Earlier today I was out at the mall with my wife and daughter finishing up some last minute shopping. We were getting ready to head to the checkout, I was holding my wife's money because she has a terrible habit of losing it. She was just about to ask me for money to checkout and I was going to take my daughter up to ride those little carousels you see in a mall. Then I heard something, it honestly sounded like 3 thuds. Then, panic. People shouting, running everywhere. I grabbed my daughter and picked her up, with my wife in front of me we headed for the exit. I was trying to call 911, but apparently so was everyone else. The lines were jammed! I couldn't get a call through. We made it to our car and drove away from the mall ASAP. Thankfully were all safe and it was a false alarm(more on that in a second) but man let me tell you, had it happened 60 seconds later, I'd have had my daughter and been separated from my wife with no way to get in touch with her. I'd have been a wreck. Again, thankfully that wasn't the case and what ended up happening was slightly comical and were able to make light of the situation. The story goes police officers were attempting to stop a shoplifter and tackled him.......into a fairly large display case and caused it tumble over. People mistook it for gunshots and panicked. Understandably so, but its still insane that we live in a world where this is a legit fear. Like I said, were fine and our hearts have stopped pounding. I'm going to go enjoy my Christmas with my family, hopefully you are too!
