I think that's the difference between them and us. Something like that happens here, at some point Americans are gonna say "f*** this, I'm deciding!" And act on it. The people that took down the hijackers on flight 93 are an example. Another example I can think of is the Texas floods a few years back. While there was a healthy emergency response, there was also a ton of guys with pickup trucks, bass boats and jetskis that showed up too.
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Oh I think there were plenty of Chinese people helping each other during this flood as evidenced . I tend to give any and all country emergency services a reasonable pass when it comes to emergency situations......especially flash floods and earthquakes, tornadoes, fires and the like. Most are doing everything they can and are trained to do but it will never be a perfect plan nor will everybody rescued be grateful.