What would you do? Las Vegas shooting edition.
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
October 5, 2017 2:12pm CST
My friend and I were talking about the tragedy of the Las Vegas shooting and I thought this topic was interesting.
In the reports of the shooting there are many tales - sometimes people trampled others, desperate to get out of the range of the shooter. Other stories bring tales of people who went above and beyond out of their way to help others. People laying on top of others, willing to take a bullet for them. People who stopped to drag injured over to the sidelines, or give first aid - in the midst of being shot at.
I wonder what I would do in such a situation. Not that I ever want to find out first hand.
I believe that if it is my time to go - I would have been shot either way - if I were running away or if I were helping someone. So I would hope that I would help people.
But who knows. In the shock and commotion I may well have just run.
I would certainly hope that I wouldn't be the one trampling people.
What do you think you would do?
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15 responses
@teamfreak16 (43593)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Oct 17
I have no idea what I would do, but I would hope that Army training would kick in and I'd try to help someone.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
Oh that's right -- I forgot for a second that you served. Thank you for serving your country. :-) -- That comment just made me think of the unsung heros - the army medics.
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@teamfreak16 (43593)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Oct 17
@FayeHazel - Definitely. My friend's dad was a medic in WWII.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@teamfreak16 Oh my goodness. The things your poor friend's dad must have been through. Thank God for people who serve in that capacity
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
5 Oct 17
It’s hard to play what if in advance because I’m sure at the moment I’d be terrified and try to get out safely as possible and whoever along the way I can help run with me. Or if I know I’m at a safe place and can help I will try. But it’s always uncertainly because there could be multiple shooters or something.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
True, it is hard to tell what one would do in such a situation. While I panic most of the day, every day I have been told I'm calm in an emergency... but still...
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@FayeHazel Yes, it is important to remain calm if possible.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
5 Oct 17
I think my instinct would be to immediately help others.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
8 Oct 17
@TiarasOceanView Aw. But I care about you.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I would hope I would be present enough to help out too :-)
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I would grab the hand(s) of whoever I went with and run. And them or a little kid would be the only ones I'd lay my body on to protect. Buy i too hope i never have to be in that situation and find out.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
7 Oct 17
@FayeHazel definitely. And I would if I could.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
That's what my friend said too - stop to help a kid -- the good thing there, depending on age and size, I think a kid you'd be able to swoop up and carry.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Oct 17
That's a tough question. I would hope I would help others, but in a situation like that it's hard to really know for sure.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Oct 17
@FayeHazel I have thought about that, and have decided to stay away from large crowds.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
So true... maybe by thinking about it ahead of time - one would help if ever in a situation like that. (But let's hope nothing like that ever happens)
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
8 Oct 17
@fishtiger58 True... I don't enjoy crowds anyway, though sometimes unavoidable.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
6 Oct 17
It is not possible to imagine that in such a situation what one would have done on the spot. It could be anything from saving our own life to helping someone more needy than us.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
True. It's hard to say unless you're in the situation...
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
Unfortunate, but I think it's good to think of these things, just incase it ever happens, though hopefully not - never
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@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I don't know what I'd do. Like you, I pray I never ever have to find out, either.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
Very true... hopefully we never find out
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
My feelings exactly. I would hope I would be present of mind enough to try to help
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Oct 17
During the panic of this totally unexpected horror, who can say exactly how they would have reacted?:(
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Oct 17
@FayeHazel Exactly! If I was there among that crowd of people, then would I find out how I'd react:(
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@kobesbuddy Let's hope we never find out
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
True. HArd to say when not in the situation.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
6 Oct 17
I hope never to be but also hope that I will help...But the actual reaction is something I can't visualize
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I think it would be easy to go into shock of some sort
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
That does seem to make the most sense. I think when it is our time, there is nothing we can do. I would hope that I would help to drag someone to safety , or something
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I hope not heart attack! Though how sweet of you - protect your son.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
11 Oct 17
I'd like to think that I would be one to help others. But, under fire, who knows? Personally, I don't believe there is a certain "time" for any of us to go, it just happens.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Oct 17
Me too! But it's true -- between flight, flight or freeze I'm not sure what I would do. Perhaps you do have a point - perhaps there is no set "time" for anyone to "go". Or maybe for some there is and for others not... I'm not sure, but sometimes I like reflecting on such things
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