On the already ominous day, Friday the 13^th, a cool November day, hundreds of people’s lives came to a skin crawling halt.  As people were enjoying a drink at the bar, listening to American music during a concert and enjoying a soccer game, all three places were attacked. Groups of ISIS ran through the bar and the concert and shot innocent people, killing over 100 and leaving approximately 352 people injured. Shock shattered the entire world as the news spread. Dozens of countries showed their love to Paris by displaying their flag colors on iconic buildings. Facebook even featured an option to do the same to profile pictures. While everyone is asking why something so terrible has happened yet again at the hands of Isis, the victims’ families mourn their loved one’s death and the survivors are forever scarred by the bloody massacre of the people around them. “The pain we feel at this dreadful loss reminds me, reminds us, that while we may come from different places and speak in different tongues, our hearts beat as one.” Albus Dumbledore seems to state everyone’s thoughts exactly in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Why did ISIS do this? ISIS hates western culture. Paris is a part of the western culture. ISIS thought by murdering all of those people, they were doing well. Their religion forbids drinking and prostitution (adultery), so by murdering victims, they eliminate sin, and thus the government has to enforce stricter laws for the city. This is a brutal and deeply saddening event that will never be forgotten. But a glimmer of hope sprouts in every situation. While exiting the soccer stadium, the thousands of people being evacuated sang out France’s national anthem, giving hope that they will stand as one.