No Nukes Is Good News
I can't prove that the events I described really happened, so you're free to believe whatever you want.
If it makes you feel better, you're welcome to believe that the Mayor of Seattle scuttled his city's long-planned millennium party because the FBI couldn't assure him that it would be safe, even though not one other city in the entire United States decided to cancel theirs.
You can believe that the London Eye, which had passed every safety test leading up to the big day with flying colors, suddenly developed an insurmountable problem even as its first passengers were waiting to board.
You can even believe that the massive digital clock on the Eiffel Tower, which had steadily counted more than two-and-a-half million minutes without any kind of glitch, just happened to fail with only a few hours left to the dawn of the new millennium.
I can certainly see why you might not want to believe that we dodged a devastating nuclear attack by mere seconds. And I can also understand that choosing to view these events as nothing more than a series of remarkable coincidences might help you sleep better at night.
Unfortunately for me, I don't seem to have that option.
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