Sirens were going off. She was facing the blast and saw the explosion. Her thoughts immediately turned to her husband and kids, who were on their way to pick her up. Then came the bomb. Yet no one in these countries said they walk around gripped by fear.
People change their daily routines, avoiding a bus or crowded public places right after an attack.
But many insist that living with terrorism costs them very little in the freedom to live full, productive lives. They give up no more, many point out, than Americans who live and work in crime-plagued cities. Probe a little deeper, though, and it's obvious that the anxiety never disappears altogether. More than a year after the Jerusalem bus blast, Maly continues to have nightmares. They fill her head with images from that awful morning.