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Where is Safe? | Kelsey Hoppe | TEDxBristol


I’ve been held up at gunpoint twice in

I’ve been held up at gunpoint twice in my life once in Washington DC and once

my life once in Washington DC and once

my life once in Washington DC and once in Darfur Sudan now one of those places

in Darfur Sudan now one of those places

in Darfur Sudan now one of those places is a nation’s capital and a destination

is a nation’s capital and a destination

is a nation’s capital and a destination visited by millions of tourists each

visited by millions of tourists each

visited by millions of tourists each year and one of those places is a remote

year and one of those places is a remote

year and one of those places is a remote region of East Africa known for its

region of East Africa known for its

region of East Africa known for its prolonged civil war to me one of those

prolonged civil war to me one of those

prolonged civil war to me one of those places was safe and the other was not my

places was safe and the other was not my

places was safe and the other was not my name is Kelsey hoppy and I work in risk

name is Kelsey hoppy and I work in risk

name is Kelsey hoppy and I work in risk management this means that I help

management this means that I help

management this means that I help organizations keep their employees and

organizations keep their employees and

organizations keep their employees and volunteers safe whether they’re crossing

volunteers safe whether they’re crossing

volunteers safe whether they’re crossing the street or traveling around the world

the street or traveling around the world

the street or traveling around the world and I thought a lot about how we as

and I thought a lot about how we as

and I thought a lot about how we as normal people and non security experts

normal people and non security experts

normal people and non security experts can engage with our safety and security

can engage with our safety and security

can engage with our safety and security when we’re traveling by the time the DC

when we’re traveling by the time the DC

when we’re traveling by the time the DC and Darfur

and Darfur

and Darfur incidences happen I’d already spent the

incidences happen I’d already spent the

incidences happen I’d already spent the previous 15 years traveling and working

previous 15 years traveling and working

previous 15 years traveling and working in the former Soviet Union Southeast

in the former Soviet Union Southeast

in the former Soviet Union Southeast Asia and much of Europe and I take in a

Asia and much of Europe and I take in a

Asia and much of Europe and I take in a pretty typical approach to my safety

pretty typical approach to my safety

pretty typical approach to my safety which was stay away from unsafe places

which was stay away from unsafe places

which was stay away from unsafe places and I’d be fine I wanted to be safe I

and I’d be fine I wanted to be safe I

and I’d be fine I wanted to be safe I just didn’t really think I had much

just didn’t really think I had much

just didn’t really think I had much control over it I treated safe like a

control over it I treated safe like a

control over it I treated safe like a place on a map Washington DC was safe

place on a map Washington DC was safe

place on a map Washington DC was safe America was safe Iraq and Chechnya

America was safe Iraq and Chechnya

America was safe Iraq and Chechnya unsafe but as I was confronted with a

unsafe but as I was confronted with a

unsafe but as I was confronted with a teenager with a gun in DC I was forced

teenager with a gun in DC I was forced

teenager with a gun in DC I was forced to real that to reconsider how I had

to real that to reconsider how I had

to real that to reconsider how I had concluded that this was one of my safe

concluded that this was one of my safe

concluded that this was one of my safe places have you ever asked yourself this

places have you ever asked yourself this

places have you ever asked yourself this question where is safe perhaps you’re

question where is safe perhaps you’re

question where is safe perhaps you’re asking it right now because places that

asking it right now because places that

asking it right now because places that you’d formerly thought of as safe

you’d formerly thought of as safe

you’d formerly thought of as safe London Paris Las Vegas seemed to be

London Paris Las Vegas seemed to be

London Paris Las Vegas seemed to be under attack by terrorists or maybe

under attack by terrorists or maybe

under attack by terrorists or maybe you’re asking it because you’ve just

you’re asking it because you’ve just

you’re asking it because you’ve just always wanted to go somewhere like Cairo

always wanted to go somewhere like Cairo

always wanted to go somewhere like Cairo or Casablanca or Miami but the world

or Casablanca or Miami but the world

or Casablanca or Miami but the world just seems a little too dangerous at the

just seems a little too dangerous at the

just seems a little too dangerous at the moment how can we know where is safe

moment how can we know where is safe

moment how can we know where is safe safety is a primal human need and a core

safety is a primal human need and a core

safety is a primal human need and a core driver of who we are in the 1940s

driver of who we are in the 1940s

driver of who we are in the 1940s American psychologist Abraham Maslow

American psychologist Abraham Maslow

American psychologist Abraham Maslow created a hierarchy of human needs and

created a hierarchy of human needs and

created a hierarchy of human needs and he put safety as our second most

