The subject of the haunting photograph of a young woman in a red shawl fleeing the attack at the Nova festival on Oct. 7 has come forth to share the story of how she survived while Hamas slaughtered her friends.

Vlada Patapov, a 25-year-old mother, told the Daily Mail that she went to the desert rave on a whim to accompany her friends, with their sleep interrupted when sirens flared at 6:30 a.m.