Logically no but I really love my dog so I could see myself not thinking straight and doing something stupid.
This. I wouldn't be like "I won't go without him" but I could see myself being like "I think I can get him" and taking a risk that's objectively crazy, and if I made it out being like omg why did I do that. Then again, I've never been face to face with a fire of that magnitude, so I don't know how I would really react.
I think that you don't know how you will react until you are in this situation. I ran back into my burning house to try to find my cat. I didn't view it as "risking my life". Obviously I was, and had I been watching it objectively as a logical outsider, I would choose not to go in. But I did. Because you aren't a logical bystander when your house is on fire.
I got upstairs and was shocked by how much more smoke there was than there had been about 2 mins before. I reached to open a closed bedroom door and my hand went right through the space where I thought the door was. The door wasn't closed, after all -- it's just that no light from the windows was coming through to the hall because the smoke was so thick. I thought, "Oh." As in, "Oh, this is what it could be like to die." "Oh, this is how people die."
I ran/fell down the stairs and exited. Firemen ended up rescuing the cat. For the rest of her life, she would freak the *** out if the smoke detector went off.
ETA: I feel certain I would not make this same mistake again.
I think part of what's crazy about this thread is, if you actually watched This is Us, that house was ON FIRE. Like an inferno. It wasn't just starting to burn or a little smoke and some flames in one part of the house. The family barely made it out. You couldn't walk through the house without massive flames burning you. Going back into that house was insane, and completely stupid. He was lucky he didn't burn alive. If he wasn't a fictional TV character, I am certain he would not have made it out of there.
I think that you don't know how you will react until you are in this situation.
Oh, I most certainly know how I would react and that would be to spare my own life every single time. I've had a dog, bunny and a roommate with a cat who I loved dearly. No way in hell I would go back in to a flaming house to get them. If I ever get another pet in the future, my answer is the same. Sometimes you do know how you'd react in certain situations!
I think that you don't know how you will react until you are in this situation. I ran back into my burning house to try to find my cat. I didn't view it as "risking my life". Obviously I was, and had I been watching it objectively as a logical outsider, I would choose not to go in. But I did. Because you aren't a logical bystander when your house is on fire.
I got upstairs and was shocked by how much more smoke there was than there had been about 2 mins before. I reached to open a closed bedroom door and my hand went right through the space where I thought the door was. The door wasn't closed, after all -- it's just that no light from the windows was coming through to the hall because the smoke was so thick. I thought, "Oh." As in, "Oh, this is what it could be like to die." "Oh, this is how people die."
I ran/fell down the stairs and exited. Firemen ended up rescuing the cat. For the rest of her life, she would freak the *** out if the smoke detector went off.
ETA: I feel certain I would not make this same mistake again.
I'm 100% certain of what my reaction would be in this situation.
Hell, I could barely find my cat when my house wasn't on fire. What in God's name would make me think that I could just be-bop into an inferno and scoop her up? Come on.
I think that you don't know how you will react until you are in this situation. I ran back into my burning house to try to find my cat. I didn't view it as "risking my life". Obviously I was, and had I been watching it objectively as a logical outsider, I would choose not to go in. But I did. Because you aren't a logical bystander when your house is on fire.
I got upstairs and was shocked by how much more smoke there was than there had been about 2 mins before. I reached to open a closed bedroom door and my hand went right through the space where I thought the door was. The door wasn't closed, after all -- it's just that no light from the windows was coming through to the hall because the smoke was so thick. I thought, "Oh." As in, "Oh, this is what it could be like to die." "Oh, this is how people die."
I ran/fell down the stairs and exited. Firemen ended up rescuing the cat. For the rest of her life, she would freak the *** out if the smoke detector went off.
ETA: I feel certain I would not make this same mistake again.
I'm 100% certain of what my reaction would be in this situation.
I’m not saying you *should* go into a burning house! You are right not to! I was was only trying to say that in an emergency sometimes people do unexpected things. I fully support you not making the same bad choice I did.
I don't have kids, but I still think my life is worthwhile... and people I'd be leaving behind love me, too, even though I'm not their mother.
Right? Like, dude, I have two kids and me not being willing to die for my dog doesn't really have anything to do with them. I just don't want to die. For a dog.
My kids are actual adults now. Can I still use the "can't leave my kids motherless" excuse? I'd grab whoever I could on the way out, but I'm not running back into a burning building for them.