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Paul Hansen
Dagens Nyheter

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Damon Winter
The New York Times

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Dave Weatherwax
The Herald

First Place
Paul Hansen
Dagens Nyheter

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"ELISE'S WAY BACK - AFTER THE MASSACRE IN NORWAY"

We almost fall down the steep slope where Elise fled. The distance from the cafeteria where she first saw the mass murderer arrive with all his weapons. The path down to the pump station where she hid is short. She made a right turn by the water’s edge. If she would have med a left turn, like manuy of her friends, she would probably not be alive today. The many bullet holes in the wall of the pump house is today the only thing that reveals that 17 young people was murdered on this spot. The ground around the small structure is covered with flowers and faded photographs of the victims. Elise lays down a rose and tries to answer how she fells. “I don’t know” she says, “I don´t know”

 

 

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