Friday the 13th of November, 2015, was not a very good day for the world. There was an earthquake that hit  in Japan, an ISIS attack in Lebanon, bombings killing 40 in Baghdad, a hurricane in Mexico, and several terrorist attacks in Paris, causing Friday the 13th to live up to its legacy.

 The story that has lined the newspaper’s headlines happens to be the Parisian attack. The assailants killed 129 people and injured 352, 99 of whom are in critical condition, which the Islamic State claimed responsibility for. This has been  the worst peacetime attack in France since World War Two. French President Francois Hollande imposed a state of emergency and authorized local authorities to impose curfews. The borders were also closed immediately following the attacks which has not happened since the last World War. A former Millbrook French exchange student, Blandine Bahounge said, “ The night was horrible. I spent all night worried about my boyfriend who is a police officer who was outside the stadium and then at the Bataclan.”

 “How many attackers were there?” is the most common response to the tragedy because of the vast network of misinformation that spirals after any major event in the world. To clarify:

• There were seven attackers in three coordinated teams, according to French prosecutors.
• Three blew themselves up outside the Stade de France.

• One died after detonating a suicide vest at Le Comptoir Voltaire restaurant on the Boulevard Voltaire.

• Three men wearing suicide vests were involved in the deadliest attack of the night, at the Bataclan concert hall, in which 89 people were killed. Two died after detonating their vests, the third was shot by police.

  Citizens around the city helped the victims to safety throughout the night by shouting their apartment codes out their windows to help random strangers to safety. A few examples of people who helped were the man that opened the window to his flat to aid the victims of the Bataclan stranded on the roof, the man who went back for a random pregnant women, taxi drivers who stayed in the street to help people get home for free, as well as the bus drivers that helped evacuate the Bataclan. In addition there were  people who lined the streets to donate blood for victims of the attacks. Paris and France as a whole remain grief struck but strong. The French president warned that there would be a severe escalation against the Islamic State saying that the attacks were “an act of war.” Several raids have already been launched in neighboring countries such as Belgium in connection to the attacks. Other countries including the U.S and Britain have also stated that they would step up the fight against ISIS. Security has been increased in major cities around the world in response to the attacks. Lee Meng, a student in London, said, “There have been more police and special forces placed around the city and security is near impossible to get through. They search everyone’s bags and scan everyone. There is an underlying feeling of fear in the city, almost like everyone is worried they will be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

  The country is supported by the hundreds of people across the globe who held vigils and memorials in almost every major city when the citizens could not. During this time of hardship, the world stands with Paris in their grief.