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I have just 90 seconds to get to safety from another deadly attack. This is our normal

When a metal fragment landed behind my window, I took a photo, wrote 'we're OK' and went back to my routine

By Or Moshe Fox News

Published April 19, 2026 7:00am EDT

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There is a version of my life that exists between sirens.

In the city where I live, you have about a minute and a half to reach shelter when a siren sounds. It is a number that embeds itself into your life and starts to shape everything around it. You do not think about it all the time, but it is always there, sitting in the background of everything you do.

You begin to measure your life by how fast you can reach safety. How far am I from shelter, who is with me, whether I can get there in time, whether they can. Then the questions become more specific, harder to ignore. If a siren sounds, do I help my mother, who walks with a crutch, my dog, terrified and shaking, or my 3-year-old niece?

When the siren sounds, there is no pause for interpretation. The body moves before the mind catches up. You gather what you can and run. Only afterward does the awareness arrive, delayed and slightly disjointed.

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And then, just as quickly, you return.

That is the part that is hardest to........

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