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You know, in old cartoons where a character is scared enough they run right through a wall, and leave a gap of a silhouette of them running! That's how i felt.

While crossing a street in Midtown Manhattan during lunch about halfway across I heard a weird whine heading towards me. I rushed to the edge of the sidewalk when turning I saw a street vendor's plastic shelves above his cart explode in sort of slow motion into pieces. As I swung around someone nearly knocked me over yelling "call an ambulance" as they ran toward an injured woman who I could only see part of - laying on the ground between the people standing around. The out of control car crashed into the bank clear across the crosswalk square. It made the papers next day.

Finally, and first was working at a magazine doing paste ups and mechanicals. I had to go into a room where this curtained machine was.
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I had to put something through the twin rollers in front of me (I don't remember what, or why!) but stupid me was wearing a long skinny, decorative scarf which I didn't either tuck under my top, or turned it around to be on my back.

Well, it got stuck in the rollers. It pulled me down closer, and closer. I finally was able to find the toggle switch, and turn it off! I probably could either have been paralyzed, or dead. Why, I didn't scream for help, idk, but phewwww!!!!!