I curled myself round a rock on the shoreline and stayed there. [17] The film was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2018,[18] it also had a special presentation in Scandinavian theaters on 4 October 2018. 20:59 GMT 27 Apr 2013. A colleague described his death as "a great loss". At 3.25pm a bomb hidden inside a van exploded outside the prime ministers office, shattering the nations peace and setting in motion an afternoon of scarcely believable terror. . Eivind Rindalen, 23, from Tolga, took charge of a group of 11 youths. I learned a lot about myself. At one point, heavily armed police tried to use a boat that was too small to reach the island and had to turn back because it started to sink. According to Agence France Presse, Breivik's prison quarters are made up of three personal cells: one for living, one for exercise, and one for studying, plus a bathroom. PM Stoltenberg was at home at the time preparing for a speech he was scheduled to give the next day to the youth camp on Utya island. He has been a symbol for the strenght of the survivors . July 13, 2001 12 AM PT. Alien sightings are reported regularly in Svalbard, including people claiming a spaceship spent a year or so on the towns beachfront and a UFO that crashed in the mountains is now hiding with the zombies in the Doomsday Vault. And Mubarak Haji Ahmed, 19, from Hamar, hid in a cave below The Love Path before attempting to escape by swimming away. Bonnie Hanssen's initial paralyzing shock -- her FBI agent husband accused of espionage, his photo plastered throughout the world -- is finally beginning to fade. This is portrayed quite accurately in the film. 12:19 GMT 27 Apr 2013 vg.no Amerikansk hyesterett fjerner retten til selvbestemt abort p nasjonalt niv Breivik is sentenced to 21 years, that can be extended by a court if it is deemed he is still a danger to society. Alexander Sandberg, 16, from Levanger, hid under a sofa in the school house. -The Guardian. At Least 15 Killed in Southwestern Niger During Friday Prayer, Poland Sends 900 Soldiers To Its Border With Belarus, The Importance Of Cybersecurity Highlighted In Recent Cyber-Attack On VMware Systems, First Inmates Transferred To El Salvadors New Mega Prison Amid Controversial Gang Crackdown. Unable to move and nearly unconscious, he reached up to examine the wound on the right side of his skull, something that he does in the movie. Update: January 23, 2019.) She was rescued by tourists in a boat. Hundreds of teenagers as young as 14 flocked there from all over Norway for a mixture of socialising, camping and earnest political debate. Discovering Breivik was Norwegian, that he was one of us as the title of journalist Asne Seierstads book on the attacks called it was a shock. Some feel that while Norway handled the immediate aftermath well, it has struggled recently. During a hearing in Oslo, he said that he wanted to give a "signal that could not be misunderstood" in order to limit future recruitment to the Labour Party. As the leader, it was my job to give other people hope. Norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang was awarded the L'Iris d'Or and named Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards in London on Thursday for her portraits of the survivors, winning almost 17,000 ($25,000) in prize money. Viljar was at the camp with two close friends. Her best friend died on her lap. She was married to biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (born December 3, 1970) from 1991 to 2016. His reason for defending a mass murderer is the same that's given in the movie, that everyone is entitled to a proper defense to guarantee that justice is rightly carried out. The first marriage lasted only for six months; his wife divorced him while he was serving a 3-year sentence for arson in Iowa. Those who managed to escape the initial hail of bullets fled, with some trying to get away by swimming across the lake. In addition to complaining about being lonesome by himself, he complained that the prison's strip searches had violated his human rights. . He became blind in the right eye and had three fingers amputated Adrian Pracon, 21, was. Viljar Hanssen: I was at the campsite. December 18, 2001 / 9:30 AM / CBS. Open up about your feelings to those closest to you. When you get the terrorist attack more at a distance, you will get annoyed with little things in the same way as you did before. It does something to you when your whole face has changed and . She survived by laying completely still and pretending to be dead. There is nothing my body cant do. Our response is more democracy, more openness and more humanity, he said. [19] The film was released on 10 October 2018 on Netflix and in select theaters. Posts Videos Tagged. 2014, 15:29 Opd. After the bomb went off in the capital, when it was still unknown who did it, people who were presumed to be immigrants were attacked. He detonated a car bomb in the government quarters in the capital and then went to the island Utya dressed as a police officer with a gun. GeoGuessr trailblazer hits the ground running, Holy smoke: the mystical power of palo santo, What a front line rock gig tells us about Ukraine society. The fifth anniversary of the mass killing spree by Anders Behring Breivik comes in the midst of a wave of terrorist attacks, mass shootings and other international upheavals that has some Norwegians wondering when theyll become part of the turmoil. He also revealed that he didnt use the Norwegian language for the film, because he didnt speak Norwegian, so he looked for actors who can speak English. [7][8][9] and was released online and in select theaters on October 10, 2018, by Netflix.