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This is an absolute tragedy. 2 sisters who had their whole lives ahead of them are gone because of a house fire. My deepest sympathies goes out to the family for their loss as I do not know how I would be able to handle this horrible situation if I was in this predicament.
However there is a sentence in the article that just does not sit well with me "Their father reportedly tried to re-enter the house to save his daughters but could not penetrate the flames."
I'm speaking for myself when I say this but I know that those flames would not stop me from trying to save my children's lives. I would have done everything possible and without a shadow of doubt I would have risked my own life to save them. There is no way I would ever be able to live with myself if I didn't. Maybe I'm not a rational thinker but my kids are my life. My job is to protect them no matter what. Even if they were grown adults. Once again I'm speaking for myself here. Maybe others don't feel how I do about my children.
Ridiculous to say you would run through flames. How exactly would you rescue someone (actually two people) on the second floor when you're on fire on the first? This is not about experiencing pain, it's about what happens to a body experiencing extreme trauma.
According to the article "Their father reportedly tried to re-enter the house to save his daughters but could not penetrate the flames." In all honesty as soon as you (the father) noticed the smoke and broken glass wouldn't your first instincts be to make sure your kids and family are safe before you ran outside? Not saying I would think logically but if 2 of my kids were upstairs in a burning house there is no chance I wouldn't try make my way up there to get them.
However there is a sentence in the article that just does not sit well with me "Their father reportedly tried to re-enter the house to save his daughters but could not penetrate the flames."
I'm speaking for myself when I say this but I know that those flames would not stop me from trying to save my children's lives. I would have done everything possible and without a shadow of doubt I would have risked my own life to save them. There is no way I would ever be able to live with myself if I didn't. Maybe I'm not a rational thinker but my kids are my life. My job is to protect them no matter what. Even if they were grown adults. Once again I'm speaking for myself here. Maybe others don't feel how I do about my children.
the implication that you love your kids more than this poor guy loved his daughters is laughable. It sure is easy to be brave and say "what I would have done" from your keyboard.
You have no idea what he did, didn't do, thought, knew, thought he knew - it was 3 a.m. - it's mind boggling to me that people think they will know exactly what they will do in any given situation.
If I wake up in the middle of the night IN MY OWN HOME to smoke and fire I'm probably completely dazed and panicked. I'd like to think I'd first try to get to my kids (who like these girls are young adults). If I wake up in the middle of the night in a rental multiple that confusion by 100.
Let's also remember we don't know what actually happened, only what the media is reporting.
People like to think nothing bad can ever happen to them because "I'd do this". You really have no idea. Let's not pile on this poor man.
the implication that you love your kids more than this poor guy loved his daughters is laughable. It sure is easy to be brave and say "what I would have done" from your keyboard.
And how would you possibly know how much I love my kids and what I would do for them? And how would you know how much this father loved his kids?
And how would you possibly know how much I love my kids and what I would do for them?
I don't know and I don't care. But YOU sure seem sure of the fact that you would have done more than what the father did. Which, again, is quite the assumption on your part when you don't know the whole story.
Another day, another person on the internet trying to claim they are better than someone else.
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