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Cameraman A. Peredelsky tells his story
Written by Наталья Золотарева   
Четверг, 31 Октябрь 2002
ANTON PEREDELSKY: THERE WERE NO OPTIONS
 
In ‘Moskovsky Komsomolets’
 
It has not even been a week since cameraman Anton Peredelsky and correspondent Sergei Dedukh from NTV talked with terrorists at Dubrovka. At age 30, Anton has two combat awards: one for military valor, and the other for meritorious service to the motherland.
 
- Back home everyone probably went a little crazy when they saw that you went in there?
 
I understood that my family would worry, so I called and said that I was okay just as soon as we got out of theatrical center.
 
- From the report it was clear that your camera was switched on from the very beginning.
 
When we entered the building, in one hand I was carrying the camera, and it was on, while in the other I had a box of medicines. So on camera you can see us climbing up to the second floor. The terrorists somehow linger about and it looks like they just did not understand what I was shooting all the way to them.
- If it is very important for a reporter, especially in such a situation, to get as much information as possible out of their subject. For the camera operator it is important to note as many details as possible. What did you manage to see?
 
Once we climbed to the second floor and handed over the drugs, we were taken to the snack bar storeroom, where we recorded the terrorist appeal. There were boxes of chocolate and candies all over. As we learned later, they used these to feed the hostages. There were also cases of wine in the storeroom. I still think they were not drinking there, even though later they showed a bottle of cognac in (the dead) Barayev’s hands. I also did not notice even the smell of tobacco. When we left, I noticed that one of the hostages was getting water in a canister. I recognized him as my neighbor.
 
- And he recognized you?
 
Yes, of course. I even tried to talk to him, but he remained silent. A few days ago he called me from the hospital. He had been in a coma, and then in intensive care, but now he is coming around.
 
- What went on behind the scenes?
 
When we entered, some of the terrorists were still not wearing masks. I noticed that their average age was 23 or 25. Only when we began to record their appeal did they all put on masks, except for Barayev. He said that they had prepared for the capture (of the theater) two months ago. The terrorists repeatedly came to showings of ‘Nord-Ost’. In addition, they prepared terrorist attacks on several locations in Moscow, but at some point the plan failed.
 
- Usually people are nervous before a taping. How was it at the time?
 
They were really a bit nervous before the taping, and during it, especially when I did a sound check with Barayev. In the process of recording the appeal, Sergei Dedukh and I started asking Barayev leading questions, and suggesting other options not quite so impossible as the withdrawal of troops from Chechnya. That is when we noticed that they were getting confused in their answers. It even seemed as though they had not thought of any other options.
 
- Then you are led to the six female hostages.
 
We talked with them for about twenty minutes. We realized that there were three journalists among them, one of them from ORT. It seemed to me that the terrorists had previously ‘coached’ them, because they unanimously said they were treated well, that they had something to eat. In short, there was something not quite right with them there.
 
- Have you now realized where you have been?
 
Only just now do I realize how dangerous it was there.
 
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