Straight to the heart: Dad talks peace with his son at Bataclan memorial

Son: “They have guns. They can shoot us because they’re really really mean, Daddy.” Father: “It’s ok, they might have guns, but we have flowers.”

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It doesn’t get more real than this conversation between father and son, filmed at the memorial outside Bataclan concert hall by French TV broadcast, Le Petit Journal.

It pains the heart to hear the young boy sharing his fears: of really really bad men, guns, and having to move to a new home.

But, as fathers do, his dad assuages these fears with words of love and wisdom.

Read: 35 ways to teach your child how to love humankind and live in a terrorism-free world

No more spoilers, you have to see the video for yourself. Get the tissues ready.

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French father and son have the most precious conversation in i…A father and son have the most precious conversation during an interview by french media at the scene of the Bataclan attacks. I saw that it hadn’t been subtitled in english yet, so I made a quick edit to show the rest of the world how freakin awesome some of our citizens are. They’re my heros. I feel better too now! #paris #bataclan #parisattacksImages and interview are a courtesy of Le Petit Journal . Thank you so much to the LPJ team for this interview and a very touching segment yesterday! Also, thank you for letting this video be accessed by all and not putting it down. Thank you to Angel Le (father) and Brandon (son) for brightening up our day. <3 Original Segment: bit.ly/1Lix9L2Original Video (without subtitles): www.facebook.com/PetitJournalYannBarthes/videos/1013093998733798/

Posted by Jerome Isaac Rousseau on Monday, November 16, 2015

 

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Dazzle Ng Sy