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The troops took cover, and Hunter radioed the airplane overhead.
Hunter took cover behind the front fender of his vehicle.
Brown began shooting, and the officers took cover, Blankenbaker said.
Tens of thousands of Israelis took cover in bomb shelters.
He and his colleagues closed the door and took cover.
Instead, Peterson took cover outside the school as the shooting continued.
We leaped from the jeep and took cover behind a tank.
Jayme and her mother Denise, 46, took cover in the bathroom.
Wonder if she got any pictures or took cover from the storm.
Some even took cover in their boats, docked in the local marina.
"I heard rapid fire and at first, I took cover," Campos recounted.
In one, users blasted aliens that took cover behind their living-room sofas.
Children cried and families took cover behind parked cars until the shots ceased.
She fell on the lawn outside the house and other officers took cover.
Something hit me in the back and I took cover," Schuck told "Today.
Many police officers took cover behind squad cars as they assessed the situation.
We ran back to the hotel and everyone took cover in the stairwell.
People took cover under the green wooden benches in front of the building.
Officers took cover on the driver's side of that vehicle, WSVN video shows.
Residents took cover in their homes; some had been scared off from voting.
Kohles hurried inside and he and others took cover as the suspect ran in.
Inside were two people, who fled the apartment and took cover in a car.
Scrambling for safety, the crowd dispersed and took cover in nearby restaurants and hotels.
Two police officials quickly took cover near some stalls and moved along the walls.
Other officers later took cover behind nearby cars, seemingly unaware they were being filmed.
Students took cover in the corner of the room as the campus went into lockdown.
Farther behind the building, he heard the shots and took cover behind a trash bin.
We took cover behind rocks, trees—but the blue wall would take those from us.
Officer Delgado dragged some of the wounded to safety and took cover behind a wall.
He and his niece took cover under an old shelter near where we were sitting.
When they heard eagle-alarm calls, they looked up and took cover in the bushes.
The players immediately took cover and called 911, York Regional Police Constable Andy Pattenden tells PEOPLE.
Garafola who was farther behind the building, heard the shots and took cover behind a dumpster.
The boy took cover immediately, as a gunman fired many more rounds in the prayer hall.
Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who took cover behind a tree, said of the Capitol Police.
At the sound of the first explosions, many residents of the nearby Humhama neighborhood took cover.
He took cover and after the attack was over, he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Samuel Maldonado took cover behind a table, next to a young woman who was screaming in fear.
He took cover and after the attack was over, he was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
That was up 21 percent from the Friday price as traders took cover to meet higher demand.
"The population took cover in time," said Luis Felipe Puente, head of the country's Civil Protection agency.
By the third barrage of gunfire, he realized "something was wrong" and took cover beneath the stage.
The man "initially took cover near a building on the southern side" of the Joint Security Area.
After their tent came apart, they took cover in a snow cave, according to the National Guard.
It unmercifully lingered for days, pounding the same battered places again and again as residents took cover.
She said the officer drew his gun as he talked to the driver, and she instinctually took cover.
Kohles says he and others inside took cover and laid on the floor as the suspect ran inside.
Police took cover and prepared to enter the apartment when they heard a barking dog inside go silent.
Like so many others, Carter and her friends also took cover in one of the handicap bathroom stalls.
Just over one year ago Hawaiians took cover and frantically Googled, "What to do during a nuclear attack".
They had just been served their meals when the commotion began and they took cover under their table.
Police were trying to clear the bridge above the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, where protesters took cover behind umbrellas.
Saxena said the crowd on the footbridge grew larger as people took cover during an unexpected rain shower.
He and others inside took cover and laid on the floor as the suspect ran into the store.
Believed to be armed with a rifle, he continued shooting, and the other officers on the scene took cover.
As she and her friends started to realize dozens had been killed, they took cover in a nearby apartment.
Mackey led officers on a brief chase and took cover behind a home, where he opened fire, Miller said.
Aaron Monroe, also his neighbor, told him the young man took cover under the duplex when the bullets came.
Government soldiers, some in jeans and t-shirts, took cover by abandoned buildings as they fired on Haftar's positions.
Once the shooting paused, Schuck and Campos ran down the hall and took cover before the gunfire erupted again.
Multiple news reports suggested several deputies took cover behind vehicles before officers from another department arrived at the scene.