he put safety as our second most

he put safety as our second most important human need it comes right

important human need it comes right

important human need it comes right after our physiological needs for food

after our physiological needs for food

after our physiological needs for food air water and sleep being and feeling

air water and sleep being and feeling

air water and sleep being and feeling safe is actually more important to us

safe is actually more important to us

safe is actually more important to us than being loved by our family and

than being loved by our family and

than being loved by our family and friends it’s that important so it makes

friends it’s that important so it makes

friends it’s that important so it makes sense that we care about our safety when

sense that we care about our safety when

sense that we care about our safety when we’re traveling and it makes sense that

we’re traveling and it makes sense that

we’re traveling and it makes sense that we care about the safety our family and

we care about the safety our family and

we care about the safety our family and friends when they’re away from home but

friends when they’re away from home but

friends when they’re away from home but the problem arises when we misjudge safe

the problem arises when we misjudge safe

the problem arises when we misjudge safe and dangerous because we think that safe

and dangerous because we think that safe

and dangerous because we think that safe is a place what being held up at

is a place what being held up at

is a place what being held up at gunpoint forced me to confront was that

gunpoint forced me to confront was that

gunpoint forced me to confront was that safe isn’t a place everywhere every

safe isn’t a place everywhere every

safe isn’t a place everywhere every place has threats everywhere in DC there

place has threats everywhere in DC there

place has threats everywhere in DC there are men with guns and in Darfur there

are men with guns and in Darfur there

are men with guns and in Darfur there are also men with guns the threat of gun

are also men with guns the threat of gun

are also men with guns the threat of gun violence of being held up or shot is

violence of being held up or shot is

violence of being held up or shot is present in both of those places but the

present in both of those places but the

present in both of those places but the difference was I hadn’t thought about it

difference was I hadn’t thought about it

difference was I hadn’t thought about it in DC because DC was my home and in our

in DC because DC was my home and in our

in DC because DC was my home and in our homes in our familiar surroundings and

homes in our familiar surroundings and

homes in our familiar surroundings and routines we’ve become accustomed to

routines we’ve become accustomed to

routines we’ve become accustomed to dealing with certain threats and we have

dealing with certain threats and we have

dealing with certain threats and we have done it so well and so many times that

done it so well and so many times that

done it so well and so many times that we don’t think of them as threats

we don’t think of them as threats

we don’t think of them as threats and we don’t think about dealing with

and we don’t think about dealing with

and we don’t think about dealing with them as dealing with dangerous

them as dealing with dangerous

them as dealing with dangerous situations think about this today to get

situations think about this today to get

situations think about this today to get here you and I ran a gauntlet of threats

here you and I ran a gauntlet of threats

here you and I ran a gauntlet of threats and any one of them could have killed us

and any one of them could have killed us

and any one of them could have killed us but we managed those so we’re walking

but we managed those so we’re walking

but we managed those so we’re walking down the stairs we put away our phone

down the stairs we put away our phone

down the stairs we put away our phone most of us we held on to the handrail we

most of us we held on to the handrail we

most of us we held on to the handrail we get in the car we put on a seatbelt we

get in the car we put on a seatbelt we

get in the car we put on a seatbelt we followed the rules of the road we’re

followed the rules of the road we’re

followed the rules of the road we’re gonna cross the street we look both ways

gonna cross the street we look both ways

gonna cross the street we look both ways you and I manage the threats in our

you and I manage the threats in our

you and I manage the threats in our everyday life incredibly well which is

everyday life incredibly well which is

everyday life incredibly well which is why we’re alive and what seems common

why we’re alive and what seems common

why we’re alive and what seems common sense and second nature to most of us

sense and second nature to most of us

sense and second nature to most of us can be incredibly new and different to

can be incredibly new and different to

can be incredibly new and different to someone who comes to our homes or

someone who comes to our homes or

someone who comes to our homes or communities from someplace else Bruce

communities from someplace else Bruce

communities from someplace else Bruce Schneier a security technologist

Schneier a security technologist

Schneier a security technologist mentions this in his TED talk when he’s

mentions this in his TED talk when he’s

mentions this in his TED talk when he’s talking about someone in East Africa who

talking about someone in East Africa who

talking about someone in East Africa who knows how to deal with a threat of being

