[ladyjane]

Originally Posted by shodanusmc

Both of them are 86. They never open the door for anyone, especially the front door. To make a long story short, the doorbell range, her Dad looks out the side window and see's a guy holding a package and dressed in what appears to be a Mailman uniform. He opens the door. The one guy walks in and puts the box down and asks him for a Pen. In the mean time, a second guy comes in. Not sure why he opened the door but he did. Now my Father in law is not a little guy, but still at 86 not fast, He tries to fight the 2 guys off, and the larger of the guys was huge, knocked him down on the floor. They then precede to handcuff her Mom and Dad. Her Dad again starts pushing them again, so he is again pushed into a chair and onto the floor where they handcuff his hands behind his back. Then they throw a sheet over both of them. Her Dad is struggling to get out of the Cuffs, and cuts his wrists up quite badly. So then they Try to use an electric Taster on him 3 times.....he has marks on his neck, but the Taser did not work. They then search the upstairs, and them move her parents to the basement where they left them. Marge's Mom was able to get back upstairs after they left, and since her hands were handcuffed in front, she opened the door and went across the street for help. Police were called, Marge and her sister were celled, we flew over there.

This is what happened in a short version.

They will not be gettin a dog at 86, and not sure about the alarm. An alarm would have done no good if you open the door and let a bad guy in the house. They live in a great neighborhood. Residents include many Police, fire, city workers, and Mobsters. Police believe the wrong house was hit as nothing was taken.

OMG what an awful story. You are right...they are lucky to be alive. Honestly, I think they need to get an alarm system anyway. I am quite sure they will not open the door again. It is just that it might help them sleep better...I can well imagine lying awake fearing someone coming into the house. Just awful.