Just had to share this story with you all.

Tonight, I realized I was hot and decided to open our front window. As I did, I could hear the distinct sound of someones smoke alarm going off. Now I would have written it off had it been about dinner time, but it was more like 10:30 pm.

I looked out and coming over the roof on one of the upper units was smoke. Knowing there was a fire, I immiediately called 911 for fire, and my husband and son went running to try to get people to come out. While doing so, the unit with the smoke, my husband pounded on the door, and this guy answers, speaking only Spanish to my husband and there is smoke EVERYWHERE! He is trying to tell this guy to get out, and this guy keeps leading him to the kitchen where the oven is obviously in some state of burning.

This guy not only would not leave, but his sister with her two kids are still sleeping in the bedrooms!! HE kept going onto the back deck with the vertical blinds closed and peeking in, after he had turned off the lights. Yet his sister and her kids remained unaware of the danger, as for SOME reason, he would not go get them.

So the fire department shows up and goes up there with "Mr. I-am-not-coming-out-of-hiding" still on the deck. They roused the woman and children and then discover him on the deck where he comes out finally.

No major fire, but they tell him to air the place out and make sure there is no danger. All's good there.

Now, what in the world made this guy SO paranoid as to risk his life and the lives of his sister, niece and nephew, while hiding from the fire department? And this man was not alone, the people across the hall from them also would not come out either, they heard the commotion and TURNED their lights off!

Tell's me they have reason to want to hide from authorities? Seems reasonable. Silly illegals, what good would it have done them to stay inside and die, just in order for the authorities not to be aware of them there? Where's the logic in this reasoning? "Death vs. deportation, death vs. deportation, hmmm, maybe I'll die, but at least I will not be deported"!

Smart.............