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[quote=Anonymous]I am really stunned that so many people ran into the dugout and remained there even when it was apparent they would not have access to the tunnel and could go no further.

Please remember the Congressional Baseball Shooting in Alexandria from 2017.  In that incident, the baseball field was surrounded by a chain link fence that had been locked, so the shooter did not have access to the field and was shooting through the fence.  Everyone retreated for the dugouts, so the shooter headed in that direction.  The female Capitol police offer that got shot stated that she knew if the shooter was able to make it to the position where he could see and shot into the dugout, that it would be a massacre, like shooting fish in a barrel and all of them would die.  So she did whatever she could do to stop him before he got there.

The congressional baseball players didn't have much choice because the fence was locked, but the Nats fans did.  In these situations you definitely go into panic/ flight/fight mode (I have been in a shooting before), but try to remember if the first place can't get you to an exit, keep going if you can.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting[/quote]

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