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All of us, but especially people in charge - of a city, a theater, a business - should recognize that people can be trusted to do their best at the worst of times. They will do even better if they are encouraged to play a significant role in their own survival before...
How One Person Made a DifferenceIn every disaster, buried under the rubble is evidence that we can do better. Much of that work is physical - building stronger buildings in safer places, for example. But the work is also psychological. The more control people feel they have over their predicament, the...
They already knew what to do, even the 250 visitors taking a stockbroker training class. They had already been shown the nearest stairway. "Knowing where to go was the most important thing. Because your brain - at least mine - just shut down. When that happens, you need to know what to...
To learn more about survival skills in a disaster, go to The Unthinkable.
Ripley, a senior writer at TIME, covers homeland security and risk. This article is adapted from The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why. ? 2008 by Amanda Ripley. To be published by Crown Publishers, a division of Random House Inc. On sale June 10, 2008.