Gypseagirl
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This is awesome news!!!!!!! Very thankful the neighbor just did not ignore the plea for help.
In the mid 90's, my second home (as an adult woman) was on West 107th, just a few blocks north of where the girls disappeared from. I lived there for 2 years and never knew ANY of my neighbors. I briefly met the next door neighbors when they had a yard sale. They were friendly, but that was the end of the interaction. When I was outside, they wouldn't even look my way. No hi, nod, acknowledgement or anything. I never seen a person on the other side. I would see neighbors out on the porch regularly and some knew eachother, but it was few. I likely would have never known if something strange was going on, since there was always something strange and a lot of suspicion. This area was getting pretty rough back then.
I was waiting for a family member in front of a building one day. I was propositioned 3 times in 5 minutes, because everyone thought I was a prostitute. I was standing in a doorway of a storefront, wearing a regular pair of modest shorts and a t-shirt. No make-up, hair undone, at 4pm in the afternoon.
I once walked through my neighborhood after dark. I was approached by every unsavory character in my path, assuming that I was "looking for something". This is definitely an area where is is best to be very street wise.
The further you move east toward downtown, the longer these areas have been impoverished. Going up Lorain Road from where these girls were from, to where they were found, it just gets worse. The east side (where Anthony Sowell lived) is another story. Most of the east side of Cleveland has been impoverished for generations.
It doesn't surprise me at all that this went undetected. It is really sad that people can turn a blind eye. Maybe they are just desensitized to the unusual things going on around them?
I also think that people tend to "mind their own business", since doing otherwise may get them in trouble. (Being known as a snitch)
I am really sad about this. I loved living in Cleveland and have great memories of growing up there. We ran the neighborhood without much of a care. We knew most of the neighbors. There was a time when people watched over eachother in these tight knit communities. I think that my age group was the last to see the tight knit communities that this city had. The neighborhoods have changed a lot over the years. People who had been in areas for generations have started moving on and others move in and they don't know eachother anymore.
On Tuesday, the world's biggest hamburger company said on Twitter: "We salute the courage of Ohio kidnap victims & respect their privacy. Way to go Charles Ramsey -- we'll be in touch."
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mcdonal...cue-we-ll-be-in-touch-1.1272034#ixzz2Sha3j3h5
Charles Ramsey is on the Today Show this morning He looks exhausted. He has been talking to media for the last 24 hours and I think he needs a break. Bless his heart. I heard he said something last night about not wanting any reward, suggested it be given to the girls.
Does anyone have a link to this information?
I thought that was an awfully sweet thought.
Charles Ramsey is on the Today Show this morning He looks exhausted. He has been talking to media for the last 24 hours and I think he needs a break.
I keep seeing a picture of Michelle Knight, but not in print. Anyone else see it?
Charles Ramsey is on the Today Show this morning He looks exhausted. He has been talking to media for the last 24 hours and I think he needs a break. Bless his heart. I heard he said something last night about not wanting any reward, suggested it be given to the girls.
Does anyone have a link to this information?
I thought that was an awfully sweet thought.
Not wanting the reward was when he was interviewed last night on Anderson Cooper. I was watching it on TV on CNN, so I don't have a link.
I love Charles Ramsey! We need a smiley for him like we have for Juan Martinez! And we need a thread just for him!
ETA I found a video of it. Starting at 7 minutes. Bottom of this page. It doesn't have the whole thing. It was priceless.
http://chicagoist.com/2013/05/07/charles_ramsey_would_give_any_rewar.php
I found a transcript!
COOPER: Has the FBI said anything about a reward or anything? Because there was that - there was a reward for finding her.
RAMSEY: I tell you what you do, give it to them. Because if folks been following this case since last night, you been following me since last night, you know I got a job anyway. Just went picked it up, paycheck. What that address say? That say?
COOPER: I don't have my glasses. I'm blind as a bat.
RAMSEY: 2203 Seymour. Where are them girls living? Right next door to this paycheck. So yes, take that reward and give it to - that little girl came out the house and she was crying. And I'm looking at her, right, I'm like your mama trying to help you, girl, shut up. I don't know, right. And she's like I want my daddy. And I said, who's her daddy? She said Ariel.
http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2...s-ramsey-ac360-exclusive-invu/?iref=allsearch
Rescued captives mom: I havent talked to her yet
http://www.today.com/video/today/51814777#51814777
This is an interview with Michelle Night's mom. :dunno: Is it just me, or does she not seem very happy that her daughter was found? It just seems like an odd interview.