[10][11]. Breivik tells Lippestad he wants to be declared competent to legitimize his attacks. "Je to praktick, protoe teba tmhle nevidm," prohlsil Hanssen v ter ped soudem a ukzal s smvem na vraha. Engh: Your brother, what happened to him? . He swam away from the island and was rescued by a boat. Hanne lost her brother, while Ane was also shot. Viljar is shot five times during the attack and survives, but loses vision in his right eye due to a head wound that leaves several bullet fragments implanted near his brain stem. Movie: 22 July. It feels a little small, she says. She was also a Moore, a Stewart and a Brabazon (Earls of Meath). The film follows the life of Viljar Hanssen after he has been shot multiple times, awoken from his coma, and crippled for life by Anders Behring Brevik. For eight years [] . She swam away from the gunshots and was rescued by volunteers in a boat. Viljar Robert Christian Hanssen is on Facebook. What I want the most is a completely normal life, he says. I remember asking if theyd seen a small, red-haired boy. TIMES STAFF WRITER. . Your openness and your commitment, like everyone elses, count in the fight to prevent something similar from happening., Since then, Labour and AUF officials have argued more and more that Breiviks ideas did not grow in a vacuum. But as they enter new landmark stages of their lives, theyre being forced to admit to themselves theyll never be able to leave behind the physical and mental scars inflicted on them four years ago today. See All. The main characters would have been speaking Norwegian to each other in real life, as it is the first language of 95% of the population. But what has changed?. I cant just wax my skis and set off any more . I remember I talked to him, said it would be all right and wed get through it together. Breivik murdered 77 people on July 22, 2011, in Norway's worst peacetime atrocity. Well, in a way I didnt realize how badly injured I was. Parliamentary elections are set for September, with opinion polls pointing to a return to government for the Labour party for the first time since 2013. Step 2. But I would have done it if I had the opportunity," Lippestad told Dagbladet. Yes, we have this wound and we have to recover and it will never be as it used to be. It stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Jon igarden, Thorbjrn Harr, Jonas Strand Gravli, Ola G. Furuseth, Ulrikke Hansen Dvigen, Isak Bakli Aglen, Maria Bock, and Seda Witt. I was conscious the whole time. Still, some suggest Labourhave tried to exploit the circumstances. He hung up on the first emergency operator after being pressured to give them his mobile number. -US News, The island of Utya in Norway's Tyrifjorden lake is owned by the Workers' Youth League (AUF), the youth wing of the social-democratic Labour Party that terrorist Anders Breivik opposed, largely due to the party's stance on Muslim immigration and multiculturalism. 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When they were 50 metres from the other shore, they were picked up by tourists in a rowboat. [Viljar nods in the direction of Breivik.] Eirik Hoie Mortensen, 17, from Haugesund, hid by the shore where he swam out to save a friend from drowning. James Rush We ran across Lovers Path. There was a debate about not giving Breivik any more attention and today it is common to avoid mentioning him when talking about what he did. I. I have a fragment of his bullet lodged in my brain that could kill me at any time. But because of the physical injuries, I believe that I will never be completely free. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. She says the party never truly acknowledged its ties to Breivik and that we as a society have never made them. -Telegraph, Yes, but the movie leaves out the fact that Breivik called the police at least twice from the island, telling them he wanted to surrender. The van prior to explosion In the biographical film, 22 July, Viljar Hanssen is portrayed by Norwegian actor Jonas Strand Gravli. It changed my life. SEVERANCE CHECK: Mysterious Atlantic cable cuts linked to Russian fishing vessels did they damage Svalbards? You are accused of being too emotional, your ideas dont count, Huitfeldt adds. Andrine died. Viljar calls his mother to tell her a shooting is in progress. After she was shot, she ran out and yelled: 'I've been shot! If I go through difficult times, I tend to say to myself: you could have died as a 14-year-old. He then turned his attention to shooting the summer camp participants, first signaling to them to gather around him and then pulling weapons from his bag and opening fire, killing numerous people. They were witnesses to one of the most shocking mass killings the world has seen. Sara Harborough Soma, 17, from Sandnes, swam from the south peak with a friend. The Workers' Youth League was holding its annual summer camp there, where more than 600 Norwegian youths had gathered for five days of fun and energetic political debate. On July 22nd it was the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place in Norway. But, she says, you cannot escape your experiences with silence., You cannot change what happened on Utoya by escaping from everything and everyone who reminds you of that day. -The Sun, Like in the film, Breivik was dressed in a homemade police uniform. Stop isolating yourself. It also introduces us to Anders Behring Breivik's young victims and how their political