The sun was shining, the sirens had stopped wailing, and people were losing their minds. When you open fire in one of Europe’s safest cities, the response is instantaneous. In Krakow, the police reacted in minutes; the people in even less time. Dozens of missed calls, hundreds of messages flooding group chats, and videos going viral within minutes. As I reached my student dorms after returning from a walk by Rynek Główny, I experienced in real time the worry, shock and absolu