Three siblings who all survived Utoya attack unhurt, remember those who died

(29 Jul 2011)
Lillestrom, near Oslo
1. Wide of floral memorial
2. Close of flowers, messages and candles at memorial
3. Close, low angle of candles at memorial
4. Wide of three Barzingi siblings, who survived a youth camp shooting spree in the island of Utoya, northwest of Oslo, last Friday
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hajin Barzingi, Utoya shooting survivor:
"I remember I was at the phone with my sister to give her a warning about Oslo''s (attack) and then when she got off the phone the shooting started. And then I thought it was just a joke, someone just playing with some balloons or something. But then several people ran into the little room where I was, crying and shouting out ''there''s someone out there shooting at people''".
6. Wide, low angle of Hana Barzingi talking to friends
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hana Barzingi, Utoya shooting survivor:
"So, he said to me ''I''m a cop and I will get you guys a place where is safe and I just have to gather everyone so it could be easier for me to protect you.'' When he said that I think someone heard it because someone ran out. And he just took up the gun and shot the person."
8. Close, cutaway of Hana Barzingi
9. Mid of Hajin and Dana Barzingi
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Hajin Barzingi, Utoya shooting survivor:
"I don''t want to think about him. He doesn''t earn any thought of mine. He wants attention, he''s not getting attention of mine."
11. Wide of Barzingi siblings and their friends
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Barzingi, Utoya shooting survivor:
"I''m starting to smile a bit now. Now and then. In a week? In a year? I don''t know. I don''t know if I ever will go back to the same person I was once. And I don''t think I will be."
13. Wide of Hana Barzingi talking to friends
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Hana Barzingi, Utoya shooting survivor:
"Yesterday I found out that two of my friends died, but I feel so empty inside like I want to cry. When I meet friends they expect me to cry. But I don''t feel the tears are there. I really think this is a nightmare still. Because when I wake up and one other friend has died, since Friday a lot of my friends have died. So I don''t know why I''m so empty but I''m waiting for the reaction to come."
15. Mid of Dana Barzingi and Hajin Barzingi walking away
16. Mid of children at flower memorial
17. Close of flowers in statue
STORYLINE:
Three siblings who survived a youth camp shooting spree in Norway last week gathered at a memorial service in the Oslo commuter suburb of Lillestrom on Thursday evening to pay tribute to victims of the deadliest assault in the nation during peacetime.
Hajin, Hana and Dana Barzingi all survived a shooting rampage last Friday at a Labour Party youth camp on the island of Utoya, northwest of the capital, in which scores of their friends were killed by Anders Behring Breivik, a Norwegian man who confessed to both the youth camp shooting on the island and a bombing in Oslo earlier that day.
The siblings remembered the victims of the attack at Lillestrom''s town square fountain where local residents were laying flowers, a scene that has been repeated across Norway this week.
Hajin Barzingi was on the phone to her sister to tell her news of the bomb in the government district in Oslo, then she heard shooting on the island but thought someone was playing a bad joke.
"But then several people ran into the little room where I was, crying and shouting out ''there''s someone out there shooting at people''" said Hajin.
As the shooting continued, Hana Barzingi crouched in a building with a friend.
Looking out the window, she saw a man she thought was a police officer.

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