'I thought everything we’d gained, we’d have it forever': Survivors of the Montreal Massacre on the vulnerability of progress

Nathalie Provost is shown following a news conference at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 2014. Most Montrealers remember where they were Dec. 6, 1989, says Francine Pelletier. Marc Lépine wandered the halls of Montreal engineering school Polytechnique, walked into a classroom, ordered the men to leave and shot the remaining nine women, killing six of them before killing another eight he targeted as he moved through corridors, the cafeteria and another classroom.