 people. The tributes, marked by tears, silences, and songs, reflect enduring pain and a collective commitment to remembrance. Ceremonies took place at Place de la République, Place Saint-Gervais, and the Stade de France.
Ten years after the November 13, 2015 attacks that spread terror in Paris and Saint-Denis, the French paid tribute to the 132 victims and hundreds of injured. Léa and Tibo, who were 13 years old at the time of the attacks, attended the rebroadcast of the ceremony at Place de la République, holding white roses, 'the color of hope.' 'We all remember where we were on the evening of the 13th, what we were doing,' they said, highlighting the intact memory of that dark night.
This square had seen, a decade earlier, an accumulation of candles, drawings, and bunches of flowers in memory of the victims. At Place Saint-Gervais in Paris's 4th arrondissement, 1500 relatives, survivors, and officials inaugurated the memorial garden. A dense crowd gathered around the Monument to the Republic, while commemorations took place at the Stade de France with the presence of Emmanuel Macron, Sébastien Lecornu, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Anne Hidalgo, François Hollande, and Manuel Valls.
Amid tears, silences, and songs, these tributes illustrate a pain that remains alive but a determination never to forget. The ceremony's title, 'The light of your faces will never go out,' summarizes this national unity in the face of terrorism.