Would you open your door to strangers?

[Anonymous]

I doubt it, but I'd call 911...

[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.

Pray that you always make wise, appropriate choices in your life because you may live a long time and have many opportunities (as we all do) to make mistakes that could have terrible consequences. None of us is perfect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where was her husband?

I bet money on marital issues and she purposely left her kids in the storm then made it all up. Why not break into an abandoned house and call 911?

True rudness!

[Anonymous]

Update:

1) these weren't her children (these were a blonde & red headed step children)

2) she was a nurse

Yep pretty sure she killed them and made it look like an accident.

[Anonymous]

Her husband is an NYC sanitation worker and had been called into work.

[Anonymous]

Mrs update: that's not an update, that's bs.

She was black her husband white. There is a photo of her boys, they are mixed, one has reddish hair, the other, in my eyes light brownish hair, her family described it as dirty blond.

Her husband is in sanitation for the city and was working as is not unusual during a storm like this.

Her house was not in the evacuation zone. She was driving towards Verrezano Bridge, and something happened to her car. It was before 6 pm, but conditions were deteriorating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mrs update: that's not an update, that's bs.

She was black her husband white. There is a photo of her boys, they are mixed, one has reddish hair, the other, in my eyes light brownish hair, her family described it as dirty blond.

Her husband is in sanitation for the city and was working as is not unusual during a storm like this.

Her house was not in the evacuation zone. She was driving towards Verrezano Bridge, and something happened to her car. It was before 6 pm, but conditions were deteriorating.

Yeah 'something happened' because she decided to take the road in the evacuation zone, next to the beach.

[Anonymous]

I don't know the real story, as I've seen several versions. However, I suspect there may be a lot of mother's grief going on here. She just lost her sons. By altering in her head the chain of events -- "I had them with me and if this man had just opened his door, we'd all be okay", she's shifting whatever guilt/blame she has from her to him. Very understandable. But who knows what really happened?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know the real story, as I've seen several versions. However, I suspect there may be a lot of mother's grief going on here. She just lost her sons. By altering in her head the chain of events -- "I had them with me and if this man had just opened his door, we'd all be okay", she's shifting whatever guilt/blame she has from her to him. Very understandable. But who knows what really happened?

Exactly what I was thinking - she feels terrible about what she did and would rather be angry at the man who didn't open his door than blame herself for poor judgment. If, in fact, she exercised poor judgment. Maybe there was a legitimate reason why she was driving in such a dangerous area?

As for the man who didn't open his door - he stated a man knocked at his door and then tried to break in. I saw the interview of the man, and he really didn't seem to be lying, so maybe in the noise and confusion of the storm, he mistook the frantic woman for a man. In addition, he seemed genuinely shocked when the reporter told him what had happened to the two little boys.

[Anonymous]

Also I have a hard time believing she didn't have a cell phone or tried to call 911 herself.

[Anonymous]

Wow. It's amazing how many people seem to want to blame this woman when I think the man who didn't let her in his house is far, far worse. They both appear to have had pretty bad judgement but his lack of compassion is disturbing.

Genuine question - why are people so willing to pile on her and give him a pass? Is it a control thing? Do you picture yourself in her shoes and think you would have been smarter so this wouldn't have happened to you, therefore it must be her fault? Is it because you genuinely think he did the right thing? Are you all so frightened of strangers that you honestly believe he should get a complete pass because we, as a society, can no longer be expected to help our fellow man in a hurricane? Is there some reason that you just don't trust her? Honestly. What gives? This woman just lost her children, yet practically every comment I read about this story crucifies her. Why?

[Anonymous]

Also I have a hard time believing she didn't have a cell phone or tried to call 911 herself.

So cell reception during hurricanes is perfect in your world?

[Anonymous]

911 was receiving 20,000+ calls an hour. It isn't like she or the man could have called 911 and help would have been there promptly. Calling 911 would have made no difference in this case in saving the boys. Once they were swept away they likely drowned pretty quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:911 was receiving 20,000+ calls an hour. It isn't like she or the man could have called 911 and help would have been there promptly. Calling 911 would have made no difference in this case in saving the boys. Once they were swept away they likely drowned pretty quickly.

Right, exactly. Which is why directing anger at this man is unfounded. She choose to leave her house, on a hill and out of danger, to go into the evacuation zone and next to the beach no less. She loses her sons because of her actions alone. Strangly enough, despite the strong surge the boys bodies were found - what 300 ft from where the police found her in the morning?! What a coincidence.

[Anonymous]

Why was the man at home if his house was near the water and in an evacuation zone?