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dixiegrrrrl

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5. You are so correct.

Reply to davidn3600 (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 9, 2016, 07:07 PM

Sep 2016

I have been in several situations where a small crowd gathered in a medical emergency, and directing people to do something explicit worked.

A lot of times people do not know what to do at all, thus are afraid to do anything.

But my experiences were before the ubiquitous cell phone craze.

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