Woman forgot grandson in house fire

[Crusader]

A woman has told how she accidentally left her grandson in her burning house as she rescued her beloved dogs



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That was my mates house D:

 

[Crusader]

After talking to my friend, he said the media are being their usual selfs.



Quote him:

 

[JustMe]

She remembered the dogs but not the grandson. Inexcusable. She IS an unfit grandmother.

 

[dog]

How do you forget a child?

 

[Howard]

I can't help thinking that some folks have no bloody idea just what panic, shock and great stress can actually make a person do.



Unless you have actually been in that situation yourself, it's far too easy to say what you would or wouldn't do and start casting aspersions. And even if you have been in that situation, remember that everyone reacts differently.



Thankfully the grand child is ok and that is the main thing.

 

[McConnaughay]

If he was sleeping, he was sleeping, maybe she forgot about him because she hadn't seen him the entire day, don't call her an idiot, she panicked dammit, she gathered everything she could and perhaps from her age or out of the panic she forgot him.

 

[Jazzy]

As an animal lover I must say that her beloved dogs could be replaced. How do you replace a grandson?

 

[skinnybones4]

Terrible story...just so sad...

 

[Raven]

I can't help thinking that some folks have no bloody idea just what panic, shock and great stress can actually make a person do.

Im with you on this one.

 

[JustMe]

She wasn't panicked enough to forget about her dogs. Give me a break.

 

[Raven]

When you panick you think you think thing closest to you

 

[JustMe]

Panicked I would thing of the things I love the most and want to save. I love my pets but would save my grandkids and kids first,

 

[Ashley]

You guys, this is where you have to use common sense. Pets can be replaced. Sure they may not have the same personality, traits whatever your former pet had, and yes they are expensive, but they CAN be replaced. Children can't. Personally, I think the woman was a bit of an idiot for grabbing the pets and not the kids. It's sad really.

 

[Howard]

It still looks like some of you lot have not taken on board the possibility that panic, fear, stress and shock can and do make people act in a way that ordinarily they would not.



Some folks in the safety of their homes sat in front of their computers seem to calmly pronounce what they themselves would have done in a given situation, when in fact no one actually knows how they would react given an emergency and under that same set of circumstances.



It's all too easy to call the lady in question an idiot or an unfit grand mother, without actually knowing the facts.



Before making pronouncements of what you have no experience of, I suggest you actually stop and think objectively about what has happened and see if you can understand why such a situation can lead to what appears to be negligence when in fact it's quite possible that it was nothing of the kind and was as a result of the frightening situation that this poor lady found herself in.



I'm not saying for one moment this is what happened. However, I at least remain open to the possibility that this sort of behaviour can and does happen given extreme situations. Therefore, far be it from me to start casting aspersions upon a lady I don't know and a situation that I have not been in myself.



Understanding and compassion are all to easy to dismiss when sat in total safety.

 

[Bluezone777]

I am pretty sure if that grandson died in that fire, no one would be giving her any sympathy.



I wonder how many are going to keep giving her sympathy when they actually read the article and notice there was also a son of hers in that house that she had no trouble remembering was there but just couldn't remember to save that grandson.

 

[Raven]

Why do you say this? Is this something you've learned somewhere and can reference it for us or is this just an uneducated guess?



(By uneducated I mean that you could never have been in a situation like this, not uneducated; You're dumb.)



I have been panicked before in a very dangerous situation and the first thing and only thing that came to my mind was my son.

I've not been in this kind of situation.. But I have been in situations where I have had to get out quickly.



I don't have a kid either so, slightly different for me.

 

[Crusader]

Also you have got to take the fact that the grandson isn't normally there as he was only visiting.

 

[EvanP]

I am very young, 12 years old in fact. But this is absolutely disgraceful. She should be shot for leaving her Grandson. About 2 months ago, i was with my sister, niece and nephew. My sister is 21 and my nephew is 3, almost 4. Suddenly, he wrestled away from her hand and run into a busy road. Without thinking, i run after him, and jumped in front of a moving car to save his life. I broke a leg and an arm, and sustained severe head injuries, actually, three big scars still remain on my head. I would do anything to save any of my family, and that's what this woman should have done. Disgraceful.

 

[Novax]

Wow, I hate when things like this happen, seriously how can you forget a child but remember your dogs. Pathetic.

 

[sbfc]

Anyone who prioritises their dogs over their grandchildren is an idiot in my opinion, regardless of the situation. Also I agree 100% with Bluezone in that I doubt there would be any sympathy if the child had actually died.