" Yet these same people can run like a Gazelle on the gym treadmill for an hour straight..."
Different muscles, different training.
I suspect that irrational behavior in an emergency may come from the common 'it won't happen to me' syndrome. And materialism is rampant in America -- you're nothing without your toys.
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