A sobering question after a week of terrorism incidents in America
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CBS anchor reflects on heroism that prevented worse casualties in recent terrorism incidents.
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CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil reflected on recent terrorism incidents in the United States after returning from reporting in the Middle East. He noted that extraordinary heroism prevented several terrorism-motivated attacks from causing greater casualties during the past week. Dokoupil's analysis comes as multiple incidents occurred across the country within a short timeframe. The reflection highlights how civilian and first responder actions limited what could have been significantly more devastating attacks.
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