Kicking in your own door.

[Uncle Matt]

I was a cop in a small town in central Mass when we got a call from a concerned daughter that was worried about her elderly mother who lived alone. Her daughter, calling from N.J. told me her mother calls her every day and she had not heard from her in two days. I go to her house and find the car in the garage, no answer at the door or on the phone and the neighbors have not seen her. I check the windows and see a woman inside lying on the ground. The doors are all locked so I call the ambulance and FD and kick in the door.

I found out the woman was fine and only napping. She has a bad back and was lying on the hard surface. She took her hearing aids out so she could sleep. The medics gave her a once over and I believe they are still laughing at me.

Our towns repaired the door and frame for a few hundred dollars. Oh well, a lesson learned.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Uncle Matt

I was a cop in a small town in central Mass when we got a call from a concerned daughter that was worried about her elderly mother who lived alone. Her daughter, calling from N.J. told me her mother calls her every day and she had not heard from her in two days. I go to her house and find the car in the garage, no answer at the door or on the phone and the neighbors have not seen her. I check the windows and see a woman inside lying on the ground. The doors are all locked so I call the ambulance and FD and kick in the door.

I found out the woman was fine and only napping. She has a bad back and was lying on the hard surface. She took her hearing aids out so she could sleep. The medics gave her a once over and I believe they are still laughing at me.

Our towns repaired the door and frame for a few hundred dollars. Oh well, a lesson learned.

Don't feel bad about it, they found my father two days after he fell.