Suiter's partner, also a detective, took cover across the street and called 911 when the gunfire erupted, Davis said.
The gunman fired several shots at one of them, who fell to the ground while his companion took cover.
Drivers who stopped on the interstate evacuated their vehicles on foot and took cover behind nearby business, police said.
"I took cover in the belly of the ship," said Ibrahim Ali Zeyad, a Somali who survived the attack.
They took cover behind a swinging door near the restroom area, but Shaw quickly figured out they were sitting ducks.
They took cover in an improvised wooden tower, dodged them with ease, and effortlessly took out a few more hostiles.
After the gunfire, officers took cover, contained the area and set up medical aid a short distance away, police said.
General Imbert and his passengers sprang from their car and took cover, according to The New York Times in 1965.
THE VICTIMS The terror: One man said he took cover to the right of the stage once he heard gunshots.
Everly took cover from the cold and rainy day under Jenna's coat ... as they made their way to their SUV.
As the playoffs progressed, thousands of plastic rats rained on the ice as opposing goalies took cover inside their nets.
Preparing for a 'hurricane party' In Daytona Beach, Florida, the boardwalk was desolate as tourists and business owners alike took cover.
Mr. Conde said that in the seconds before he took cover, he did not see a machete in his friend's hand.
The officers who took cover fired at the suspect as he left the home, hitting him in the arm, Craig said.
U.S. government debt prices rose on Tuesday as investors took cover in safe-haven assets amid a sharp sell-off in equities.
Stuck in a 1v2 against Mousesports' ChrisJ and Niko, Rain masterfully took cover near Bombsite A, somehow managing to beat ChrisJ's AWP.
" When they opened fire, Barrios said, most of the voters took cover, "but at least one middle-aged lady lost her life.
Miranda took cover next to a kiosk and was hit by six rubber bullets, four of them piercing her skin, she said.
Eric Deacon, who was also shopping on Wednesday, told Wave 3 News that he heard gunfire and took cover on the ground.
The soldier took cover behind a South Korean structure in a Joint Security Area (JSA) inside the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas.
When an armed teen burst into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, moving through the school and mowing down students and teachers, Elama took cover.
Scores could be seen fleeing and screaming as police officers, who were on the scene to maintain order, took cover and returned fire.
The shots sent some overboard while others fell inside the boat, where remaining passengers took cover under their mutilated bodies, according to survivors.
Las Vegas police officers took cover and directed concertgoers to safety as gunshots rang out on Sunday, newly released body camera footage shows.
A sheriff's deputy who was on duty at the school when the attack began took cover outside, rather than trying to stop him.
Civilian witnesses, some of whom broadcast the palpable gunfire to social media, took cover, as the snipers' objective wasn't clear amid the chaos.
He instructed everyone to move back and took cover in an alcove along with a trainee officer and two hotel security managers, it said.
Las Vegas police took cover behind their cars as gunfire wounded at least two officers during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Targeting residential areas Al Masri said he took cover in a basement for an hour with neighbors, including children, as strikes hammered the area.
Three other officers from the same department reportedly arrived on scene and took cover behind their vehicles before deputies from a neighboring department arrived.
Then, the officer who took cover joined a team enters a darkened theater to guard the audience at an 1,800-seat Cirque du Soleil show.
One of the first people to tweet about the attack was Jeremy Douglas, a UN employee who took cover shortly after the explosions went off.
Hundreds of demonstrators, many of them masked and dressed in black, took cover from the tear gas behind umbrellas and barricades made from street fencing.
Hundreds of demonstrators, many of them masked and dressed in black, took cover from the tear gas behind umbrellas and barricades made from street fencing.
The American commandos took cover, then ran behind dirt berms to fire anti-tank missiles and machine guns at the advancing column of armored vehicles.
As most churchgoers took cover between the pews, Wilson pulled out a handgun, assumed a shooting stance and dropped the gunman with a single round.
The militants "took cover in the Karak castle, where there were nationals of the allied crusader coalition countries," the statement from the Islamic State said.
"We took cover at the lockers because the bullets were still spraying, and everyone's upset and crying and people are laying on the floor," Biorkman says.
The fans in the stands were completely unaffected while the invasion took place ... so they got an extra bit of entertainment while everyone frantically took cover.
The two Nigerien soldiers were killed and Johnson ran some 950 meters -- evading enemy gunfire -- and eventually took cover behind a single tree and returned fire.
