鷲の証言 - Living, Loving, Thinking, Again

承前*1

“Eagles of Death Metal singer: 'One kid survived by hiding under my jacket'” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/22/eagles-of-death-metal-star-one-kid-survived-by-hiding-under-my-jacket
AFP “Eagles of Death Metal singer recalls Bataclan carnage” http://news.yahoo.com/eagles-death-metal-singer-recalls-bataclan-carnage-174951939.html

巴里の「バタクラン」劇場で、自らのライヴが突然大量殺戮の現場となってしまった米国のロック・バンド、イーグルス・オヴ・デス・メタル *2。そのフロントマン、Jesse Hughes*3の証言。彼らの楽屋に逃げ込んだ客もいた。しかし、テロリストたちは楽屋に侵入して、尽く殺してしまった。Jesse Hughesの革ジャンの下に隠れて難を逃れた子ども以外は。
AFPの記事から引用；

"A great reason why so many were killed is because so many people wouldn't leave their friends. So many people put themselves in front of people," he said in an excerpted interview with Vice.com.
Several people tried to escape by hiding in the band's dressing room, to little avail, he said.
"The killers were able to get in and killed every one of them except for a kid who was hiding under my leather jacket," Hughes said, choking back sobs.

凡庸な連想かも知れないけど、ディープ・パープルの「スモーク・オン・ザ・ウォーター」*4を思い出してしまった。

But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground.
(Eg. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/deeppurple/smokeonthewater.html http://www.metrolyrics.com/smoke-on-the-water-lyrics-deep-purple.html

勿論、巴里を襲ったテロリストたちは、この「火炎放射器を持った馬鹿者ども」とは比べようもないほど兇暴だったわけだけど。