"James! Are you there? There has been a shooting!" It was a surreal moment -- my friend, visiting from the Netherlands, burst into my apartment with her French friend seeking refuge from the mayhem on the streets. Just 15 minutes before they were sipping beers on the patio of Le Carillon -- a typical French brasserie. They were waiting across the street for their table at Le Petit Cambodge, the site of one of the attacks in Paris. They said they were startled by what sounded like fireworks. My friends had never heard gunshots...
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