Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: How close have you ever been to a terror attack?Survived one0.7%Witnessed in person4.9%Gunfire etc in distance11.1%Only via news83.3%305 votes·Final results3:58 PM · Jul 26, 20165 Retweets1 Quote Tweet3 Likes
A. L. V.@theartlav·Jul 26, 2016Replying to @vgrWhich one is "in the subway train ahead of the one that got blown up"?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 26, 2016Replying to @thekyleduck.@thekyleduck Actually, no, I don't think that counts. That's a different kind of violence.
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @vgrN=305, only 1 respondent actually survived a terror attackQuote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 26, 2016Poll: How close have you ever been to a terror attack?Show this poll211
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 27, 2016Replying to @drainmiceyes, I assume people who responded later figured out whether it was terror or not. I've heard gunshots twice, both local fights
LaRouche of the Re;surrection(PatSoc4lyf)@voeldebas·Jul 26, 2016Replying to @vgrSaw someone bleeding out on the pavement after an energy drink run, motivation of attackers was unclear.
Juliann@AspenJuly·Jul 26, 2016Replying to @vgr68.6 miles from San Bernardino; if subscribing to "6 degrees of separation," I probably "know" someone who was much closer.
Adam Strandberg@strandbergbio·Jul 26, 2016Replying to @vgrI was on campus under lockdown when the Tsarnaevs shot the MIT police officer11
Bill Seitz of FluxGarden@BillSeitz·Jul 28, 2016Replying to @vgrwatching WTC come down from my soho office window1