Viljar : [laughs shakily] A relief, in a way that at least now I don't have to look at him. Some have no answers. Seierstad's acclaimed book was named one of the ten best books of 2015 by The New York Times. [13] The production began at the end of 2017. Viljar was severely injured during the attack and faced a long road . Yes. She swam away from the gunshots and was rescued by volunteers in a boat. Borgar Brattas, 17, was hiding with another girl under a skate ramp through the entire massacre. On July 22nd it was the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place in Norway. "This is an assault on us all," Viljar Hanssen, who survived the attack on Utya, wrote on Facebook. I think I just didnt want to take it in . Still, some suggest Labourhave tried to exploit the circumstances. He spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. Estonian born Viljar Puu Weimann is currently Music Director/Conductor of the Shoals Symphony at UNA in Florence, AL (USA), where he also holds the position of strings professor. This includes Viljar's joke about his eye, which is entirely fictional. Im already enjoying myself., Herlovsen hid with her best friend Andrine. I curled myself round a rock on the shoreline and stayed there. Breivik also complained about his coffee being too cold, having a "painful" chair to sit on instead of a couch, and that his pen was ergonomically insufficient.Survivors were disgusted that he was complaining about his conditions at Norway's Skien prison, which are superior to most U.S. college dorms. He learns to walk again, but is haunted by memories of the attack. It was the attack the country could never forget, yet it seems people have or at least the lessons they should have learned. Anxiety and paranoia. With the help of various psychiatrists and psychologists, Breivik is initially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Viljar Hanssen is a survivor of the July 2011 attack at the Utya summer camp in Norway. . Twice Breivik called police to surrender. The first marriage lasted only for six months; his wife divorced him while he was serving a 3-year sentence for arson in Iowa. Breivik claims he is the leader of a white nationalist group called the Knights Templar and that more attacks will happen on his signal. She survived by laying completely still and pretending to be dead. My mom and I decided that getting a dog might help me, so I got Athene. "We met with a glass wall between us, so it was not possible to take each other in hand. Ten years ago, as news of the bombing began circulating, initial speculation centred on Islamist terrorism. Sandberg hid under a sofa in the islands school house. He also had to learn how to walk and write again. We have to face it., Huitfeldt says the lack of a memorial is unbelievable, but points to the controversies in New York over a 9/11 memorial, which opened on the 10th anniversary of those attacks. As the leader, it was my job to give other people hope. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. Posts Tagged But in the whole, Norway has done the right things, she says, pointing to the governments response and the openness of the trial, which acted as both catharsis and a fact-finding mission. Viljar: I lost track of him. Anorexia is the deadliest psychiatric disorder. There is nothing my body cant do. They were witnesses to one of the most shocking mass killings the world has seen. Our response is more democracy, more openness and more humanity, he said. He calmly described to the court how he killed 77 people, and said his original plan had been to behead Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former Labour prime minister who left Utoya shortly before he arrived. In real life, individuals who perceived Lippestad as a Nazi sympathizer also painted a swastika on his house. "The film also does not explain how long the shooting was going on, and a 72-minute living hell is almost eliminated as a little 10 minutes of panic," survivor Emma Martinovic said, who swam away from the island after being shot in the arm. He has been a symbol for the strenght of the survivors . "You killed so many people and acted [like] God for some hours and now you are complaining that you are having a hard time in jail when you dont even know what it means to have a hard time. 2014, 15:29 Opd. A national commission revealed serious shortfalls with Norways emergency preparedness. I want to experience life for what its worth., You will reach further than it might feel like right now. In real life, heavily armed police came upon him in the woods. In mid-October he returned home from. View the profiles of professionals named "Viljar" on LinkedIn. Everything you do from now on will be a personal achievement; to pass the exam, get your drivers licence, buy an apartment and be in a long-term relationship. It is allowed to feel that it is difficult. Norways commitment to stand open and united as a community is admirable, but Breivik came from somewhere. Lippestad tries to argue an insanity defense for Breivik, which draws criticism as it means he will be institutionalized instead of imprisoned. His friend helped him swim away from the pump house and he was later picked up by a boat. Viljar Hanssen blev skudt fem gange p Utya for prcis tre r siden, da Anders Breivik gik til . A number of the survivors were able to hide throughout the entire massacre. On the island of Utya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud, teenagers have arrived for Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, organised by the ruling Labour Party. Breivik murdered 77 people on July 22, 2011, in Norway's worst peacetime atrocity. