Chechens on the loose with bombs, guns, and grenades.
One 19 year old such on the final day.
Chechens on the loose with bombs, guns, and grenades.
Chechens on the loose with bombs, guns, and grenades among an unarmed populace.
Muslim terrorists are good excuse.
Shutting the city down might have saved a life or two.
But think about it.
I read that the safe shelter thing involved about 1,200,000.
According to the census it should have involved a greater number.
But take the 1.2 million.
They shut down cell phones for a while.
Trains, buses, airports shut down.
People told not to go outside at all for any reason.
In a population of 1.2 million, how many fires, heart attacks, broken legs, maternity emergencies, etc., take place every 24 hours?
These people were put at risk because of the increased difficulty in getting help.
How many people living alone who eat out more than they cook? What do these people do for food since they would have little in the house.
How many small shops who exist only from day to day that will not get over the loss of business?
All of these things have a cost, and to some a very high cost. These costs need to be weighed against the need for a shut down.
And finally, the #2 guy was found by a citizen who disobeyed the instructions to say inside at all costs, and who went outside (to take a smoke, according to a relative).
Also remember that #1 was killed in a gun battle that took place because they carjacked a guy who called the cops.
Again, an event that would not have taken place if everyone had been hiding behind locked doors.
So the two events that resulted in death and capture of the bad guys took place because of citizens who were doing their normal thing.
The lock down was a mistake.