I read that the brokedown car in the street was thought to be a bomb by someone who shouted it out, causing a panic. So,
A)they were reacting to what they thought was imminent death
B)they think that being models makes them super important and therefore the target of terrorism
C)We now think everything is a bomb. Just 2 days ago I was walking and saw a weird orange case like a thermal lunch box hanging from a tree by an office building with an American flag patch sewed on the front and wires coming out of it, running a few yards over to another tree. I walked on the other side of the street.
That's about right - there was a car that was smoking pretty heavily. Someone shouted "THAT CAR IS ON FIRE" and it became "THE BUILDING IS ON FIRE"/"THERE IS A BOMB"/"SOMEBODY FIRED A GUN"/"LET'S ALL PANIC UNCONTROLLABLY."