[RANGERAIRBORNE]

At least they wren't beaten or murdered- I used to be amazed in N.O. to see defenseless tourists wandering around off the beaten track at night- hell, I carried a .45 all the time and I didn't feel safe in a lot of those places!

I think that tourists sort of have an idea that anywjhere they go on vacation is a "theme park", nice and safe. Not true at all!!!!

[Middle Man]

"At least they wren't beaten or murdered..."

My parents were extremely fortunate. The police got a tip that the car had been abandoned in one of the most notorious projects in town, the Desire. On the drive over in a police cruiser to ID the vehicle, the cops warned my dad that it is common practice for thieves to steal a tourist's nice car, then bring it back to the project where all the kids in the 'hood literally smash it to pieces and leave nothing salvageable. Luckily, they retrieved the car with just the vent window jimmied and the glovebox cleaned out. That was still enough to keep them from ever going back.