# My Wife and Kid escape fiery death, my neighbors don't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903 "2002-10-12T01:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903/61 "2002-10-17T13:04:46Z")
Q - certainly nothing M or P about this. I am glad you and yours escaped as unscathed as possible from your proximity to this horror. Your neighbors/tenants/friends are very fortunate to have associations with folk such as you. You sure you don’t wanna live in MI? You see, it’s like a mitten … ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903/62 "2002-10-17T13:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\*Thanks but no, **Myron**. They had similar articles in other papers, and since I’ve not been a fan of their work (but defend their right to speak their message) I’ll pass. \*\* No problem, Qadgop. I’m less than enthusiastic about their work too, which is why I was surprised to see the Trib - which is a quite liberal newspaper - portraying this work with some sympathy on the front page. But, let’s not speak ill of the dead. Which, now that I think about it, was probably their point. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903/63 "2002-11-18T21:17:00Z")
Just a little update, folks. The widow of my renter’s son just discovered that she is pregnant with their third child. Talk about bittersweet! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903/64 "2002-11-18T21:28:15Z")
Oh, that’s sad! You know, this is one of my worst interstate nightmares. Getting in one of these things, not being hurt but knowing other cars might slam into me and crush my car or set it on fire. Yet trying to get out of the car is risky, too. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903/65 "2002-11-19T00:03:57Z")
goodness, qadgop, that is bittersweet. i remember reading an article about a few of the widow of the wtc after their children were born. they said the hardest moment was bringing the baby home. i was a bit surprized, i would have thought it would be the moment the child was born. apparently with all the pain and stuff that moment whirled on by. all three said it was when they walked in the house with the baby. that was when the fact that their husband was gone and this child would not know him. i hope all goes well with her and a happy, healthy baby is born in due time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-kid-escape-fiery-death-my-neighbors-dont/131903.md?page=3)