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It never hurts to be careful in this crazy
world we live in.
Tip from Tae Kwon Do:
The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
If you are close enough to use it, do!
Learned this from a tourist guide to New
Orleans:
..... If a robber asks for your wallet and/or
purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you. Chances are that he is more
interested in your wallet and/or purse than you and he will go for the
wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
..... 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, who has been a
bodyguard 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:
1a. Lack of Awareness: swing your arms,
stand straight up.
1b. Wrong Place, Wrong Time:
DON'T walk alone in an alley, or drive in a bad neighborhood at night.
2. 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 on 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.
3. A few notes about getting into your car in
a parking lot, or parking garage:
a. Be aware:
look around you, look into your car, at the
passenger side floor, and in the back seat.
b. 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.
c. 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.
It never hurts to be careful in this crazy
world we live in.
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