# Five years ago (

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-ago/760575>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-ago/760575 "2016-07-22T11:08:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Septima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-ago/760575/1 "2016-07-22T11:08:36Z")

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Five years ago, when the attack on Utøya completely blindsided me, and sent the world to hell for a while, SDMB was there for me and kept me somewhat sane during that crazy week. I just wanted to thank you all for all the love and support. Reading through my old thread brought it all back ☹

> **[Oslo dopers, check in please. Is everyone safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617348)**
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> Ok, there’s been some sort of explosion downtown (regjeringskvartalet) a few minutes ago . One newspaper mentions a bomb, I can’t find anything definite either way, and no photos online. Apparently it was a newspaper building (VG-bygget) that was...