Copenhagen shooting – “They were the security I had when I was not with any adults”
I In the wake of the shooting episode at the Field’s shopping center in Copenhagen, which hit July 3, 2022, several people have approached the man behind the humor account @andershemmingsendk.
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The account has over 1.2 million followers, and several dozen of them have contacted Anders Hemmingsen (36), in the hope of being able to pass on messages of thanks to unknown rescuers and women.
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Deserves the world’s biggest thanks
Many of them thank people who worked at the mall and who risk their own lives to save the customer.
One of them writes the following:
“Hi Anders. I want you to have the opportunity to help me. I was unfortunately present at Field’s during the shooting. But it is a special woman who deserves the biggest thanks. It was a female employee on the second floor at Field’s who secured “security rather than her own. She locked us in a warehouse before she found her own place to hide. She deserves the world’s greatest thanks, and you can help me get our thanks to her.”
A young girl writes about her experiences:
Hi Hemmingsen. I was present during the shooting in Field’s. I was at Normal when the first shots were fired. My friend and I came out in good view through the back door, thanks to an employee from Bok og idé. It was a young guy, and he got us through a warehouse elevator that went down to the basement.He behaved as calmly as he could under those circumstances, and I would like to thank him from me and my girlfriend, as well as our parents. (…) Greetings a shocked , but, under the circumstances, okay girl ».
A stone’s throw away from the mall, at the Royal Arena, the British pop idol Harry Styles (28) was to hold a concert, but this had to be canceled after a while due to the confusing situation after the shooting at Field’s.
Several of the young Harry Styles fans also experienced drama, and have contacted Anders Hemmingsen in the hope that he can pass on their gratitude to unknown men and women who helped them when they needed it most.
«If you can in any way help me thank the two women aged 24 and 25 from Fredensborg, who came to see Harry Styles, and who sat talking to me and held my hand while we sat 40 people squeezed into KFC’s back room, then do it. I do not know what I would have done without them. They were the security I had when I had no adults with me, and had lost my girlfriend. Also a big thank you to the KFC staff who very much us come in, and provided water and frozen cookies ».
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Praises the security guards
The security guard at the Royal Arena is also thanked for a way of handling the situation:
“Hi Anders. I can help myself. I was present at the Royal Arena yesterday when the shooting took place. I would very much like to be allowed to thank the Royal Arena’s security guards for taking care of all 17,000 people who come toppling in almost once. One guard in particular took over the place as far too many. He kept all the girls calm, and comforted several who were in a deep state of shock and had anxiety attacks. Thank you for keeping your heads completely cold, and gave us all peace to come out to the police in spite of the circumstances. Whoever you are; thank you! “
There were also several parents and relatives who got live news coverage on the Danish TV and radio channels, and who decided to travel to the concert area to pick up the children.
They also send a big thank you to the employees who took care of their children:
“Dear Anders. Can you help. Yesterday, when parents and relatives were told to pick up concerts in Vanløse, it was a young boy at Burger King who really touched our hearts. He was to close, but began to make community coffee for all concerned parents and relatives. He offered toilet, and opens the doors when the rain came. It was a light in the dark while we waited. Hope you can help pass on the thanks ».
The police in Copenhagen have stated at several press conferences that the perpetrator is a 22-year-old Danish man, and that everything indicates that he acted on his own.
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A total of 10 people were shot at Field’s shopping center and three of them were killed. Two Danish 17-year-olds and a 47-year-old man with Russian citizenship who was resident in Denmark, informs NRK.
One of the 17-year-olds was employed as a cinema employee at Nordisk Film Biografer, and they have chosen to close all cinemas for two days in honor of those killed. They have also flown at half-mast at several of the cinemas.
Nordisk Film Biografer confirms this via a press release, writes Danish TV 2:
“It is with great sadness that we can confirm that one of our young cinema staff at Field’s lost his life in Sunday’s terrible and incomprehensible tragedy. We are deeply touched and our thoughts and compassion go to the relatives. Our warmest thoughts and condolences also go out to the other victims, relatives, guests and staff who were present at Field’s on Sunday. Our Field’s employees receive crisis assistance ».
According to NRK, police inspector Dannie Rise has explained that the police do not yet know the motive for the grotesque shooting in Copenhagen on Sunday night.
The incident came just a week and a half after the shooting in central Oslo, where two men in their 50s and 60s were shot and killed.
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