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but we keep getting conflicting reports that the concert will start
soon or has been canceled.
There are 16,000 of us here, and a sense of unease is starting to set
in. People are talking about terrorism and how we9re an easy target,
and so on.
Around 9:30–10:00 p.m., we get an announcement from the stage
that the concert has been canceled. The suspect has been caught, but
they don9t know if there are more. We9re to be ushered out and
follow the police9s instructions. All roads in and out of Amager are
closed, and we can only get out via the S-train to Vanløse. The actual
evacuation from the building goes smoothly. Some people are having
panic attacks, some are talking on their cell phones, and my
impression is that we9re all being considerate of one another. No
shouting or screaming. Everything proceeds calmly.
Then we walked in a long line toward the S-train. There are riotgeared officers on rooftops, balconies, and everywhere we look. I
remember thinking that if someone were to shoot us now, there9s
nothing we could do. We still don9t know anything other than that
there might be more perpetrators on the loose. We got on the train.
Along the way, we9ve been in touch with my friends, and they9re
going to meet us in Vanløse. It9s reassuring to know that. The train
starts moving, and we breathe a little sigh of relief. After a short
while, the lights go out in the train, and it comes to a stop. I think,
here it comes, this is the end.
We9re all surprisingly calm. A little while passes, then we get a
message saying there9s a line on the railway, but that we9ll be moving
shortly. The relief is palpable. Finally, we reached Vanløse and found
my friends. It9s only once we9re sitting in the car that we feel safe. On
the way home, we stopped at a gas station to get something to drink.
Molly and I can9t stay inside. We must go back out to the car. All the
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