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Quote Originally Posted by dustmiester: @Buffalobob89074 Desperate People do desperate things doesnt that matter what day of the year it is If this is in reference to the looting in Buffalo then I cannot disagree with you more. After my Father died, my family was poor but we did not resort to wholesale looting to survive. The people who engaged in stealing goods from stores also did structural damage to the stores themselves which showed outright malice. Nah, IMO the looters are animals who walk the earth without a heart.
Animals that walk the earth without a heart? Whats more vaulable to you the store or a human life?
Read this please......https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/us/blizzard-new-york-rescue-school-break-in/index.html
As a deadly and historic blizzard barreled through Erie County, New York, last weekend, some residents found themselves in a dire scenario – stranded in howling snow with nowhere to go, their cars dwindling in gas supply with police unable to come to the rescue.
Among those trapped last Friday was Jay Withey, a mechanic in the town of Cheektowaga who had ventured out to help a trapped friend, but instead got caught in the snow himself. Over the course of the night, he would be turned away by several people he begged for help, eventually committing a final act of desperation to save himself and more than 20 others from the brutal storm.
His night began at 6 p.m. when he got a call from a friend who had become stuck in the quickly mounting snow.
“He said I’m the only person he knew that would come over so I figured I would go get him,” Withey said.
Withey drove toward his friend, weaving between abandoned vehicles that littered the road. Suddenly, he saw a young man named Mike walking in sneakers and wrapped in a light jacket. He told Mike to hop in the truck to escape the cold.
As he drove past snow drifts several feet tall, Withey said, his truck became stuck twice. The first time, he was able to shovel his way out, but the second time felt hopeless.
“I’m trying to dig myself out, but the snow is coming down just as fast as I’m shoveling,” he said. With his clothes soaking wet and only a quarter of a tank of fuel left, Withey started to grow concerned.
Leaving Mike in the truck, he began knocking on the doors of houses lining the street to see if anyone would give them shelter.
Withey said he went to 10 households, offering each $500 to spend the night on their floor. All of them turned him away. “I plead with them, ‘Please, please can I sleep on the floor, I’m in fear for my life,’ and they say, ‘No I’m sorry’,” he said.
Feeling defeated, Withey tried to walk back to his truck, but became lost in the blustery wind and thick snow.
“My vision is getting foggy, my body is cramping up, and I’m fearing for my life,” he said.
Finally, he saw a light glint in the distance, the same blinking light he remembered parking his truck next to.
After marching back to the truck, Withey called the police but was told that due to the dangerous storm conditions, they couldn’t come to rescue him, he said. He also learned that the friend who had called him for help had been rescued by authorities.
With the gas running precariously low, Withey was concerned, but tired, so he tried to take a nap.
At around 11 p.m., he heard a knock at the car window and opened the door to find Mary, an elderly woman who said she had been stuck in her car since 4 p.m. and needed help. He told her to get in the truck, too.
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