Would you open your door to strangers?

[Anonymous]

YES! Without hesitation.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who wouldn't open the door in this situation is completely heartless. Assuming what's being reported is true.

[Anonymous]

It's not that they wouldn't open they door, they wouldn't call 911. You can keep the door closed and call for help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Google culpeper unsolved murder if you want to know what can happen if you answer the door for a stranger supposedly in distress.

She had 2 young children in her arms and the water was rising around her. Seriously, you wouldn't try to help her?[/quote]

That all depends on which news story you believe. I've heard so many versions of this story and only one reports that she had the kids with her when she knocked. Plus, he says she didn't and he says she never knocked, just threw a flower pot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought the story was that after her children were swept away she was knocking on doors to ask people to help her look for them? I would open my door to her, in that case, but I wouldn't have gone out in the storm.

+1

[Anonymous]

It's not clear if she had the kids or not when she knocked. News reports have been unclear on that point. It does seem that whether or not she had the kids or whether or not she asked for help finding them or just for entry, that she did spend the night on the guy's porch in the hurricane. He said he sat with his back to the door all night to keep her out.

[Anonymous]

http://updates.jezebel.com/post/34849567399/mothers-two-sons-die-during-hurricane-after-she-is

This article isn't the woman's account -- it's her sister giving the quotes.

But, the woman was on an empty porch (no neighbor sitting with his back against the door) and she didn't have her kids with her at the time. She had already lost them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://updates.jezebel.com/post/34849567399/mothers-two-sons-die-during-hurricane-after-she-is

This article isn't the woman's account -- it's her sister giving the quotes.

But, the woman was on an empty porch (no neighbor sitting with his back against the door) and she didn't have her kids with her at the time. She had already lost them.

In the CNN story he said he sat with his back to the door all night. "The man told CNN he sat up for the rest of the night, with his back against the door in the kitchen." http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/02/world/americas/sandy-staten-island-brothers/index.html

I don't think we know yet whether she had the kids with her or not. The news stories seem to conflict on that point. CNN says they got her version from the police account and makes it seem like she said the kids were with her.

[Anonymous]

All depends on what the person looks like. I live near a busy road so I have had people come to my house for help. They come to the door, I go out the back door and come up behind them in the front yad to ask them what hey want. Even if they had a gun I would not let them inside. If you are the victim of a crime and the person wants you to go somewhere, don't go. The place the criminal wants to go will be better for him and worse for you.

[Anonymous]

I rarely open my door but in a situation like this I would do everything I could to help as I would want someone to help me/more importantly my kids too.

[Anonymous]

As I posted on the other thread. Many years ago, I had a women pounding on my door in the middle of the night claiming to be raped. I did not open the door to her, but told her to stay on the porch and I would watch to make sure she was safe while I called the police. When she heard police, she took off. The police told me this was the absolute correct thing to do and to never open my door to a stranger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I rarely open the door to people I don't know. So no, I would not have opened the door for her and I most definitely would not have gone out into a flood and strong winds to look for two small children that had already been swept away. It's sad that her kids died, but she had plenty of warning that a storm was coming and should have evacuated prior to it getting bad.

I would not to a man. But I would certainly to a distressed woman with children during a neighborhood disaster - her plea for help makes sense to me. A woman alone during a disaster? probably. Go out and look for her kids - when I have kids of my own who need me? No I would not do that.

[Anonymous]

A woman alone during a disaster?

The police told me that this is precisely the mistake too many people make--thinking it is safe to open to a woman but not a man. I am the poster above regarding the "rape" victim. The police who came to my door said that I could very likely have ended up facing a gun if I had let her in my house. Do not think that just because the "victim" is a female that you are safe. Call 911.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Google culpeper unsolved murder if you want to know what can happen if you answer the door for a stranger supposedly in distress.

Get a grip. Google CNN to see the full story. The storm was bearing down, water was rushing by, she's crying and banging on the door, and trying to throw something through the window, so she could get her kids to safety. And, he turned the other way! When asked why he didn't help, he responded, he didn't help b/c he had flip flops on! When he was told they died, he responded that they should not have been outside. Did you see the look of horror on this mother's face after losing two children. Be human you fool, human, if you can manage!

[Anonymous]

I would not go out in the middle of a hurricane to rescue anyone from a flood.