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PARIS (AP) \u2014 Coordinated terrorist attacks<\/a> turned Paris into a theater of blood and calamity 10 years ago Thursday, with gunfire on caf\u00e9 terraces, explosions by a stadium and a nighttime massacre at the Bataclan concert hall leaving 132 people dead and hundreds injured.<\/p>\n Many families measure time as \u201cbefore\u201d and \u201cafter\u201d the attacks. The night reshaped France\u2019s sense of safety and purpose, hardening security while deepening a civic reflex for solidarity that endures a decade on.<\/p>\n Paris is marking the Thursday anniversary with a sequence of tributes led by President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo at each attack site: the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, then the caf\u00e9s and restaurants in the 10th and 11th arrondissements, and finally the Bataclan, with a minute of silence before each memorial plaque. Parents, partners and friends of victims will stand closest to the plaques, officials said.<\/p>\n At Place de la R\u00e9publique, Parisians are invited to leave candles, flowers and notes at the foot of the statue of national symbol Marianne, as in 2015, and to follow the ceremonies on a giant screen. Children are expected to come with parents to light candles and lay flowers \u2014 small, familiar gestures that turn the square into shared memory. City officials asked the public to keep gatherings calm and give families space at the memorials.<\/p>\n The commemorations will culminate with the Jardin du 13-Novembre, a new memorial garden opposite City Hall. Conceived with victims\u2019 associations, it bears the 132 names of those killed on granite stelae, with plantings that echo the attack sites and benches for reflection. Designers added small signs of life \u2014 bird baths, nesting boxes, shade \u2014 for children at the request of families. The ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be attended by Macron and Hidalgo.<\/p>\n The Eiffel Tower is to be lit in the colors of the French flag after nightfall. The French soccer federation will observe a minute of silence and other tributes at France\u2019s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine at the Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n On Nov. 13, 2015 \u2014 a Friday \u2014 nine Islamic State group gunmen and suicide bombers struck within minutes of one another. Suicide bombers detonated outside the Stade de France; gunmen sprayed bullets across caf\u00e9 terraces; and three attackers stormed the Bataclan at 9:47 p.m., killing 90 people before police ended the siege. Two survivors who later died by suicide have since been recognized among the victims.<\/p>\n For survivors, the date reopens wounds.<\/p>\n \u201cThe 10th anniversary is here and emotions and tension are everywhere for us survivors,\u201d said Arthur D\u00e9nouveaux, who escaped the Bataclan and leads the Life for Paris association. \u201cYou never fully heal. You just learn to live differently.\u201d<\/p>\n Many describe a second task after grief: rebuilding the ordinary \u2014 work, friendship, noise \u2014 without flinching.<\/p>\n