Reply To: What can we learn from a tragedy like this?

Sure, crazy people can work in stores. But the odds are still better then asking a random person on the street. Not only should the children be told to go into a store (preferably a heimeshe one), but they should ask if they can please use the phone to call their parents. They should also carry some quarters, so if there is a pay phone, they can use it (which means, we also have to teach them how to use this almost extinct device). We have to work with what we have now, not what might be (such as Patz’s idea).