22/11/2017 Newsround

Good morning, I'm Hayley and welcome

to a special Newsound.

Six months ago today,

there was a terror attack

at an Ariana Grande

concert in Manchester.

It shocked the whole country.

Hundreds of people were hurt

and 22 people died.

It affected not only

the people who were there,

but many people who watched

the news too.

Charities like the NSPCC

and Victim Support have told me that

hundreds of children got in touch

with them to say there were worried

or scared afterwards.

ChildLine helped nearly 300 children

in the two weeks after the attack,

that's four times as many as usual.

I've been speaking to many children

who have told me they were scared

to go into crowded places or felt

worried about going to big cities.

They also told me how they talked

about it, helped each other

and what they learned about coming

to terms with what happened.

Emily and Lauren are friends. They

went to the Ariana Grande concert

together as it was a Christmas

present from their parents.

I

remember it being really nice and

everybody was singing and dancing

and then we all stood up to go and

all you heard was this bang and the

floor started shaking. Then everyone

just started like running towards

us, and it was just a bit scary.

Everyone was screaming and running

down the stairs. How did you feel at

the time when it was all happening?

What emotions were you going

through?

Every emotion. I was scared

and did not know what was going on.

It makes you really angry that

somebody would target a concert with

such young children there.

After

coming home, the girls tried to get

back into normal life but found it

difficult to escape what would

happen.

It was quite hard as well

because there was so much about it

on the news.

It was everywhere. You

go onto social media, it's all

there, everything about it, people

putting messaging. Everybody came up

wanting to speak about it, so it is

hard to get past that. Everybody so

focused on it at the time.

Both

girls have had help from your school

counsellor, who set up a support

group with they could talk openly

about how they were feeling.

I went

and spoke to a teacher because we

were upset and had to these lessons

and the set off up in the school

counsellor's office and left us to

speak to each other. That was

probably the best thing to do, to

let us speak to each other.

How did

it help?

I think just because

everything they say all makes sense

and is really true, and it is just

nice to know that there are other

people going through the same thing

as you and your not alone.

You had

each other, did that help?

DS.

We

still speak about it now, it is

something we will never forget. It

is nice that we were there together,

so you have experienced the same

thing. There is always somebody to

speak to about it.

People can help

you get through it so there is --

you're not alone.

You're taking it

off your chest and it makes you feel

a bit lighter about what happened.

It is not just children at the

concert itself who were affected.

Many all over the country have been

affected by the news of what

happened. At this school in North

Wales, they have brought in extra

support to help those children who

were upset and anxious and have set

up a choir of the people saying

Ariana Grande songs and share how

they are feeling.

# I was a liar

# I gave into the fire

# I know I should have fought it

# At least I am being honest.

# I should have done you better

# And I know, I know, she gives you

everything. #

Even though these children were not

at the concert, they have told me

that they found it difficult to deal

with the news of the attack.

When I

heard the news, I kind of oysters to

the state of shock that it had

happened so close to home.

Since

that has happened, I feel more

anxious when I go out, especially to

big places where there are a lot

people.

I have found my parents had

helped me, and relatives and my

sister. They just comforted me and

helped me feel better.

I think now

that it is passed and that people

are OK, I think I am more confident

and have the confidence, because you

cannot let things like this take

over your life forever.

Everybody

has came closer together as the

world, rather than being weak about

it and letting it get to them.

# So, one last time

# The one who takes you home

# And, for Emily and Lauren, Ariana

Grande herself has played a massive

part in helping them.

I think she is

really strong to get through that.

So many artists, it's something like

that happened to you, obviously she

felt guilty but to come back so

strong and good on that concert for

such a good cause, I think she

really helped.

Would you go to her

concert again?

I think after the I

Love concert, I don't feel scared

any more.

You feel safe now?

Yes.

If you feel worried or upset

by what happened in Manchester

or anything else that you hear

about in the news,

we've got advice on the website.

There's also more information

and links to charities

which can help you,

and of course the rest

of the day's news.

That's all from me,

but Newsround is back at 4:20.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.