I lived in apartment building when I was 18. I remember one Friday night. I was at my then boyfriend's (now he's my husdand) apartment. We were watching TV with our friends when we heard some loud noises. It sounded like someone was being hurt. We all ran outside to see what was happening. At that point we saw some guys throw this lady out his door. She was just laying outside naked. She wasn't moving so I screamed to my friend to call the police. My boyfriend and I went down the stairs and went to her. She was on the second story and we were afraid that he would hear us going up the stairs. So we stayed at the bottom of the stairs. I didn't want him to hear us and maybe hurt her more. Finally the police came and gave her the blanket that we had. They took the man away. What made me angry was that noone else came out to see what was going on. Noone else called the cops. In fact my boyfriend got into trouble because the neighbors called the manager and complained about me. They didn't call the police but they did call the manager. What's up with that? Well the lady (I won't say her name) she was okay and she moved away from the creep.

Please don't be like the neighbors who didn't do anything. Don't think that it's not your problem. If you ever see or hear something that makes you feel that someone is being abused please call the police. If you were in trouble you'd want someone to help you.

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