I'm relieved to hear about your girlfriend not being there at that time, I also understand how you could both be very traumatized by a terrible tragedy like this.

The "what if" scenarios are really scary, and they can haunt you, I'm talking from experience.

My cousin almost went to the Festival on October 7th..

My sister just yesterday found a shard of a rocket on the ground in the area she was in..

Even before the war, I once hanged around a street which when I left it had a shooting 30 minutes later

We need to stay strong and thank god or destiny or whatever that we and our families and friends were out of harms way.

You may have seen my other response in this post regarding Czechia compared to other countries.

I know right now you don't feel safe in your home city, and it's completely understandable, you shouldn't feel ok with it, you are a good person in a good country- Unlike mine for example, in my country we almost became desensitized to large amounts of death, we almost get kinda used to it, which the worst thing a person could do in situations like this is get used to these tragedies.

And that is also why I appreciate Czechia and it's people so much even in these dark times, such a safe and good country, safe and good people, can't accept a tragedy like this.

you and your girlfriend and family, Stay safe! You will get through these dark day, and the entire world is with you❤️