130: Anika's apartment was destroyed

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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You know, there’s just something about Friday night. For a lot of people, it’s the end of the work week, and you can just sort of chill out. You don’t have to worry about getting a good night of sleep, because you don’t have any particular reason to get up early on Saturday. So Friday night is often when many people just kind of exhale, maybe order some food to be delivered, see what’s on Netflix or Hulu, and just kind of zone out. Maybe even fall asleep on the couch – because who cares, you can sleep in tomorrow. That was the plan that Anika had on a Friday night. Have some dinner and put her daughters to bed, and then her best friend was coming over for a glass or two of wine, and they would just unwind. It was going to be a nice, quiet evening to end the week. That’s not what happened. Full show notes for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/130 This episode is sponsored by Better Help online therapy – get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS This episode is also sponsored by the Profoundly Pointless podcast – amazing conversations with interesting people! ProfoundlyPointless.com Graphics created by Bob Bretz. Transcription done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know, there's just something about Friday night.
0:13.7	For a lot of people, it's the end of the work week and you can just sort of chill out.
0:18.8	You don't have to worry about getting a good night of sleep because you don't have any
0:22.5	particular reason to get up early on Saturday.
0:26.4	So Friday night is often when many people just kind of exhale, maybe order some food to
0:32.6	be delivered, see what's on Netflix or Hulu, and just kind of zone out.
0:39.4	Maybe even fall asleep on the couch because who cares, you can sleep in tomorrow.
0:44.8	That was the plan that Anika had on a Friday night.
0:49.1	Have some dinner, put her daughters to bed, and then her best friend was coming over for
0:54.3	a glass or two of wine, and they were just unwind.
0:58.9	It was going to be a nice quiet evening to end the week.
1:04.0	But that's not what happened.
1:09.9	Real people in unreal situations.
1:15.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken legs from the telephone wire.
1:20.2	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:23.8	I turned around.
1:25.1	I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
1:28.3	She would hold her heads underwater all the time.
1:30.5	She levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
1:34.5	Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want to leave us.
1:38.3	My hair catches on fire.
1:40.4	I swear to God, this image is burning my head for the rest of my life.
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