On May 31, 2001 , a crowd of Israeli teens excitedly waited in line to enter the Dolphinarium Disco in Tel Aviv, Israel . A strange man approached the line, a bag slung over his shoulder, and surveyed the crowd: young men and women dressed in their best outfits chatted, smiled, laughed. They anticipated an evening of dancing and joy, a small escape from the persistent fear that pervades life in modern Israel . As the strange man reached toward the trigger of the bomb concealed in his bag, twenty-one youngsters were speaking the last words they would ever say, glimpsing their final images of this world.

Twenty-one people died. Nineteen were teenagers. Over one hundred were wounded and required surgery. The bomber's bag was filled with metal balls and rods to inflict maximum damage upon anyone in close proximity. Survivors of that night have suffered brain damage, impaired vision and hearing, severe burns and various injuries throughout their bodies. They have also lost their friends, their boyfriends and girlfriends, their relatives. They are scarred both physically and mentally. Loud noises haunt them, strangers can terrify them and the slightest detail such as waiting in a line, people dancing, or the sound of a siren can trigger memories of the most horrific night of their lives.

Since the bombing, many of the survivors have learned to live from surgery to surgery, to retrain their minds how to talk and their legs how to walk, and to use long sleeves, long pants and the careful application of makeup to cover scars. They often struggle with depression, thinking of things they used to be able to do, staring at photographs of how they used to look. They are faced with the senseless effects of violence, alternately angered that their lives have been shattered and sometimes guilty that they have survived while others have died. They desperately seek ways to move on with their futures while still dealing with the ramifications of their past. Most of all, they search for a way to rediscover happiness in their lives. To hope again.

‘10 Days of Hope,' the documentary, tells the story of eight of these survivors.