There are no tactics in that situation. Denny was simply delivering a load of sand, when he drove into a bad situation where people were yelling at him to stop. He didn't have a clue what was happening at the time.
90 percent of people are not prepared for a sudden violent event where they're totally outnumbered. Even trying to shoot your way out, you'll possibly still be overwhelmed.
Denny should have floored it, even though it would mean running over dozens of people, even then he might not have made it.
He was caught totally off guard and was too nice of guy to begin with. Some years late, he shook hands with one of the attackers on some talk show.
Bottom line is ya don't want to be in the wrong place during an event such as this. Problem is, ya don't know when or where it's going to happen.
I was there in 92. It was total chaos.
There are no tactics in that situation. Denny was simply delivering a load of sand, when he drove into a bad situation where people were yelling at him to stop. He didn’t have a clue what was happening at the time.
90 percent of people are not prepared for a sudden violent event where they’re totally outnumbered. Even trying to shoot your way out, you’ll possibly still be overwhelmed.
Denny should have floored it, even though it would mean running over dozens of people, even then he might not have made it.
He was caught totally off guard and was too nice of guy to begin with. Some years late, he shook hands with one of the attackers on some talk show.
Bottom line is ya don’t want to be in the wrong place during an event such as this. Problem is, ya don’t know when or where it’s going to happen.
I was there in 92. It was total chaos.
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Were you caught in the riot itself? Ghastly!
You make a good point about not knowing when or where.
With the oil boom, traffic has changed here in Odessa because of folks coming in from out of state. I’m often stuck in long lines of traffic. How would I know, if instead of slow traffic signals ahead, that traffic wasn’t stopped due to a spontaneous riot?
I would be totally unprepared in that instance.