worst nightmare

[ciroccoj]

Sometime this week apparently one of our neighbours was cooking in her kitchen while her daughter played in her front yard. She looked up and saw a man trying to get her daughter into his car. She ran screaming outside and he drove off.

Good lord.

I let my boys play in our front yard without supervision all the time, and I let Daniel go down the street to his friends' houses whenever he wants. I've recently started to allow Justin to accompany him. They're 7 1/2 and 4 1/2, and our street has very little car traffic; I don't have to worry about them running out into the street and getting smucked by a car. But Jesus. Snatched from the front yard in the middle of the day? It's worrisome when you read a story about it happening in Toronto; terrifying when you hear about it happening in your own neighbourhood.

I'm going to call the cops and see if they know what actually happened. I got it as third-hand gossip from Daniel's babysitters at the bus stop today, so for all I know it may not even have happened. Still.

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[minnesota-anne.livejournal.com]

::Shivers::

When I was eleven, one of my classmates was kidnapped and has never been found - he was with his brother and a friend, walking back from a visit to the video store. The whole "We never thought it could happen here, in our perfect little town" comes up to this day. The scariest thing is - it can happen anywhere.

Even now, as an adult, fifteen years later, I wear his picture on the back of my airport badge, just in case someone might know something.

[jenniferjames.livejournal.com]

I got it as third-hand gossip from Daniel's babysitters at the bus stop today, so for all I know it may not even have happened. Still.

Better safe than sorry. ::super protective hugs:: for Daniel and Justin.

Keep us posted.