So picture this: I wake up in the morning knowing that today I must help my daughter get her daughter to gan and then come home and take my husband to the hospital to be checked by his surgeon. I get ready, go outside, and when I get to the car I first notice that the driver’s door is unlocked. Of course I always lock the car when I leave it, but even if I had not, then all of the buttons would be up because all of them unlock at the same time. Something wasn’t right. Next, I noticed glass in the back seat, the front seat, the seats reclining all the way… already I was starting to feel sick. Then I looked at the steering column, the absence of the panels around it, wires coming out, many wires, and electrical parts on the floor in front of my seat, on the floor in front of the passenger’s seat on the floor in the back.
The car was trashed.
My brain immediately flat-lined. My heart started beating fast, I began to shake, and I was incapable of thought. So I sent back into the house and did the only thing I could think of: called my son-in-law for help. If he had not already been fast-tracked to a place in Gan Eden after 120 years or more, today, I am certain he’s on the list. He was able to think and to act.
He arranged for someone to come and take the car to the Toyota dealer and called the dealer and reminded them to keep the car inside since it was raining. I had taken pictures of the damage to the car, informed neighbors, and later made a police report. One of my sons was very helpful and reassuring and he gave me some of the insurance info I needed and alerted the insurance adjuster via email that on Sunday morning, I would need an appraiser to look at the car so that it could be fixed. Only a couple of hours later, once I had gotten my husband to the hospital driving my son-in-law’s car, was I able to shed the tension and begin to relax.
Of course, in the grand scheme of things, it is a blip. Best guess: our “cousins” just wanted to steal it and they were foiled by our immobilizer. To the best of my knowledge, nothing is missing from the car and all I’ve lost is a little of my faith in some parts of the human race. Of course, it strengthened my trust in others…
My husband continues to recover. We hope for better news each day.
Shabbat shalom
Rona, I feel for you. The intrusion is the worst of all. Feeling violated like that is tough even if it is only small in the large scheme of things. Refuah Shleima to your husband. Shabbat Shalom.
I pray that Aaaron will feel better soon. I know how he loves to read. Eyes are so precious.
Several years ago I had a similar car experience. I awoke early to go to work and discovered that both of our cars that were parked in the driveway had side windows busted and their air bags missing. The thief added the insult of deficating on the scene. The police did not even bother to come to take a report. They took a report by mail. The crook(s) had disconnected our outside automatic lights in order to work undisturbed. They/He had to disconnect the car batteries to remove the air bags. They cut the cables.
We have since installed 4 large outside cameras with a recorder.