I’m fine, as are my friends in Paris

Thank you to everyone who wrote to check on me.  I’m in the US, and am fine.  My family and friends in Paris are all accounted for. 

• la fusillade: shootout, exchange of gunfire; fusillade.  Des fusillades ont éclaté vendredi soir vers 21h20 dans le Xe puis dans  le XIe arrondissement de Paris, près de la rue Bichat, puis au Bataclan, faisant 42 morts selon la préfecture de police, et des dizaines blessés.  “Shoot-outs broke out Friday evening around 9:20 PM in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, then in the 11th arrondissement, near rue Bchat, then at the Bataclan, killing 42 and injuring dozens, according to police headquarters.”  (Source: Liberation)