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. Its a sign that we are not healed, says Gjestvang. It provides an insight that I take with me in my political involvement. I've been shot! 564 people were on the island at the time of the attack.Though it's not addressed in the movie, it was Breivik's original intention to also target former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who had given a speech on the island earlier in the day but was gone when Breivik arrived. I have been obsessed with pain and death, the fact that one can die at any time. We could not imagine something so horrible could happen in our peaceful little country., Seierstad, best known for her books chronicling everyday life in war zones including Kabul and Baghdad, says that the impact of July 22 was different from 9/11. A striking memorial at Utoya, featuring a section of rock removed from the island to create a symbolic gash on the landscape, was abandoned in 2017 after public outcry. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. vg.no Amerikansk hyesterett fjerner retten til selvbestemt abort p nasjonalt niv I thought about going back home to Svalbard, and driving the snowmobile and girls and other things that are really great. A leaked recording undermines the controversial union figure's contrition outside court after he pleaded guilty to harassing his wife. I only feel safe in a moving car. Their parents have divorced since the tragedy and their mother remarried in 2017. "We obviously didn't shoot on the island itself, though the island that we shot on looks identical," said director Paul Greengrass. It was strange being shot, it didnt hurtit was just unpleasant. . He requests the aid of lawyer Geir Lippestad, who defended a Neo-Nazi. Un policier indiqua du doigt un camarade d'Anders, Viljar Hanssen, par terre dans une mare de sang. At 3.25pm a bomb hidden inside a van exploded outside the prime ministers office, shattering the nations peace and setting in motion an afternoon of scarcely believable terror. Discovering Breivik was Norwegian, that he was one of us as the title of journalist Asne Seierstads book on the attacks called it was a shock. His main goal was to protect his younger brother, Torje, but they weren't quite out of the view of the man who was trying to kill them. Kai Hauge, 32, Oslo. Publicly a pious Roman Catholic, Hanssen posted sexually explicit stories about his wife on the Internet, says the book, "The Spy Next Door," and he invited a friend to watch over a secret home . Aina Helgheim, 19, from Eidsvoll, hid in a rock cleft close to the shore along with three other girls until the shooting ended and they were rescued by boats. Thanks as always to everyone who makes The Coolest Newspaper On Earth possible! He must have come back again, I think, without me realizing. Now comes the . Good things are waiting for you in the future.. Nine years after nearly being killed but losing an eye and suffering other long-term injuries in Norways deadliest terrorist attack at Oslo and Utya, Viljar Hanssen didnt have much to say at least about that fateful July 22 date. apparently because his second wife was a Throckmorton, of those Baronets. Tore Sinding Bekkedal, 24, hid in the bathroom of the cafe building. One of them is Viljar Hanssen who told the newspaper Expressen that by describing the event as a tragedy and accident, Norway has not dealt with the political thoughts that motivated the attack. I tried to get up several times, I was a bit sort of Bambi on the ice, you know, and I called out to my brother. He then turned his attention to shooting the summer camp participants, first signaling to them to gather around him and then pulling weapons from his bag and opening fire, killing numerous people. youtu.be/HYaoDCDBBI4. They put rocks on top of the gunshot wounds to stop the bleeding, and laid close to her to keep her warm. TIMES STAFF WRITER. The fact is that he was one of us. Movie: 22 July. The last thing I saw was him moving away from me. Viljar Hanssen is a survivor of the July 2011 attack at the Utya summer camp in Norway. [21], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81%, based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. He suffered near-fatal injuries after being shot five times, ultimately losing an eye and suffering severe impairment of his motor functions. What I want the most is a completely normal life, he says. Stahl reports that Hanssen invited . Posts Videos Tagged. He was carried to a boat by his rescuers but spent nearly two months in a coma. Viljar Robert Christian Hanssen is on Facebook. Critical . It also introduces us to Anders Behring Breivik's young victims and how their political awakenings and hopes for the future led them to Utya island on July 22, 2011. I have had experiences that most other people do not have. We were like a failed state that day, she says. He lay in a coma for six days in an Oslo hospital. . Viljar was at the camp with two close friends. . But, she says, you cannot escape your experiences with silence., You cannot change what happened on Utoya by escaping from everything and everyone who reminds you of that day. They come from somewhere. No. You will take the chances you are offered and you will travel, work and get a bachelors degree. Viljar: Yes. He never said it in real life and it does not appear in the transcript of Viljar's testimony from the Breivik trial. As the testimony showed, however, Viljar managed to keep his sense of humor. . I was just really, really scared.. Then I heard this crazy whistling sound in my right ear and I found myself by the edge of the water. 