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Tips for Womens' Safety |
These were received in an e-mail and no author was mentioned.
I learned from my children's karate classes that the elbow is the strongest
point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail
lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.
The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
Last night I attended a personal safety workshop, and it jolted me. It was
given by an amazing man, Pat Malone, who has been a body guard for famous
figures like Farrah Fawcett and Sylvester Stallone. He works for the FBI and
teaches police officers and
Navy SEALS hand-to-hand combat.
This man has seen it all, and knows a lot. He focused his teachings to us on
HOW TO AVOID BEING THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME.
He gave us some statistics about how much the occurrences of random violence
have escalated over the recent years, and it's terrible.
Something like 99% of us will be exposed to, or become a victim of a violent
crime.
Here are some of the most important points that I got
out of his presentation:
- The three reasons women are easy targets for random acts of
violence are:
- Lack of Awareness You MUST know where you are & what's going
on around you.
- Body Language Keep your head up, swing your arms, stand
straight up.
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time DON'T walk alone in an alley, or
drive in a bad neighborhood at night.
- Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,
eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or
making a list, etc). DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be
watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to
get in the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell
you where to go.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
- A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot,
or parking garage: Be aware: look around you, look into your
car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.
- If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from
the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims
by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting
to get into their cars.
- Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle,
and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat
nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or
work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
- ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are
horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
- If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target)
4 in 100 times. And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a
vital organ. RUN!
- As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT!
It may get you raped, or killed.
- Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good looking, well
educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of
unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and
often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle,
which is when he abducted his next victim.
- Pat Malone told us the story of his daughter, who came out
of the mall and was walking to her car when she noticed
2 older ladies in front of her. Then she saw a police car
come towards her with cops who said hello. She also noticed
that all 8 handicap spots in the area were empty.As she
neared her car she saw a man a few rows over calling to her
for help. He wanted her to close his passenger side door. He
was sitting in the back on the driver's side, and said he
was handicapped. He continued calling, until she turned and
headed back to the mall, and then he began cursing at her In
the meantime, she wondered why he didn't ask the 2 older
ladies, or the policeman for help, and why he was not parked
in any of the empty handicap spots. As she got back to the
mall, two male friends of hers were exiting, and as she told
them the story, and turned to point at the car, the man was
getting out of the back seat into the front and the car sped
away.
DON'T GET CAUGHT IN THIS TRAP.
I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life.
A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle.
I was going to send this to the ladies only; but guys, if you love your
mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it on to
them, as well. Send this to any woman you know that may need to be
reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it.... better
safe than sorry.
PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY! JUST A WARNING TO ALWAYS BE ALERT AND USE YOUR
HEAD!!!
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