In Norway, married lesbian couple Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen helped rescue 40 people during Anders Breivik’s recent shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoya Island, according to LGBTQ Nation.
“We were eating. Then shooting and then the awful screaming. We saw how the young people ran in panic into the lake,” Dalen told the Finnish publication HS (Helsingin Sanomat), according to the Guardian.
The couple then immediately pushed the boat into Lake Tyrifjorden. Dalen and Hansen drove the boat to the island, picked up individuals from the water and transported them to the opposite shore to the mainland. Between runs they noticed that bullets had hit the right side of the boat.
The couple made four trips back and forth in their small boat, picking up injured and scared young people. At least 76 people are confirmed dead in the attacks, which included a bomb explosion in Oslo.