Terror From Hell: The Children of Beslan Tell Their Stories (3 of 6)

In Russia, Sept. 1 is the Day of Knowledge, a joyous annual event marking the start of the new school year. But Knowledge Day 2004 was different at School No. 1 in Beslan: A group of heavily armed rebel extremists stormed the school, holding more than a thousand children and adults hostage in a sweltering gymnasium for three days. The harrowing siege ended Sept. 3 in a series of explosions and hail of gunfire that killed some 350 people - half of them children.

Featuring heartbreaking interviews with more than a dozen young survivors, as well as chilling footage shot by the hostage-takers themselves, Children of Beslan explores the devastating impact of violent conflict on children. Through the words of those left orphaned and bereft of family and friends, details of the 57-hour siege emerge, from the confusing first moments, when pupils heard noises they thought were balloons popping, to the numbing hours and days in the overheated gymnasium, to the devastating final hours, when bombs taped to walls and suspended from ceilings went off, and hundreds of panicked hostages, bullets flying around them, began scrambling over the bodies of victims in search of safety. Ranging in age from six to 12, the kids recount the events that robbed them of their family, friends and innocence - describing experiences that are chillingly familiar.

The Beslan siege ultimately killed more adults and children than the tragic 2002 Moscow theater siege by Chechen extremists (chronicled in the 2003 HBO documentary Terror in Moscow). Most surviving children now study at another school in town, with some fearful parents still accompanying them to school. The children's scars, visible and hidden, remain. "I have fewer friends than I used to," says Carat. "The ones who survived - we're not the same funny kids we used to be, we're serious now. We're already grownups. We don't fight any more... Even little boys became adults. Kids understand everything."

Children of Beslan exposes the impact of violent conflict on those who are rarely heard from, but are often the most deeply affected by its aftermath: children. In the tradition of HBO's acclaimed 2003 documentary Through A Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001, , Children of Beslan brings a unique child's perspective to a tragedy.

Children Of Beslan was produced and directed by Ewa Ewart and Leslie Woodhead; executive producers for the BBC, Alan Hayling and Fiona Stourton. For HBO: supervising producer, Lisa Heller; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

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[MujahidLoverofDeath]

death 2 kuffar. no enmy of islam is innosent.

[Chslosers]

@MujahidLoverofDeath JazakAllah

[Anastasia12312]

Bless those inocent children they do not deserve to DIE!!!!!!!!

[dimitry246]

@MujahidLoverofDeath You stupid camel jockey son of a bitch, how dare you say that for those innocent children, would you like it if i started killing YOUR family, you sick fuck? Crawl back into your cave and drown in your sand and ignorance.

[mag1k2]

@MujahidLoverofDeath

It's spelled ENEMY and INNOCENT... go impregnate a donkey

[TheWaldo420]

we need to kill the same way they kill us

[davidpwalk224]

Wake up people: all you need to know about Islam is here. google wikiislam

[davidpwalk224]

@Chslosers You are the fucking pig shit kuffar. The Unbeliever in the true God. You believe in the Satan God. Glory to Allah the highest Satan God.

[Chslosers]

@davidpwalk224 My Allah is Satan? Allah means The God, so no.. he is the same God as you... And child molester? Nice try at a decent insult. Fucking kuffar.

[davidpwalk224]

@Chslosers You allah is satan. you will be rewarded. you twisted child molester

[davidpwalk224]

@MujahidLoverofDeath I say bring it on you piece of pig shit, your Mahdi is our anti christ and we know how that works out. The book has already been written 600 years before yours and was written by more then 1 man who didn't like little children. Your religion is of evil as the catholic religion is. So bring it. By the way I will have a pig suit for you to wear.