knows how to deal with a threat of being

knows how to deal with a threat of being attacked by lions because they work on a

attacked by lions because they work on a

attacked by lions because they work on a game reserve now too you and I lion

game reserve now too you and I lion

game reserve now too you and I lion attack seems really dangerous and exotic

attack seems really dangerous and exotic

attack seems really dangerous and exotic but to someone else in their home

but to someone else in their home

but to someone else in their home environment it’s perfectly normal you

environment it’s perfectly normal you

environment it’s perfectly normal you deal with certain threats in Bristol

deal with certain threats in Bristol

deal with certain threats in Bristol someone else deals with different

someone else deals with different

someone else deals with different threats in Kabul Afghanistan but no

threats in Kabul Afghanistan but no

threats in Kabul Afghanistan but no place is threat free no place is

place is threat free no place is

place is threat free no place is inherently safe now we might think okay

inherently safe now we might think okay

inherently safe now we might think okay but surely some places are safer than

but surely some places are safer than

but surely some places are safer than others surely the UK is safer than

others surely the UK is safer than

others surely the UK is safer than Somalia surely Switzerland is safer than

Somalia surely Switzerland is safer than

Somalia surely Switzerland is safer than South Africa and we would be right

South Africa and we would be right

South Africa and we would be right because certain places have more

because certain places have more

because certain places have more numerous or more deadly threats than

numerous or more deadly threats than

numerous or more deadly threats than others

others

others but where we go wrong is when we begin

but where we go wrong is when we begin

but where we go wrong is when we begin to think that safe as a country when we

to think that safe as a country when we

to think that safe as a country when we talk about countries and continents we

talk about countries and continents we

talk about countries and continents we tend to use these really broad brush

tend to use these really broad brush

tend to use these really broad brush strokes Oh Iran is dangerous or Africa

strokes Oh Iran is dangerous or Africa

strokes Oh Iran is dangerous or Africa is unsafe and these are huge places

is unsafe and these are huge places

is unsafe and these are huge places continents and when we use broad

continents and when we use broad

continents and when we use broad brushstrokes we create a problem which

brushstrokes we create a problem which

brushstrokes we create a problem which is highlighted when we apply that same

is highlighted when we apply that same

is highlighted when we apply that same thinking to our own country is the UK

thinking to our own country is the UK

thinking to our own country is the UK unsafe I know Americans and Europeans

unsafe I know Americans and Europeans

unsafe I know Americans and Europeans right now who are putting off a trip to

right now who are putting off a trip to

right now who are putting off a trip to the UK because of the recent terror

the UK because of the recent terror

the UK because of the recent terror attacks in London now you and I might

attacks in London now you and I might

attacks in London now you and I might think well that’s a bit silly the UK is

think well that’s a bit silly the UK is

think well that’s a bit silly the UK is more than London if they’re concerned

more than London if they’re concerned

more than London if they’re concerned about London they can come to Bristol or

about London they can come to Bristol or

about London they can come to Bristol or bus Cardiff Edinburgh Oxford Cambridge

bus Cardiff Edinburgh Oxford Cambridge

bus Cardiff Edinburgh Oxford Cambridge but you and I do the same thing to other

but you and I do the same thing to other

but you and I do the same thing to other countries simply because we don’t know

countries simply because we don’t know

countries simply because we don’t know them very well a bomb goes off in

them very well a bomb goes off in

them very well a bomb goes off in Indonesia and we write off the entire

Indonesia and we write off the entire

Indonesia and we write off the entire country is dangerous

country is dangerous

country is dangerous we’re extremely influenced by a single

we’re extremely influenced by a single

we’re extremely influenced by a single event and the media which is usually how

event and the media which is usually how

event and the media which is usually how we know about that event has no interest

we know about that event has no interest

we know about that event has no interest in putting crime health risks or

in putting crime health risks or

in putting crime health risks or terrorism into perspective and in

terrorism into perspective and in

terrorism into perspective and in general the less we know about a place

general the less we know about a place

general the less we know about a place the more likely we are to unhelpfully

the more likely we are to unhelpfully

the more likely we are to unhelpfully and helpfully extrapolate that out to a

and helpfully extrapolate that out to a

and helpfully extrapolate that out to a national level I experienced this

national level I experienced this

national level I experienced this personally about five years ago when I

personally about five years ago when I

personally about five years ago when I moved to Pakistan I didn’t know very

moved to Pakistan I didn’t know very

moved to Pakistan I didn’t know very much about the country but people were

much about the country but people were

much about the country but people were happy to inform me

happy to inform me

happy to inform me have you seen zero dark thirty the story

have you seen zero dark thirty the story

have you seen zero dark thirty the story about Osama bin Laden’s assassination in

