Paris Informative Speech

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Turning on the television at 10 o’clock for the evening news as you do every night. Except this time you see a catastrophe unfolding, deaths being committed as you watch the cameras rolling the horrifying footage. As I clearly remember as if it were yesterday, today I will discuss the tragedy that changed Paris forever.

• II. Relevance to the audience: Have you ever had the pain of your stomach knotting up when you hear bad news, the death of a family member, or see a horrific car crash? This is how I felt along with the world as I heard the news of the attacks. Nothing we could do but watch, wait, pray, and hope for the best for the victims of the attacks.

• III. Credibility material: Even as a vivid news watcher, the news of the attacks
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On the night of Friday, November 13, 2015 around 9 pm the first round of attacks began at Stade de France at a soccer game in which 3 different suspects detonated suicide packs they were wearing killing themselves, and victims around nearby them. During this President Francois Hollande was attending the game, where he was escorted out to safety.
a. At the same time across town at a nightclub a suspect came in firing a semi-automatic machine gun into the crowd, people falling to take cover as the gunman kills anyone he can get to. Then he crosses the street and shoots more rounds into a restaurant. At the end 15 lost their lives, with many injured more than 100 bullets were shot.
b. The nightmare that seemed to never stop, continuing just down the street.
i. Two more restaurants endured the violence of the terrorists. This time two gunmen stormed in firing at the people and killed at least 24 people, and injured many others. The attacker then detonated a suicide bomb killing himself.
c. The last incident was far the deadliest mass execution in Paris that night.
i. When 3 gunmen entered a concert with over 1,500 people, they opened fire on the victims fleeing for their life. It was over with a police officer who shot a gunman and blew up his suicide belt, along with the other two blowing themselves up. At the end killing over 80 people, and severely injuring dozens

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