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How would you fake your death and live after that ? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by gunpachi@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I mean realistically

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[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember after 9/11, there were rumors that some people who were working in the towers didn't actually die, they just took the opportunity to walk away from their lives and start over. Stuff like this helped fuel that idea: https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/amphtml/postsecret-9-11-note-haunts-people-on-september-11-anniversary-37055177.html

Did people really use 9/11 as an excuse to fake their death? No idea. Maybe the whole concept was made up by surviving families in an attempt to cope with their loved one's death.

[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I think most people would have been too panicked to exploit the situation in any meaningful way.