The helicopter overhead. The quiet of the streets. I set out at first carrying my AR across my chest. I walked a block and a half and decided against it. Turned around and walked home. As I headed back to, a cop pulled up the the intersection. She smiled and waved at me.
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You can't prepare for the pools of blood. The anguished faces contorted with pain. The feeling of relief of linking back with your partner after getting separated from them. The screams are silent. You can hear them but you can't remember them.
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Establish a perimeter. Form a medic wall. Open up lanes for first responders. Deconflict. Watch for secondary attacks against responders. Headcount your crew.
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By the time the attack happened, we had formed a group of about eight people, all locals, committed to getting each other home safe. The walk back was like nothing else. We had to go the long way. Back up to downtown. Around the pavilion. Over the Belmont Bridge.
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We walked in a formation, last person walking backwards to watch for another car attack.
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Tell me it wasn't war. Tell me it wasn't terrorism. I dare you.
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"don't show victims." - Camera guy here. I'll gently disagree. On the street don't self-censor; shoot everything you can see; it may be important. What anyone else gets to see is a matter for later calm editorial decision. But shoot everything. For history. Other than that,

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I livestream. I am not going to traumatize my peers by showing their gruesome injuries. The moment is not more important than their lives. Don't show victims.
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If you're live that's a total different situation, I agree entirely; my comment was only in the context of where you're able to exercise editorial control later, after shooting. I don't do live work at all.
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