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- Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:43 pm
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- Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:55 pm
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child bundled into a car - what do you do?
Hi guys.. 'haven't been on the forum of late. Still trying to work towards educator certification for the Great State of Texas. I'll get there.. 
Anyway, I was thinking of my nieces the other day - the two who live in Amarillo, and remembering when they were growing up here in Europe, and I was so paranoid when out with them, terrified that someone would harm a single hair on their head, that I refused for whatever reason to let go of their hand. Restroom visits were dealt with by a female relative or if I was out with them alone, I'd ask a suitably 'respectable' middle aged or elderly woman to accompany them to answer the call of nature. I recall one year when my father (ז׳׳ל) and I took the elder girl to an RAF open day, and I held her hand for like nine hours solid. When I went to the men's, I made my father swear that he would not let go of her hand under any circumstances. That anything untoward should happen to them gave me sleepless nights, and still does - even though they're in their twenties now and one's married.
Anyway, all this soppy stuff is nice an' all, but a scenario came to mind.
You're walking along the street when you see a child being grabbed and dragged screaming towards a waiting car. Now, I know that SOP for non-LEO is 'to be a good witness' and call in the cavalry. But irrespective to the risk to myself and even if the child isn't mine, there is no way on G-d's earth that I am going to stand by and watch harm come to a child, if by my actions I could possibly prevent it. I think of how grateful I'd have been for any hypothetical intervention by a passerby, if the nightmare scenario had come to pass all those years ago (hasvé shalom..)...
So what do you do?
I'd draw on the bad guy and tell him to release the child. But what do you do if he igores you? He's not armed (that you can see), and has made no threat against you personally. He just looks at you and (probably reasoning, 'he won't shoot an unarmed man') dumps the child in the car and walks towards the open driver's door.
What do you do?
Anyway, I was thinking of my nieces the other day - the two who live in Amarillo, and remembering when they were growing up here in Europe, and I was so paranoid when out with them, terrified that someone would harm a single hair on their head, that I refused for whatever reason to let go of their hand. Restroom visits were dealt with by a female relative or if I was out with them alone, I'd ask a suitably 'respectable' middle aged or elderly woman to accompany them to answer the call of nature. I recall one year when my father (ז׳׳ל) and I took the elder girl to an RAF open day, and I held her hand for like nine hours solid. When I went to the men's, I made my father swear that he would not let go of her hand under any circumstances. That anything untoward should happen to them gave me sleepless nights, and still does - even though they're in their twenties now and one's married.
Anyway, all this soppy stuff is nice an' all, but a scenario came to mind.
You're walking along the street when you see a child being grabbed and dragged screaming towards a waiting car. Now, I know that SOP for non-LEO is 'to be a good witness' and call in the cavalry. But irrespective to the risk to myself and even if the child isn't mine, there is no way on G-d's earth that I am going to stand by and watch harm come to a child, if by my actions I could possibly prevent it. I think of how grateful I'd have been for any hypothetical intervention by a passerby, if the nightmare scenario had come to pass all those years ago (hasvé shalom..)...
So what do you do?
I'd draw on the bad guy and tell him to release the child. But what do you do if he igores you? He's not armed (that you can see), and has made no threat against you personally. He just looks at you and (probably reasoning, 'he won't shoot an unarmed man') dumps the child in the car and walks towards the open driver's door.
What do you do?