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Lots to talk about after another attack here in New York City.

Just such a shame.

You know, it's my fourth, I think my fourth shooting in Midtown.

I work here in Midtown just a few blocks from where that shooting was last night.

And what can I tell you other than the fact that all of these shooters have one thing in common,

which is they have an unsuspecting public.

They have people that are completely and totally unprepared for

what's about to happen. And what's very sad about, you know, the current state of people is

they're not paying attention. They're totally and completely engrossed in their phones.

Everyone is looking at their phones,

whether they're walking, whether they're sitting down, whether they're eating dinner with

friends or lunch with friends, whether they're waiting for a coffee or they're getting on

the subway, whatever it is. Their heads and their eyes are bowed down and they are looking at their phones.

And so you're not only sneaking up on them with the element of surprise because you have something

horrible planned and nobody knows what's going on, but it's also the simple fact that they are

completely and totally detached from everything around them by choice. You know, when I take the subway, when I take the train in and out of New York,

when I walk up and down the sidewalk, I look where I'm going.

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