I froze. My neighbor even told me and my husband later that it was like I froze when he was there trying to save me from our fire. I had just put my birds/cage outside on the back porch and was about to spin around and go back inside to - do something. I had no actual thoughts in my head, but my 10 cats were in there, and that's what I told him when he grabbed my arm and tried to lead me away. And it was like I froze and didn't know what to do - go with him or jerk away from him and go inside and try to save my cats. I feel I caved because I went with him. That's when I began to panic, too, as he led me away to his yard. And I still regret not trying to at least help them somehow. I didn't care about saving myself at all. I just wanted to go inside and get my cats. And they all died. I agree - I would rather have suffered smoke inhalation and had to go to the hospital knowing that I at least tried to help them and do something, anything rather than what I'm going through now feeling I just left them behind in danger.