He was hit by about seven bullets before he took cover behind a South Korean structure in a Joint Security Area (JSA) inside the demilitarized zone.
A video circulating on Twitter showed what appeared to be at least two plainclothes officers drawing their weapons as they took cover behind a police car.
The squad was spread out, and Siatta and three Marines were separated from most of the others, who took cover by a building and returned fire.
"The population took cover in time," said Luis Felipe Puente, head of the country's Civil Protection agency, adding that no deaths had been reported going into Wednesday.
Grady took cover, but was still grazed by a bullet as the alleged gunman, Nikolas Cruz, 19, fired through the broken glass of the classroom's locked door.
Some passersby took cover inside the Landmark shopping mall, one of the oldest and most expensive in Central, as volley after volley of tear gas rained down.
" Amid rage over revelations that a deputy took cover instead of entering the school during the shooting, the county sheriff defended his own actions as "amazing leadership.
Our first Amtrak was delayed four hours in a thunderstorm, so we took cover at El Barrio, whiling away the weather with chicken tacos and vegan tostadas.
The man pointed a gun, and Mr. Valdez said he immediately pressed an emergency switch beneath the bar and took cover with another bartender under a sink.
Protesters, many of them wearing their trademark black with face masks, took cover from the tear gas behind umbrellas, some throwing tear gas canisters back at police.
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An Indian TV station reported Wednesday night that a mob had attacked a school bus, pelting it with stones as children and teachers took cover in the aisle.
But in the days following the attack, medical screening determined that some of the US troops who took cover during the attack were suffering from concussion-like symptoms.
The officers then took cover behind their vehicle to wait for help, but a man opened fire on them from a garage, hitting Moats in the neck, police said.
The officers, fearing he had a gun, took cover and told Serna to stop and take his hands out of his pockets but he did not obey, Martin said.
Just as Hindi and his men made it to what they thought was a more secure area, they took cover behind trees, after concluding another drone was circling above.
Many of the anti-government protesters dressed in all black and donned masks as they took cover under umbrellas amid another set of violent clashes with police, Reuters reports.
The heavily immigrant district is one of several where riots erupted in 2005 after two youths were fatally electrocuted in a power station where they took cover after fleeing arrest.
He took cover, and then a call came over the radio: More fire had pierced a wall near Mr. Stoddard, hitting his thigh and foot and barely missing his head.
Counterpart International staff members took cover in two fortified safe rooms, according to security officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with reporters.
An estimated 6,000 evacuees took cover in emergency shelters, most of them in Florida, and that number was expected to swell to 20,000 across five states by week's end, Kieserman said.
War-ravaged Aleppo explained in numbers Man killed, child wounded Masri said he took cover in a basement for an hour with about 15 neighbors as strikes hammered the area Wednesday.
Washington (CNN)The Democratic congressional baseball team, practicing on a separate field Wednesday morning, took cover minutes after the shooting at the GOP congressional baseball team's practice in Alexandria, New York Rep.
Sheriff's Deputy Brad Garafola, who apparently was responding to reports of a man with a rifle, heard the shots and took cover, but then ran to help one of the downed officers.
Guards opened fire on a pair of militants armed with AK-47 rifles, who then took cover in a building adjacent to the camp, said Rajesh Yadav, a spokesman for the force.
The deputy has said he was unsure if the shots were coming from inside the building or outside, and took cover in a tactical position based on his training, according to the Post.
Last Monday, on the edges of a crowded Kabul cemetery, friends dug a grave for Ahmad Tameem, 22, a police officer, as about 200 mourners took cover from the snow under a tent.
"We immediately took cover in a house nearby, and after the bandits were done with their killing spree they moved to a nearby village," he said, adding he counted 12 bodies in his village alone.
Police fired round after round of tear gas as protesters took cover behind umbrellas between the local headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army and government HQ. Protesters also threw bricks dug up from pathways, at police.
"For no reason, they are starting to repress us," lawmaker Jose Olivares said via a video on Periscope, as demonstrators took cover behind trees and walls and opposition lawmakers streamed video of the protest from their phones.
Either her father cooked meals and left a dish for her — that she ran out and grabbed while they took cover elsewhere in the house — or she came out and prepared a plate when they weren't around.
"You could see bodies laid out on the street," said Mark Jigarjian, a 103-year-old from New York City, who took cover in the MGM casino nearby and was still inside when he spoke to VICE News.
