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O's worst-case-scenario handbook: last time we checked, there was no burglar in the house, no quicksand in the yard, no drive-off-able cliff on the commute. But since we insist on clinging to fears even we know are irrational, Penny Wrenn found out what to do ... just in case.
You're at the bank and a gunman enters
WHY IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN The more secure the public place, the less likely that it will be held up, says J. Kelly McCann, president of Kroll's Security Group.
BUT IF IT DOES "There's an element of chance and risk in just waking up in the morning," says McCann. "You can mitigate some of the risk simply by being more aware." If you're in a bank, odds are the gunman's more interested in taking loot than lives. Follow his instructions, but try to stand behind something relatively bulletproof, like marble, stone, or concrete--not metal. And "if the gunman is a nut," adds McCann, "then un-ass that place!" In other ...
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