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...grocery store just meters away from the blast site when she heard the noise. "There was screaming, and then the air was full of dust, and people were worried they'd asphyxiate themselves," she says. "Everyone got down on their knees; there was real fear and panic at that moment." She remembers eating at the Lord Krishna hotel, which is right opposite the bomb blast site, just a few nights ago with an Indian friend. He had pointed out to her that the loudspeakers were blaring out in Hindi, again and again: "Be careful, there could be terrorists around...
False reassurances from the government and newspapers added to the death rate. They also destroyed trust in authority, as Americans quickly realized they were being lied to. The result: society began to break apart. Confidential Red Cross reports noted "panic akin to the terror of the Middle Ages of the plague" and victims starving to death "not from lack of food but because the well are afraid to help the sick." Doctors and nurses were kidnapped. One scientist concluded that if the epidemic continued to build, "civilization could easily disappear from the face of the earth within a few more...
...middle school, Jimmy was terrified to go into airplanes or elevators—he’d try to take the stairs, or would go into panic mode. But in an auditing session, he came to realize that his fears were irrational. He talked through the problem...
...know what you’re thinking—Jodie Foster running franticly through a tightly confined space, driven only by a furious maternal instinct to protect her daughter: I saw this one already, back when it was called “Panic Room.” Well, maybe, but that’s not reason enough to skip “Flightplan,” especially since the formula’s been retooled and improved upon...
...capital reported an outbreak among its birds, the government declared avian flu an "extraordinary event"?but officials later admitted they weren't sure what the designation meant. Two days later, as more suspected human cases appeared in and around Jakarta, Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari caused a minor panic by telling reporters that the city was experiencing a bird-flu epidemic; she later retracted the comment. "The government effort is not at all coordinated," says Anton Supit, chairman of the Indonesian Poultry Breeders Association, who complains that officials haven't told chicken farmers how to protect their flocks...