Posted on 03/14/2005 12:44:23 PM PST by EveningStar
The woman who was held hostage in her apartment by the suspect in Atlanta's courthouse slayings came forward to give an account of her ordeal, saying he let her go after they bonded while discussing God, family, pancakes and the massive manhunt going on outside her apartment.
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What's fascinating to me is that she didn't. She feared a shootout and more people dead if she did. She probably feared she would not be safe if she betrayed him then. When he arrived at her place, he would have killed her and anyone else who was in the way, and she knew that. She waited and talked, and reasoned, with her childlike faith, until he was cool and resigned to a fate of being arrested. I don't know if she knew omnipotently that is what she was doing, but that's certainly the outcome. It's great human drama. We don't all have it in us to be her. I don't. I'd have found a way to shoot him.
She does have sympathies for the victims. What you don't get is that she is among the victims, one who had a pretty scary weekend.
Go on about your way.... I'm done with you.
According to a radio station's web site the child lives with relatives.
http://www.csraonsale.com/news1/news_story.php?id=3186
That is exactly what I heard her saying in the piece I saw earlier. Thanks for the notes on what you heard on Hannity's show.
She is an extremely impressive lady. Her faith gave her the road map and the strength to survive an encounter with a monster.
I'm not on a high horse but it sure sounds like you are.
She had no ability to do such.
The problem I have is other ladies abandoning self protection and becoming pacifist due to her exposure.
You are a fool, and worse, you're spreading disinformation.
For example, Nichols did not wear a mask.
I'm not surprised.
Did you see the part where I doubted he'd follow through? I made an effort to emphasize my point is what her intentions were, not his.
On the contrary, I'm sure what she said to him about the murder of their loved ones is an immense comfort to them.
Well, that's disproven by the fact that she did it.
She did what she did to survive. You are more generous to her than I am. I think about the families left behind, not the murderer of those families.
You don't know what he could have done or would have done. Is that speculation on your part? With everybody and their brother looking for him they would have found him.
I'd have found a way to shoot him.
Ditto.
" This is the most disturbing part. He was unarmed and she was in another car miles from her house. Yet she picked him up and took him back to where the weapons were at. Very strange ...."
Whatever this gal had to do or say to stay alive was heroic -up until she helped Nichols move the dead INS agent's SUV.
The dynamics of this story changed when she did that.
And I like you, find that part of the story troubling.
From her interview in the AJC :
"Around 6:15 a.m., Nichols says that before sunrise he needs to move the truck he is accused of stealing from Wilhelm."
"She agrees to follow him in her car. He leaves the guns under her bed."
"As they drive, Smith thinks about calling 911 on her cellphone, but she decides against it.
She fears police will come and surround them.
There'd be a shootout."
Helping him move the agent's car did not help anyone find Nichols. It thwarted the police investigation.
She is in her car, with a cell phone, Nichols is on foot,apparently-yet, she feared that " they " would be involved in a shoot out.
Nichols stashed the guns under her bed,why would there be a shoot out ?
Certainly she would have told the 911 operators that he was unarmed.A stand off maybe, if the cops could have found his car and corraled him.
Once she sped off and called 911- if there had been a shoot out- it would seem that the only one in danger-would have been Nichols.
She brought him back to her house-where he was again in possession of his guns.
He could have snapped and killed her or left her alive and left the aptmnt, to kill more innocent people.
I saw that coop, and wasn't disagreeing with you.
Good one. I am absolutely baffled by the Monday morning quarterbacking that's going on here. It's not like she had several days to figure out how to handle the situation. She was with him 6 HOURS! Good grief!!!!
I have to wonder who you are watching. It's not Ashley Smith.
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