about Osama bin Laden’s assassination in

about Osama bin Laden’s assassination in the Pakistani city up to bad or they

the Pakistani city up to bad or they

the Pakistani city up to bad or they would say have you watched the TV series

would say have you watched the TV series

would say have you watched the TV series homeland which has a season about

homeland which has a season about

homeland which has a season about American spies set in Pakistan Hollywood

American spies set in Pakistan Hollywood

American spies set in Pakistan Hollywood the media painted a bleak picture

the media painted a bleak picture

the media painted a bleak picture terrorism bombings murder mayhem an

terrorism bombings murder mayhem an

terrorism bombings murder mayhem an unsafe country so I arrived expecting

unsafe country so I arrived expecting

unsafe country so I arrived expecting the worst and then

the worst and then

the worst and then nothing happened I mean nothing there

nothing happened I mean nothing there

nothing happened I mean nothing there were no Taliban in the hedges there were

were no Taliban in the hedges there were

were no Taliban in the hedges there were no shootouts in the streets I lived in

no shootouts in the streets I lived in

no shootouts in the streets I lived in Islamabad in Lahore for three years and

Islamabad in Lahore for three years and

Islamabad in Lahore for three years and I never really once felt personally

I never really once felt personally

I never really once felt personally threatened or unsafe in fact in terms of

threatened or unsafe in fact in terms of

threatened or unsafe in fact in terms of gun violence I was more at risk in

gun violence I was more at risk in

gun violence I was more at risk in Washington DC than I was in Islamabad

Washington DC than I was in Islamabad

Washington DC than I was in Islamabad why because when it comes to safe the

why because when it comes to safe the

why because when it comes to safe the threats or the dangers which are present

threats or the dangers which are present

threats or the dangers which are present in a place are only half the story the

in a place are only half the story the

in a place are only half the story the other half is us if safe isn’t a place

other half is us if safe isn’t a place

other half is us if safe isn’t a place and it isn’t a country what is it safe

and it isn’t a country what is it safe

and it isn’t a country what is it safe is the interplay between the dangers

is the interplay between the dangers

is the interplay between the dangers which exist somewhere and ourselves we

which exist somewhere and ourselves we

which exist somewhere and ourselves we are incredibly important in the equation

are incredibly important in the equation

are incredibly important in the equation of safe now you and I have hundreds of

of safe now you and I have hundreds of

of safe now you and I have hundreds of characteristics which make up who we are

characteristics which make up who we are

characteristics which make up who we are age gender nationality religion our jobs

age gender nationality religion our jobs

age gender nationality religion our jobs how we dress how we behave how long were

how we dress how we behave how long were

how we dress how we behave how long were somewhere and any one of these things

somewhere and any one of these things

somewhere and any one of these things can keep us safe in one place and make

can keep us safe in one place and make

can keep us safe in one place and make us vulnerable someplace else in

us vulnerable someplace else in

us vulnerable someplace else in Islamabad I wasn’t vulnerable to gun

Islamabad I wasn’t vulnerable to gun

Islamabad I wasn’t vulnerable to gun violence armed robbery

violence armed robbery

violence armed robbery which happened rarely usually occurred

which happened rarely usually occurred

which happened rarely usually occurred at night or when someone was alone and I

at night or when someone was alone and I

at night or when someone was alone and I didn’t have a reason to be alone at

didn’t have a reason to be alone at

didn’t have a reason to be alone at night in Islamabad but someone else who

night in Islamabad but someone else who

night in Islamabad but someone else who had different characteristics maybe they

had different characteristics maybe they

had different characteristics maybe they are Pakistani maybe they had a night job

