the town is next to the 3000yearold assyrian city that was bulldozed by isis in 2014 iraqi troops retake the town of nimrud near historic ruins from isis the quakes damaged roads and buildings and sent thousands fleeing to higher ground utter devastation after major quake aftershocks hit new zealand a decadelong research project seeks to monitor how collective and individual memories form after tragic events french researchers want to know how people will remember the 2015 paris attacks like a captain on his ship i was there i saw everything all the bodies all of it owner of paris bistro devastated by 2015 attacks recorded his experience in a book