I was 8 at a restaurant with my cousins, mom and aunt (also the same age as us kids at the time, 8 to 12). We were celebrating birthdays. 


This was a hole in the wall restaurant. Two guys came in acting suspicious. They kept looking over at our table. We were the only ones there other than the two people working. One kept feeling around his pocket. 


The one guy was very, very nervous. He went outside and threw up. After a little while, his... Partner?... Went out and seemed to be trying to talk him into going back in, but he wouldn't. 


The partner came back in by himself for a while but eventually left without ordering anything. 


My mom was on alert and was telling us 4 kids to get up NOW and leave, which is what I think prompted the guys to leave. 


I knew as a kid something was very wrong. As an adult I 100% believe it was a planned armed robbery, but the one guy had second thoughts seeing a mom with 4 cute little girls there. 


If they're out there, thanks for not traumatizing us. This was 30+ years ago. 

I'm from Kyiv, Ukraine. February 24th, 2022. My parents wake me up at night, and the first thing I hear is "pack up, the russians are already here". We expected them attacking, but we didn't expect them to get to Kyiv in a single night, which was only possible because they launched this attack from Belarus. After a few seconds of horror, an adrenaline rush had followed. I barely remember anything that happened that day or the following 5 or 7 days that we were on a bus to the Polish border

Passed out on the El in Chicago. Red line heading south. A very old homeless guy woke me up and told me he was getting me off this train,walking me across the platform to go north again, and would stay in the car for the next 4 stops. He did and I got home safe and sound after a night of reckless partying. I've been grateful to him for the last 2 decades.