First thing, get away. Walk or run in *any direction* away from the incident. It's ok if you get lost. We'll re-orient.
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Don't worry about "shady" areas. 1000 cops are about to swarm the place, no one's gonna try to hold you up. They're scared/curious, too.
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After you get a safe distance away, assuming you don't need medical aid, reorient yourself. At this point, cell networks will be saturated.
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Look at buildings for TV satellite dishes. Look on balconies and roofs. If you're in the northern hemisphere, they always point south.
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Using that orientation, you can now seek transit stations or bus stops, anything that can orient you with a local map.
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Trains/buses/taxis will be likely shut down but now you'll know where you are and will be safe. Now you can try calling out.
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Using your train station/bus stop as a home base, you can look for hotels, shops, cafes, whatever that can provide comfort.
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Avoid gathering in other major areas--secondary attacks are known tactics. Instead, you're 100x better off at a hotel several blocks away.
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Also you'll want to get on wifi to send safety messages/arrange pickup. Again, expect cell network saturation.
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And in the event you find yourself able to get on a bus/train/taxi, don't worry about the fare. They're all gonna help willingly.
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thank you so much for this thread. as i'm sure you know, we've had several attacks here in paris&this info is incredibly useful.
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I tried to create a moment out of this for readability, is this ok:
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I would read that... not particularly because I _want_ to, but because I'd be pedantically drawn in to reading it to learn...
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