"You could see bodies laid out on the street," said Mark Jigarjian, a 31-year-old from New York City, who took cover in the MGM casino nearby and was still inside when he spoke to VICE News.
They made a risky plan: If the Marines took cover in a number of doorways and shot upwards at the same time, there was a chance the insurgents would duck and they could pull the wounded men out.
In the spice market, drifts of dried chilies elicited sneezes from browsing shoppers, while in the meat market, bemused tourists took cover as black kites circled and dived to snatch shreds of goat from the stall-holders' palms.
Fund investors bid up gold and other precious metals prices during the seven-day period ended July 6 as markets took cover following Britain's June 23 vote to exit the European Union, a process often referred to as Brexit.
He took cover near a building on the southern side of the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom before South Korean and American troops came to his aid and took him to a hospital, the command said in a statement.
Gold rose on Monday as a slide in the dollar made bullion more attractive for holders of other currencies, while some investors took cover as stocks globally slipped into the red ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
Mr. Peterson defended his actions, saying that he followed proper protocol: He ordered the school to lock down, cleared students out of a courtyard and took cover behind a building, believing that the gunman could have been hiding on a rooftop.
Ten-year UK government bond yields dropped to 1.06 percent from around 1.38 percent late Thursday GB10YT=TWEB and Citi and Goldman Sachs both predicted a fall below 1 percent as investors took cover in the perceived security of government debt.
"A few minutes later, we took cover behind another big truck when a retired Long Beach police officer told us to keep moving and his daughter, who is also a Long Beach police officer, put Cassidy on her back and ran," she wrote.
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors took cover and ditched European shares on Monday as a burst of political risk with a key vote on Brexit being delayed and unrest over the weekend in France added to concerns over global growth and U.S-Chinese trade tensions.
The protesters, many dressed all in black and wearing masks, took cover under umbrellas from the water cannon and fled after the demonstrations had taken a familiar turn into clashes with police as they have done regularly over more than three months.
Kozen, who doesn't know the shooter and said he has never seen him before, told BuzzFeed News that his sister took cover near the pool tables inside the bar and was able to climb out a window after someone broke it open with a barstool.
Garcia said most of the marchers took cover near Dallas' Old Red Courthouse and across the street in Dealey Plaza and behind the Sixth Floor Museum, the building which was the former Texas Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald is believed to have shot Kennedy.
Investors took cover in the greenback after Bloomberg reported that Washington is preparing to announce tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports by early December if talks next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping fail to ease the trade war.
The U.S. State Department cited "multiple" media reports and information submitted by Iranians through its "Rewards for Justice" tipline saying that Guards units killed as many as 148 protesters with machinegun fire and by setting fire to a marsh in which protesters took cover in the city of Mahshahr.
Wennerstrom told CBS This Morning that he and a friend took cover underneath a pool table while the shooter opened fire in the bar and it was during a lull in the gunfire that he took the opportunity to throw a barstool through a back window and ferry people to safety.
Some parents of Stoneman Douglas victims and conservative state lawmakers began pushing for Israel's ouster shortly after the shooting when it was revealed that the Broward deputy assigned to guard the school, Scot Peterson, had not gone into the building to confront the shooter and his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, but took cover outside.
Local reports disagreed on when the firing started, with some saying the shooting began when the group was leaving the meeting and walking toward helicopters, and others saying that Miller had just stood up to leave the meeting with Afghan officials when the shooting started, and he rolled behind a sofa and took cover.
"Even hurdling over everything and getting over the fences and whatnot, it almost felt like we were getting closed in because no matter which direction you went in, no matter where you took cover, there was at least two to three bodies that were a part of it and you didn't know where you were safe," he said.
On Saturday, it cited "multiple" media reports and information submitted by the Iranians through its Rewards for Justice tipline that units under Brigadier General Hassan Shahvarpour's command killed as many as 148 people when they used armored vehicles to encircle fleeing protesters, firing machine guns into the crowd and setting fire to the marsh in which protesters took cover.
In a dinner at the Metropole Hotel the evening before, mere feet from the bomb shelter where guests took cover during the Vietnam War, Mr. Kim had resisted what Mr. Trump presented as a grand bargain: North Korea would trade all its nuclear weapons, material and facilities for an end to the American-led sanctions squeezing its economy.

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