On Saturday, Bowdery shared on Facebook her terrifying and heartbreaking account of being inside the Bataclan music venue² on Friday night when more than 82 people were killed by gunmen.

 

In the post, Bowdery writes that when the gunfire first started, she thought it was just part of the show.

 

"You never think it will happen to you. It was just a Friday night at a rock show. The atmosphere was so happy and everyone was dancing and smiling. And then when the men came through the front entrance and began the shooting, we naively³ believed it was all part of the show. It wasn’t just a terrorist attack, it was a massacre⁴. Dozens of people were shot right in front of me. Pools of blood filled the floor. Cries of grown men who held their girlfriends dead bodies pierced the small music venue. Futures⁵ demolished⁶, families heartbroken. In an instant."

 

She says she lay down on the floor of the club for over an hour, pretending to be dead and trying not to breathe.

 

"Shocked and alone, I pretended to be dead for over an hour, lying among people who could see their loved ones motionless. Holding my breath, trying to not move, not cry - not giving those men the fear they longed to see. I was incredibly lucky to survive. But so many didn’t. The people who had been there for the exact same reasons as I - to have a fun Friday night were innocent. This world is cruel. And acts like this are suppose to highlight the depravity of humans and the images of those men circling us like vultures will haunt me for the rest of my life. The way they meticulously⁷ aimed at shot people around the standing⁸ area I was in the centre of without any consideration for human life. It didn’t feel real. I expected any moment for someone to say it was just a nightmare."

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