are Pakistani maybe they had a night job

are Pakistani maybe they had a night job would have been vulnerable to gun crime

would have been vulnerable to gun crime

would have been vulnerable to gun crime let me give you another example me I’m a

let me give you another example me I’m a

let me give you another example me I’m a middle-aged American white woman

middle-aged American white woman

middle-aged American white woman I don’t feel unsafe or vulnerable if I’m

I don’t feel unsafe or vulnerable if I’m

I don’t feel unsafe or vulnerable if I’m pulled over for a traffic violation in

pulled over for a traffic violation in

pulled over for a traffic violation in America but someone else with different

America but someone else with different

America but someone else with different characteristics say a young black

characteristics say a young black

characteristics say a young black American

American

American would feel unsafe and would feel

would feel unsafe and would feel

would feel unsafe and would feel vulnerable but take him and I put us in

vulnerable but take him and I put us in

vulnerable but take him and I put us in a different situation say neighbourhood

a different situation say neighbourhood

a different situation say neighbourhood of Nairobi or a neighborhood of Chicago

of Nairobi or a neighborhood of Chicago

of Nairobi or a neighborhood of Chicago or DC and I the same middle-aged

or DC and I the same middle-aged

or DC and I the same middle-aged American white woman might feel safe

American white woman might feel safe

American white woman might feel safe walking down the street whereas my young

walking down the street whereas my young

walking down the street whereas my young black American friend could potentially

black American friend could potentially

black American friend could potentially do the same thing unnoticed if we’re in

do the same thing unnoticed if we’re in

do the same thing unnoticed if we’re in the same place and we have the same

the same place and we have the same

the same place and we have the same threats present our safety is affected

threats present our safety is affected

threats present our safety is affected differently because who we are who we

differently because who we are who we

differently because who we are who we are how we behave and how and what we’re

are how we behave and how and what we’re

are how we behave and how and what we’re doing all interrelate with the threats

doing all interrelate with the threats

doing all interrelate with the threats there to either protect or threaten us

there to either protect or threaten us

there to either protect or threaten us and that is what safe is no matter where

and that is what safe is no matter where

and that is what safe is no matter where you are in the world now you might be

you are in the world now you might be

you are in the world now you might be thinking well all this is great in the

thinking well all this is great in the

thinking well all this is great in the abstract but you still haven’t told me

abstract but you still haven’t told me

abstract but you still haven’t told me whether I should take that trip to

whether I should take that trip to

whether I should take that trip to Hawaii or Sharm el-sheikh or Istanbul so

Hawaii or Sharm el-sheikh or Istanbul so

Hawaii or Sharm el-sheikh or Istanbul so before I finish I want to give you a few

