Linae Tiede

He pulled back the hammer, I heard it, and he refused to fire.

I had no doubt in my mind that he was dead, just like Mom and Grams.

I was terrified to just think that the trauma would not stop.

It kept going.

It didn't make any sense to me.

I had no idea what was happening or why.

These men that were in the cabin, I knew that they had been there for a while.

There was food eaten.

There was Christmas presents open.

It wasn't just that we walked in and startled them or scared them.

They had actually waited for our family to return home.

Their plan was to destroy their evidence and burn it to the ground.

There was always gas cans full of gas for the snowmobiles.

They pour gas everywhere and set the cabin on fire.

I can remember hearing the smoke alarms going off as the fire was already blazing inside the cabin.

My sister and I drove these awful men on the snowmobiles out of the cabin.

I drove one man behind me and my sister drove the other man behind her.

I can remember wanting to stay close enough that I could still see my sister.

I felt a sense of security knowing that she was still there.

We headed up to the main gate and