‘Panic industry’ surges as more Americans fortify their homes to prepare for the worst

From PBS NewsHour.

Bomb shelters, secret passageways, gun rooms and flammable moats may sound like the stuff of Hollywood. But today across the country, they’re part of plans people are making to protect themselves against the worst. That’s according to a recent report in The New York Times Magazine. Ali Rogin speaks with the publication’s contributing photo editor Coralie Kraft for more.

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