awakenings and hopes for the future led them to Utya island on July 22, 2011. For Anzor Djoukaev, 17, from Lillestrom, however it wasn't just the horror of the massacre he was forced to contend with. Fhren Sie die folgenden Schritte aus, um Zugriff zu erhalten Viljar Hanssen: Step 1. I tried to distract myself by thinking about things I enjoyed in everyday life. He endorsed the comments of an AUF member who had said, If one man can create that much hate, you can only imagine how much love we as a togetherness can create.. I tried to get up several times, I was a bit sort of Bambi on the ice, you know, and I called out to my brother. He must have come back again, I think, without me realizing. Hanssen is supposed to have been shot by Breivik on Utya, and is supposed to still have a bullet in his brain. But these moving images offer an exclusive look at how the survivors of the Anders Behring Breivik massacre have rebuilt their lives. Whether I was hit when I was jumpinghereor when I landed, I dont know, but I ended up down there and my brother was close by. Stahl reports that Hanssen invited . He requests the aid of lawyer Geir Lippestad, who defended a Neo-Nazi. Anorexia is the deadliest psychiatric disorder. I remember he said if this is something political, we arent safe here either. So then they shushed me, like, Please shut up!. In 2019, Philip Manshaus, a 21-year-old Norwegian, shot his stepsister to death and then opened fire in an Islamic centre near Oslo (fortunately no one at the mosque was killed). Viljar is shot multiple times, but Torje escapes unharmed. In his mind, Viljar reasoned that "death was not an option." On the island of Utya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud, teenagers have arrived for Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, organised by the ruling Labour Party. Due to the tight-knit nature of this country and the wide geographical spread the victims came from, one newspaper estimated as many as one in four Norwegians knew somebody affected. These photos from the One Day in History series reveal how some of the survivors are coping today, less than two years after the incident. But it turns out this tiny group of islands known as Svalbard is my True Love and, generous contributions from you willing, I'll keep littering until they dig my body out when my climate-change-deformed apartment collapses or they exile my penniless ass because I'm not even worthy of washing your dirty dishes. His main goal was to protect his younger brother, Torje, but they weren't quite out of the view of the man who was trying to kill them. He was carried to a boat by his rescuers but spent nearly two months in a coma. It was strange being shot, it didnt hurtit was just unpleasant. Publicly a pious Roman Catholic, Hanssen posted sexually explicit stories about his wife on the Internet, says the book, "The Spy Next Door," and he invited a friend to watch over a secret home . On August 21, 2017, Paul Greengrass announced that he was working on a new Netflix movie focused on the 2011 Norway attacks and aftermath. Follow. Viljar Hanssen blev skudt fem gange p Utya for prcis tre r siden, da Anders Breivik gik til . Hale wrote the book that inspired The Frozen Ground, a movie based on Robert Hansen. The last thing I saw was him moving away from me. She was shot five times - in her hands, jaw and chest. When the head of security asks for ID, Breivik shoots him and the director dead. I remember Simon Saebo was lying there, but I didnt know then that he was dead. And I don't look like the person I used to anymore, I. Share About Post Author Mark Sabbatini "I'm blind in one eye, but that's a relief. [4][5][6] The film was written, directed and produced by Paul Greengrass and features a Norwegian cast and crew. Prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh: Can you start by telling us what happened to you on Utoya? He opposed then-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the Labour Party that elected him, the largest political party in Norway. I am kind of suprised there were no pictures of Viljar Hanssen. That upsets Viljar Hanssen, who was a 17-year-old Longyearbyen student when he was nearly killed after being shot five times by Breivik at the Utya youth camp where 69 people died. She later moved to Oslo to be a part of the national healing process. The country operates a progressive prison system and holds the position that all criminals can be rehabilitated. Engh: And you only found out later that he was dead? I only feel safe in a moving car. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. But that doesnt mean you have forgotten about it, you just remember it in a different way., Chkhetiani is from Kutaisi in Georgia and was invited as an international guest by the AUF with her best friend, who was killed in the attack. Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. To be in a job I enjoy. In the movie, filmmakers . Early in the movie, a security guard walks out to check on a white van parked outside the government building that houses the prime minister's office. He opposed then-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the Labour Party that elected him, the largest political party in Norway. Meanwhile, Ida Karoline Broholm, 21, from Hitra, hid in a room behind the kiosk before she moved down to the water front and swam away with a friend. Icepeople is again facingan immediate existential crisis due (of course) to hardships largely inflected by the pandemic. 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