Answer:
people's instinct for self-preservation does not always take over.
Explanation:
According to the narrator, she describes when she witnessed an explosion while having a drink with a friend at Grand Central Station.
She said that the reaction of people were different. Some people were transfixed, some were crying, some shouting, some on their mobile phones but that no one was trying to keep themselves safe by moving away from the area.
Her description supports her point that people's instinct for self-preservation does not always take over.