before I finish I want to give you a few

before I finish I want to give you a few practical steps that you can take to

practical steps that you can take to

practical steps that you can take to help you make that decision first take

help you make that decision first take

help you make that decision first take responsibility for your safety and

responsibility for your safety and

responsibility for your safety and security no one is going to be able to

security no one is going to be able to

security no one is going to be able to answer that question for you should I go

answer that question for you should I go

answer that question for you should I go no one is out there analyzing your

no one is out there analyzing your

no one is out there analyzing your safety the tour company wants to sell

safety the tour company wants to sell

safety the tour company wants to sell you a tour and the airline a ticket and

you a tour and the airline a ticket and

you a tour and the airline a ticket and the media it’s advertising and the

the media it’s advertising and the

the media it’s advertising and the government its foreign policy you are

government its foreign policy you are

government its foreign policy you are the only person who’s going to be

the only person who’s going to be

the only person who’s going to be thinking about you so own that decision

thinking about you so own that decision

thinking about you so own that decision second be specific about where you’re

second be specific about where you’re

second be specific about where you’re going and what could harm you there

going and what could harm you there

going and what could harm you there you’re not going to Europe or even to

you’re not going to Europe or even to

you’re not going to Europe or even to France you’re going to Paris what

France you’re going to Paris what

France you’re going to Paris what threatens people in Paris crime travel

threatens people in Paris crime travel

threatens people in Paris crime travel scams health risks it could be something

scams health risks it could be something

scams health risks it could be something that the news

that the news

that the news regularly reports on or it could be

regularly reports on or it could be

regularly reports on or it could be something you’ve never even heard of you

something you’ve never even heard of you

something you’ve never even heard of you can google it you can ask someone who’s

can google it you can ask someone who’s

can google it you can ask someone who’s been there but try to dig a little bit

been there but try to dig a little bit

been there but try to dig a little bit deeper than the initial headlines that

deeper than the initial headlines that

deeper than the initial headlines that the internet search will throw at you

the internet search will throw at you

the internet search will throw at you because we can all get consumed with

because we can all get consumed with

because we can all get consumed with worrying about these big bang’s

worrying about these big bang’s

worrying about these big bang’s getting kidnapped ambushed carjacked

getting kidnapped ambushed carjacked

getting kidnapped ambushed carjacked murdered by terrorists and we overlook

murdered by terrorists and we overlook

murdered by terrorists and we overlook the things which could actually harm us

the things which could actually harm us

the things which could actually harm us or kill us

or kill us

or kill us things like riding in a taxi without a

things like riding in a taxi without a

things like riding in a taxi without a seatbelt riding on a scooter without a

seatbelt riding on a scooter without a

seatbelt riding on a scooter without a helmet

helmet

helmet dehydration malaria drinking and driving

dehydration malaria drinking and driving

dehydration malaria drinking and driving drinking and swimming drinking and

drinking and swimming drinking and

drinking and swimming drinking and jumping off balconies which apparently

jumping off balconies which apparently

jumping off balconies which apparently is a thing now third know what makes you

is a thing now third know what makes you

is a thing now third know what makes you vulnerable

vulnerable

vulnerable if safe is the interplay between the

if safe is the interplay between the

if safe is the interplay between the threats which are present in a place and

threats which are present in a place and

threats which are present in a place and ourselves then the question isn’t is

ourselves then the question isn’t is

ourselves then the question isn’t is lahore safe or is London safe it’s is

lahore safe or is London safe it’s is

lahore safe or is London safe it’s is London safe for me it’s about the

London safe for me it’s about the

London safe for me it’s about the specifics of you as a person and your

specifics of you as a person and your

specifics of you as a person and your trip

trip

trip are you moving there or are you going

are you moving there or are you going

are you moving there or are you going there for two weeks are you living with

there for two weeks are you living with

there for two weeks are you living with your family or are you staying in a

your family or are you staying in a

your family or are you staying in a hotel

hotel

hotel do you speak the language safety is

do you speak the language safety is

do you speak the language safety is personal for us think about how you

personal for us think about how you

personal for us think about how you reduce your risks at home and determine

reduce your risks at home and determine

reduce your risks at home and determine if you can do the same thing abroad as I

if you can do the same thing abroad as I

if you can do the same thing abroad as I mentioned you keep yourself safe from

mentioned you keep yourself safe from

mentioned you keep yourself safe from some incredibly deadly things every day

some incredibly deadly things every day

some incredibly deadly things every day can you do the same thing abroad can you

can you do the same thing abroad can you

can you do the same thing abroad can you keep yourself safe from crime from car

keep yourself safe from crime from car

keep yourself safe from crime from car accidents just like you do at home by

accidents just like you do at home by

accidents just like you do at home by taking anti-malarial tablets can you

taking anti-malarial tablets can you

taking anti-malarial tablets can you keep yourself safe from malaria and if

keep yourself safe from malaria and if

keep yourself safe from malaria and if the answer to these things is yes then

the answer to these things is yes then

the answer to these things is yes then take that trip and if the answer is no

take that trip and if the answer is no

take that trip and if the answer is no or the risks or threats are beyond what

or the risks or threats are beyond what

or the risks or threats are beyond what you’re comfortable with and don’t go but

you’re comfortable with and don’t go but

you’re comfortable with and don’t go but the difference is is that you are in

the difference is is that you are in

the difference is is that you are in control of your life and your travel

control of your life and your travel

control of your life and your travel plans

plans

plans they’re not being dictated to you by the

they’re not being dictated to you by the

they’re not being dictated to you by the media or rumors or hearsay that your

media or rumors or hearsay that your

media or rumors or hearsay that your friends and family have heard about a

friends and family have heard about a

friends and family have heard about a place or even your own fears about a

place or even your own fears about a

place or even your own fears about a terrorist attack the world is an amazing

terrorist attack the world is an amazing

terrorist attack the world is an amazing place and travel is more accessible to

place and travel is more accessible to

place and travel is more accessible to more of us than ever before what a shame

more of us than ever before what a shame

more of us than ever before what a shame it would be if we didn’t take advantage

it would be if we didn’t take advantage

it would be if we didn’t take advantage of that because we didn’t understand our

of that because we didn’t understand our

of that because we didn’t understand our own safety because we thought we had no

own safety because we thought we had no

own safety because we thought we had no control over it

control over it

control over it let’s stop asking where is safe because

let’s stop asking where is safe because

let’s stop asking where is safe because safe isn’t a place safe is where we are

safe isn’t a place safe is where we are

safe isn’t a place safe is where we are and who we are in the story of safe you

and who we are in the story of safe you

and who we are in the story of safe you and I are the main characters thank you

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