Interesting…not sure if the lack of coverage really is intentional or not but love that they rescued so many kids after hearing the gun shots. No matter what, we need to know that regular people do heroic things.
More than a week after the Norway massacre, a story of a heroic rescue is gaining traction in the international media – and some are blaming the delay on the sexual orientation of the heroines.
A Finnish newspaper was apparently the first major news outlet to report on the dramatic rescue, and the translated story then began to appear on English-language LGBT blogs and newspapers. The blog Talk About Equality published the following translation:
Toril Hansen and Hege Dalen, a married lesbian couple, were dining on the opposite shore from the youth campsite on Utoya Island when Anders Breivik opened fire. The couple rushed to the aid of those trapped on the island – putting themselves in grave danger to rescue 40 teens. Hege Dalen and her spouse, Toril Hansen were near Utöyan having dinner on the opposite shore across from the ill-fated campsite, when they began to hear gunfire and screaming on the island. “We were eating. Then shooting and then the awful screaming. We saw how the young people ran in panic into the lake,” says Dalen to HS [Helsingin Sanomat] in an interview. The couple immediately took action and pushed the boat into Lake Tyrifjorden.