the screams

Same with me. A stranger grabbed me by the hair and dragged me down the street. I screamed for help so loud my voice was hoarse the next day. I was rescued by a man who pulled over in his car and fought the attacker off. Could have turned out different if he had kept driving. There are still many good samaritans in the world I'm personally thankful for. I wish it had turned out better for Kitty and his other victims. That screaming scene was hard to watch. Very powerful documentary.

I'm so glad to hear you were rescued
It's most people's worst nightmare to be grabbed by some psycho and thankfully I've never experienced the horror of that myself but I've always wondered if I'd be able to scream or not. Could your voice fail you through sheer terror? I've always worried I'd be paralysed with fear and be dragged off somewhere before I could shout for help but it's a relief to read you and the other girls on here say you were able to scream loudly.

I found this scene extremely moving, but I was left wondering what the purpose of the reenactment was. I thought perhaps they were going to try to do some acoustical analysis or something along those lines to try to determine what people in their apartments might have heard. But they didn't follow up on this at all.

Agreed. The reenactment was in poor taste

The re-enactment, if nothing else, served to find out if after all these years and all the notoriety of the case, anything has changed. Nope. Right there, in the exact same place (which I live about 10 blocks from), no one came out to help, no one called the police, and one person if I recall correctly, told her to keep the noise down.

To me, part of this "apathy" stems from the same reason no one calls the police when a car alarm goes off. We're so used to the sound that we're immune to it. Car owners take no care to ensure that their alarm is shut off quickly when there's no emergency. They just let it go on and on, so it's just considered a nuisance to neighbors.

Every day I hear bloodcurdling screams being unleashed by children both inside and outside, and do I take action? No, because parents allow their kids to scream like that constantly so now none of us bothers to respond. Responsible parents should teach their children that shrieking as if they're in terror is not part of "playing," and that if whatever they're doing is so traumatic that they need to scream like they're being killed, they will not be allowed to do it anymore. It's important that they understand that if they continue to scream their heads off all the time, no one will pay attention when they really need help. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" should be read by every child. Older people are not much better, roaming up and down the streets shrieking.

We've all gotten to the point where everyone is always so loud and attention seeking that we just block it out. Perhaps if everyone made an effort to recognize that screaming like you're in a horror movie is only appropriate if you're in danger, instead of doing it just because it's snowing outside, or you're playing with your dog, or you didn't get exactly what you wanted at the time you wanted it, people would actually be alarmed when they DO hear screams, knowing it could ONLY mean someone needs help.

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