Texas woman marks herself 'safe' on Facebook for the SECOND time in one week in France

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Texas woman marks herself 'safe' on Facebook for the SECOND time in one week following the Nice terror attack in France - after already checking in during the Dallas police shootings Kristen Crouch, of Dallas, Texas was in France for a friend's wedding Heard two pops and saw people 'speaking French and screaming' Ran for her life and took cover with friends in an apartment nearby Was home in Dallas when a gunman shot and killed five police officers In both instances, had to use Facebook's check-in to appease loved ones A woman had to signal herself as 'safe' on Facebook twice in just a week as she got caught in two major attacks, thousands of miles away from one another. Kristen Crouch, of Dallas, Texas was traveling abroad for a friend's wedding and found herself in Nice, France when a fanatic rammed a truck into the crowd and killed 84 people during Bastille Day celebrations. Crouch told CBS 11 she heard 'two pops', then saw people running and screaming before she began looking for cover. She later used Facebook's check-in function, which enables users to let their loved ones know they are safe after a major attack or other types of high-casualty events. Crouch had used the function just a week prior. She was home in Dallas when a gunman shot and killed five police officers in the city. In both instances, Crouch used Facebook to tell her contacts she was safe. 'It's really sad when you you've been marked safe twice on Facebook in the last week. We shouldn't live in a world like that,' Crouch told CBS 11. She didn't think anything unusual was happening when she heard two pops at first. 'I thought it was fireworks. I didn't think anything of it. But all of a sudden all these people were running in the opposite direction, speaking French and screaming,' Crouch added. She and her friends eventually found refuge in an apartment nearby. They went back to their hotel later that night and locked the door with no intention of going back out. Crouch told CBS 11 she and her group were now just 'thanking God' for making it out of the attack unharmed. Ten children died in the attack Thursday. Sean Copeland, 51, from Lakeway, Texas and his son Brodie, 11, have been killed. Among the victims were also Russian student Victoria Savchenko, 21, French Muslim mother Fatima Chahhiri and French industrial supervisor Robert Marchand, 60. At least 54 children are being treated in the hospital and dozens of families have launched desperate pleas to find their loved ones who are still missing.