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elehhhhna

(32,076 posts) Tue May 7, 2013, 06:56 PM May 2013

You can bust through a wall to escape a house... [View all]

not so much in an older home, like the Cleveland girls were held in, but more recently built it's not that hard.

Interior wall - piece of cake. Exterior more difficult but doable.

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You can bust through a wall to escape a house... [View all] elehhhhna May 2013 OP

And the DU victim-blaming concern trolls rev their engines... Scootaloo May 2013 #1

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #7

No. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #11

Or break water fixtures so badly that it'd flood NightWatcher May 2013 #2

um, no he wouldn't have to explain magical thyme May 2013 #6

You might have second thoughts if your captors threatened to slice open one of the Ninga May 2013 #3

These girls didn't have a choice to do anything. The doctor said they girls were southernyankeebelle May 2013 #4

The report said they were in the basement. newmember May 2013 #5

no shit. but this is info you might want to share with your kids elehhhhna May 2013 #9

My home is a brick-faced, lath and mortar frame home built in 1929.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

I kniow - I said that. elehhhhna May 2013 #12

I know. One of the reasons I bought an old home. Junkdrawer May 2013 #14

The walls they were facing weren't only physical ones. nolabear May 2013 #10

^^^ Best response to the OP. ^^^ NYC_SKP May 2013 #17

Yes! It is so much more complicated than people realize. Phentex May 2013 #21

Yup. Elizabeth Smart was just talking about that. n/t pnwmom May 2013 #23

I predict.... NYC_SKP May 2013 #13

Probably because the OP is ridiculous and not so veiled victim blaming. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #15

These women were so fearful of their torturers that sufrommich May 2013 #16

That much is true, sadly. n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #20

It's called a donkey kick. Firefighters are taught how to do it. Arctic Dave May 2013 #18

1/2" drywall is easy. 1/2' plywood siding is not so easy. NYC_SKP May 2013 #19

Not as easy but doable. Arctic Dave May 2013 #24

That would depend on where you were chained. n/t pnwmom May 2013 #22