It's hard to get away from down here.

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Indeed, most Muslim immigrants in America came here to get away from Shariah in their native lands.

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Everybody started screaming, 'Move away from the windows, let's get out of here.

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For visitors and locals who want to enjoy a different pace of life, here are a few ways to get away from the Big Apple in three hours or less.

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It's hard to say how you would react until you live through such a tragedy, but as I talked to residents here, I kept thinking that I probably would want to get away from this place -- from the haunting images of destruction.

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