How many doors does a 2 year old have to knock on before she gets help?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Vallejo toddler found unharmed in carjacking

Springs Road resident Larry Wadley had no idea why someone was pounding on his door, but he was even more surprised to learn the late-night visitor was a 2-year-old girl who'd just been abducted in a carjacking.

"I heard bamming," said Wadley, who'd been dozing off around 10 p.m. Tuesday, listening to music and watching the A's game on TV.

When he opened the door, he looked down and saw a little girl in braids, alone, quietly staring back at him.

"I was amazed," said Wadley, who lives at the Camellia Apartments at 201 Springs Road. "She wasn't crying or nothing."

He said he asked where her parents were. She raised her head, but gave no reply. Puzzled, Wadley went back inside to put on his shoes and gather his thoughts.

Meanwhile, he said, the toddler climbed the stairs and knocked on the apartment above his. The woman who lives there answered the door, and Wadley and she decided to call police because they didn't recognize the girl.

The girl had also knocked on other doors, but no one else had responded, Wadley said.

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_18189324


Woman Finds 2-year-old Girl at her Door After Carjacking

2-year-old Vallejo girl found safe at a woman's door after carjacking.

When she heard a knock on her door Tuesday night, Vallejo resident Gabi Strong answered it. There stood a 2-year-old girl in pajamas.

"She was tired. I asked where she lived but I couldn't understand what she was saying," Strong, 72, said this afternoon. "She hung onto my hand and wouldn't let loose."

Vallejo police said the girl was in the back seat of her father's car when it was carjacked around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Alabama and Napa streets.

http://dixon.patch.com/articles/woman-finds-2-year-old-girl-at-her-door-after-carjacking

[csziggy]

1. Somebody carjacked a 1995 Buick LeSabre?

"The girl's father said he was driving his 1995 Buick Le Sabre when he was cut off by a white, 1980s four-door Buick Le Sabre, Sgt. Jeff Bassett said."

The economy is worse than I thought! Maybe the carjackers were trading up, but da-yum, if I were going to steal a car, I'd go for something a little newer and with more style.

I'm glad the little girl was found safe.

[petronius]

3. LeSabre-on-LeSabre violence: it's a growing and troubling trend

:)

Glad the girl is OK - that's pretty scary...

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. 1995 LeSabre

[petronius]

6. That's what I meant - she's safely out of that car

;)

[csziggy]

11. Yeah, we had a 1989 Buick Century that was almost identical

But it was paint peeling gray.

One of my ambitions has been to never drive a car that was attractive to car jackers. That is one reason this stood out. I like owning older vehicles with crappy paint jobs that look as though there would not be anything of value in them. But if older GM vehicles are becoming targets I am in trouble!

While Buick does tend to keep the same style and parts standard over several models and for a number of years, I don't think the parts from a 1995 Buick will work in a 1980 model. But then, maybe they had a broken down 1995 LeSabre at home and needed the parts for it and the 1980 LeSabre was the only thing they had that ran?

[wilmamccbride]

21. Nice ambition

Good ambition man.. I think you don't have to avoid that car because car incidents like that doesn't happen because of the brand. Whether your car may have http://www.autopartsdeal.com/buick/parts.html">Buick Parts or Ferrari or Acura or whatever type of car, if the thief would aim at your car, he would aim at you.

[jberryhill]

9. Parts?

After cash for clunkers, used late model Buick parts can be tough to find.

Maybe the first LeSabre was also stolen, and they are cornering the black market in stolen Buick parts.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Poor little girl! Doing what little children naturally do:

Look for people who care.

How sad that it took so long to find someone who did.

x(

[idiotgardener]

4. I think that's an unfair assumption

based on this line:

"The girl had also knocked on other doors, but no one else had responded, Wadley said."

Maybe they simply weren't home.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. possibly

[NYC_SKP]

10. Without suggesting that others who could have cared didn't, it's still sad that it took so long.

I have no idea if others were home or not, it's sad that so many doors were there but that our society is one of walls and doors and gates and fences.

That a child even CAN wander around without being noticed (even if everyone cares) for so long is sad.

[idiotgardener]

18. I just don't see anything in the article that says how long it took

She was in the car, presumably the carjackers put her out at some point. Maybe they put her out right in front of the door the guy opened.

[WatsonT]

20. Best to just assume the worst

I mean, how likely is it that people aren't home during the day? That literally never happens.

Nope, clearly this is some sign that our society is in perpetual decay.

[Politicalboi]

8. One morning at our apartments

My mother saw this 2 or 3 year old outside our door. She only had underpants on, and it was kinda chilly that morning. I asked her where her mother was, but she didn't make any sense. So I took her to the apartment office to see if the women there knew who she belonged to. On my way I saw another woman and asked her if she knew who the child belonged to. She said the little girl was in front of her door, but apparently she did nothing. We found the family where she belonged, and brought her back home. I guess nothing became of it, I have no idea. But for that other woman to just ignore the child to me was unbelievable.

[Celebration]

14. that IS unbelieveable

When I was about 12 years old a man rang the doorbell to our house.......he was all upset. He had found an 18 month old toddler in the street. He acted mad at ME! Of course I knew Briany, he was the sixth child of the family down the street. He left it up to me to take Briany back home. I understand the guy being ticked off about the irresponsibility of the family, but I ended up getting the lecture instead of them. I took the kid back home and everyone just casuallly said, oh, thanks. That family was one of my first lessons in realizing that all parents were not like my parents.

[Shagbark Hickory]

12. MAybe people looked out the peephole and didn't see anyone because the girl was too short.

:shrug:
Or maybe they thought she was selling something or handing out religious pamphlets.

[Celebration]

13. a lot of people go to bed by 10pm, too n/t

[Shagbark Hickory]

15. I guess you and I.... we're giving people the benefit of the doubt

:silly:

[undeterred]

16. I saw a three year old walking down the train tracks in a pullups

at 8:30am a few years ago. No train coming. So I ran toward him. He got scared of me and got of the tracks into some bushes. I picked him up and carried him to the nearest business where we called the 911. Hispanic child, no English. Turned out he was 3 and an older brother (13) was left to babysit but hadn't missed him yet.

While we were waiting for the social worker the freight train came.

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. OMG. n/t

[renate]

17. I would never answer the door at 10 pm

I mean, obviously, if I knew it was a little child I would (like if I heard crying or a little voice), but unless I knew who was there I wouldn't even go to the door at 10 pm. I don't think that makes me a bad person--just a cautious one.

Smart little girl to go looking for help. I'm so glad she's okay.