Survivors Haunted by Bataclan Massacre a Decade Later

In November 2025, it has been a decade since the devastating Bataclan concert hall attack in Paris that claimed 90 lives. The assault was part of a series of coordinated terrorist strikes that killed 130 people across the French capital on that fateful night in 2015.

For survivors like Sebastien Lascoux, the trauma of that evening continues to haunt them. Lascoux, who lost a friend in the attack, struggles with PTSD and finds it difficult to go to crowded or enclosed spaces. The sounds of the city now trigger flashbacks of the gunfire that shattered the concert hall.

Others, like Layla Gharnouti, were not directly present but were deeply affected by the events unfolding nearby. Gharnouti and her sister Myriam rushed to shelter dozens of people in their mother's apartment, turning it into a makeshift infirmary. But the memories proved too much for Layla, who eventually moved away from Paris to Brittany.

Ten years on, the scars of the 2015 Paris attacks remain. Victims' families continue to gather for annual commemorations, keeping the events alive in the public consciousness. While the French have grown accustomed to heightened security measures, the emotional toll lingers for those whose lives were forever changed that November night.