Masked men

“I was at a friends house one night (there were several of us over) watching tv, drinking, smoking, etc. Just hanging out being kids, whatever. All of a sudden several masked guys with handguns burst in the back door and start screaming. Everyone gets on the floor. At this point I know exactly what’s going on. I was familiar with similar scenerios already at this point in my life, so I was thinking, “Just be cool. They’ll get what they want and leave.” However, the one guy who was doing all the talking starting pistol whipping and kicking people (mainly one of my friends, lets call him Jeff, who was in the front of the room). All of a sudden we hear a gunshot. Gunshots in small rooms are fucking LOUD. I’ve been around guns for most of my life at ranges, hunting, etc, but never in a small, closed room. My ears are ringing, and I’m thinking, “That fucking moron just put a bullet in the ceiling. The cops will be here any second.”

Then all was quiet for a couple seconds. We slowly get up and look around. Everyone except Jeff. The would-be burglar had shot him through his armpit and both lungs. He died about 30 seconds later on his living room floor. All for nothing. The police didn’t get there for like half an hour.” –– Samazing42

In the alley

“I was fifteen and me and my friend were walking home from basketball practice when we took a random alleyway as a shortcut to buy drinks from a nearby store. We saw in the corner of the alleyway two big and muscular Lebanese guys holding this small woman down on the floor, squirming and covering her mouth with their hands. One of the guys was taking his pants and me and my friend knew immediately that they were going to rape her.

Without thinking, my friend and I threw our sports bags at their head, rushed in and tried to knock them to the floor. They were too strong and one of them starting beating up my friend while the other choked me out. I for sure thought I was going to die but the woman managed pulled his hair back and poked him hard in both eyes. While he was stunned, we both pushed him to the floor and I started kicking him in the nuts incredibly hard.

His other friend let go of my friend and charged at me, but my friend and I both tackled him to the floor and we told the woman to go get help. We held him long enough until she came back with several construction workers who had drills and hammers in their hands. We called the police and they came and arrested them.

In the end, my friend had a shattered collarbone, a bruised eye and a broken rib, while my nose had been broken. The lady I dunno we never saw her again or those bastards. Scariest moment ever for me, and it made it worse that everyone in my school heard about it the next day.” — kingofstormandfire