Paris residents started the Twitter hashtag #PorteOuverte, which means #OpenDoor, to offer and seek safe shelter in the aftermath of the horrific attacks in the French city on Friday night.
Here are a few of the English tweets:
#offenetüren #PORTEOUVERTE If someone need I have beds in Boulogne feel free to come
— Charles (@Charles_Rre) November 13, 2015
#porteouverte send me a message for a safe place in canal Saint Martin. Please be safe
— Florian Duretz (@duretzflo) November 13, 2015
Hey tourists in #Paris if you need help or some place to sleep around Jussieu 5th arrondissement, my door is open. #PorteOuverte #OpenDoor
— Thomas Nigro (@ThomasNigro) November 13, 2015
Hat tip: USA Today.