Windows and Cars

So I get off of work on Wednesday and want to put my check in the bank. By the time I drive to the bank it is after five and the lobby is closed. I go through the drive through with no problems. Once I am leaving I attempt to roll up the window and what do I hear but an offensive grinding noise. I go home and try to take the door off and pull the window up. Well doors are harder to take off than they look. I decided I would just leave it down until the next morning when I could find a mechanic. As fate would have it I hear on the radio that snow is coming. Well I don't have a garage at my apartment and did not want to be sitting on snow in the morning. I called my sister's ex-boyfriend's older brother (confusing right). He told me to come on over and he would help me get the window up. I drive the ten mile drive freezing to death, cursing myself for going to the bank. When I get there he takes off the door and gets the window up in a matter of seconds. Getting the door back on seemed to present a little more difficulty for him. I stood in the road lacking sufficient clothing while he pushed and pushed on the door frame. Twenty minutes later we were still working on the door. Finally he hit the door really hard. Something snapped and the door fell into place. The door was on. What was the snap? We don't know hopefully nothing important. My sister does not know the details of my lovely adventure with her car. Hopefully you enjoy this rendition Anita