People who survive plane crashes and other disasters offer important lessons on human behavior and how to survive in an emergency.
Tara Parker Pope of The New York Times writes following the disaster that occured yesrterday with the Hudson River landing of the US Airways flight.
Speaking with Amanda Ripley, author of the book The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why
(Crown, 2008), notes that in this plane crash, like other major disasters, people tend to stay calm, quiet and helpful to others.
Source: New York Times
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