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After she was shot, she ran out and yelled: 'I've been shot! He blamed the renovation of Oslo Central railway station for keeping him from arriving while Brundtland was still there. . . I stress about existential questions, such as not knowing where I am in life and where I am going. A relief in a way that at least now I don't have to look at him," he says in the film, nodding toward Anders Breivik. Herkimpi osa jutun sisllst saattaa jrkytt. The main characters would have been speaking Norwegian to each other in real life, as it is the first language of 95% of the population. He won the 2016 case, but the verdict was overturned in 2017 and the European Court of Human Rights rejected his 2018 appeal. The bangs were getting nearer and in the end they were really, really close. You are going to die today, Marxists, he reportedly yelled. But I would have done it if I had the opportunity," Lippestad told Dagbladet. The movie begins as Viljar arrives on Utya for a youth socialist summer camp and Breivik prepares for the attack, and ends shortly after . But she adds, His ideas dont come from nowhere. He had traveled 25 miles from where he had set off the car bomb in Oslo's executive government quarter, arriving on the island roughly two hours after the explosion. 22. jul. His older brother Christian was killed on the island. Right-wing extremism and white-power ideology are not new in Norway, nor is it gone. 22 JULY recreates the true-life 2011 massacre of 77 people, mostly teens at an island summer camp outside of Oslo, Norway, by a fanatic terrorist. Schwenke was hiding when she was shot in the shoulder, stomach and both thighs. When the head of security asks for ID, Breivik shoots him and the director dead. He was later rescued by a boat. In a political debate that is more polarised than before, they cant be held responsible for his conduct, says Huitfeldt. Terroristi vei hnelt toisen silmn, muttei hymy. One of them is Viljar Hanssen who told the newspaper Expressen that by describing the event as a tragedy and accident, Norway has not dealt with the political thoughts that motivated the attack. He opposed then-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the Labour Party that elected him, the largest political party in Norway. She says her research shows that Progress stopped talking to the future murderer not because he was too extreme but because he was stupid. Everyone has underestimated the symbolic power of this wound. He suffered near-fatal injuries after being shot five times, ultimately losing an eye and suffering severe impairment of his motor functions. Sebastian Johansen Pereau, 15, from Trondelag escaped along with 11 other youths in a rowboat. Alexander Sandberg, 16, from Levanger, hid under a sofa in the school house. Role: Right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 bombing and shooting spree in Norway. A new memorial on the island will still be under construction after the anniversary passes. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys APA Heritage Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events My little brother and I made our way down a sort of slope, cliff-edge thing. He opposed then-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the Labour Party that elected him, the largest political party in Norway. Viljar is shot five times during the attack and survives, but loses vision in his right eye due to a head wound that leaves several bullet fragments implanted near his brain stem. Two hours later he was helped out by the police. Among the survivors is 17-year-old Cecilie Herlovsen, from Sarpsborg, who hid at the south end of the island with her best friend Andrine. The answer to that might be found in the ordinary rather than the exception. It changed American society. Viljar is shot multiple times, but Torje escapes unharmed. He hesitated at first, but gave himself up after a police Delta Force officer yelled, "Surrender or be shot!" Cathrine Gjerdingen Larsen, 17, from Halden, meanwhile, hid at the south tip of Utoya. Show More Posts from torjehanssen. Moments later, it explodes, causing several casualties. Celebrity. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world. Because we were accused of taking advantage of the situation, we almost feel guilty when we talk about it. 32-year-old Anders Breivik was a white supremacist who carried out his terrorist attacks in the name of rejecting a "Muslim colonization" of Europe, including Norway. I remember I talked to him, said it would be all right and wed get through it together. But is it also a bit us? Bonnie Hanssen's initial paralyzing shock -- her FBI agent husband accused of espionage, his photo plastered throughout the world -- is finally beginning to fade. 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