Oscars
by Igor Kluev
Several years
ago I lived in the suburbs of Philadelphia.One
day in the morning I found my the airbag from the
steering wheel of the car stolen.
A police
officer after checking damage on my car said that
I was very lucky. I said ,” Do you mean I
have chances to return my airbag?”
The officer
smiled gently, as if I was a child. He said ,”Of
course not, but this thief was a stupid one. He
didn’t wear a mask. Security camera in front
your apartment was working and we got his photo,
and it will be in our record.”
I said, ”What
should I do?”
He answered,
“Go,and buy a new airbag”.
I was furious.
I went to speak about this matter with my
neighbor from the apartment next to mine. We
decided to be strong. He was completely
supportive, although he didn’t have his
own car. Also, two old ladies from our building
quickly joined us,as soon as they heard it would
be like a protection wall around our apartment
building. They also didn’t own any car, but
the word “Wall” was magic for them. We
decided to establish Our Security Car Squad or in
short OSCARS. We published a post on
Facebook. On the post was one word «CARS»,
encircled by a ring of fire,my phone number,and
hashtag «OSCARS»
Next day I got
a phone call from a local newspaper. They asked
me when we were planning to start shooting. I
answered that we were planning to shoot nobody.
We only want to keep potential thieves far away
from our cars.
Next day one
caller asked if there was some relation to a
“ring of fire” on my post to “Catching
Fire”. I answered yes, of course. Everybody
who would make an attempt break in our cars would
feel himself like he would be burned in flames.
Then I got a
call from a local businessman. I was asked about
a red carpet. That businessman said that he could
provide illuminations for “OSCARS”.
I answered that we agreed.
In a week we
have an ocean of lights on our street. People
started gathering around our parking lot.Police
urge people to stay calm.Suddenly, a police
officer quickly moved towards one young person,
and apprehended him. Then he put him in the
police car.
Next day I got
a call from our police precinct. In the precinct
a detective said that they had great news for me.
The person ,who was apprehended yesterday,was
that thief. They searched his apartment, and
found my airbag there.
That was
amazing. Our “OSCARS” was really
very effective. After my returning in our
apartment building I was told that somebody
called me from Hollywood,and they want to discuss
matters with me.
I was proud of
myself. That was apparently that in Hollywood
they had the same problems with car safety, and
they started thinking seriously about OSCARS. We
went national!
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