I'd say otherwise...
1) Bombs tend to clear out other
bombs in their vicinity by
setting them off or breaking them.
There
are several examples of that not happening. Multiple
explosions are not that
rare. By the way, this occurence is
an example.
Actually,
it's not at all an example. The two explosions
were 2 blocks apart, that is
not 'in the vicinity of the
bomb' that is 'in the same part of town'.
2) Paniced people tend to run away from the explosion,
not
toward, and you are more likely to get crushed in the rush
than hit by the
bomb.
You are more likely to get crushed it you run toward the
people
instead of following them.
Only if you're already in
the stampede. If this is the
case, then yes, you are safer being pulled along
(unless of
course the first two explosions were tactical, to convince
people
to flee down the expected avenue of escape).
However, if you are near the
explosion, you are not likely
to be in the middle of a stampede, you'll be at
the point
where you can move away from the obvious direction of
stampede.
If you are far enough away that you are already in the
stampede path, try not to panic, and look for non-obvious
routes out of the
area. People tend to run for the most
obvious exit, or the same way they came
in as it's more
familiar. If you try ahead of time to make sure you know
the
exits (which you should in a crowd, for your own
safety), then you will have an
idea of the non-obvious exits
to use.
Trying to help is
great, but make sure you are safe first.
Otherwise, you'll be another victim in
need of help.
Contributing to a paniced crowd doesn't make you any
safer,
and if you get crushed or crush someone else, you are still
another
victim, or helping create another victim. ---
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