I don't normally send these kind of e-mails but I think this is very important for women's safety. Especially the stories at the end. cheers Jackie Doolan
> There's two parts to this email. Make sure you read all of it, it could be > very important someday.. If you got this and you're a guy...Please pass it > on to all your female friends, your sister, your mom, your wife or your > girlfriend. > > Here's a very worthwhile email I received today: > > TIPS ON STAYING SAFE...FOR WOMEN > I learned from my children's karate classes that the elbow is the strongest > point on your body. If you are lose 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: > > (1.) The three reasons women are easy targets for random acts of violence > are: > > (a.) Lack of Awareness You MUST know where you are & what's going on around > you. > > (b.) Body Language Keep your head up, swing your arms, stand straight up. > > (c.) 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 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.) 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. > > (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.) > > (3.) ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are > horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot). > > (4.) If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS > RUN! > > (a.)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! > > (5.) As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may get > you raped, or killed. > > (a.) 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. > > (b.) 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. > > Part Two... > > About a month ago there was a woman standing by the mall entrance passing > out flyers to all the women going in. The woman had written the flyer > herself to tell about an experience she had, so that she might warn other > women. > > The previous day, this woman had finished shopping, went out to her car and > discovered that she had a flat. She got the jack out of the trunk and began > to change the flat. A nice man dressed in business suit and carrying a > briefcase walked up to her and said, "I noticed you're changing a flat > tire. Would you like me to take care of it for you?" > The woman was grateful for his offer and accepted his help. They chatted > amiably while the man changed the flat, and then put the flat tire and the > jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted his hands off. The woman thanked him > profusely, and as she was about to get in her car, the man told her that he > left his car around on the other side of the mall, and asked if she would > mind giving him a lift to his car. > > She was a little surprised and she asked him why his car was on other side. > He explained that he had seen an old friend in the mall that he hadn't seen > for some time and they had a bite to eat and visited for a while; he got > turned around in the mall and left through the wrong exit, and now he was > running late and his car was clear around on the other side of the mall. > > The woman hated to tell him "no" because he had just rescued her from > having to change her flat tire all by herself, but she felt uneasy. Then > she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk before > shutting it and before he asked her for a ride to his car. She told him > that she'd be happy to drive him around to his car, but she just remembered > one last thing she needed to buy. She said she would only be a few minutes; > he could sit down in her car and wait for her; she would be as quick as she > could be. > > She hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had happened; the > guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They opened the > trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to the police > station. > > The police opened it (ostensibly to look for ID so they could return it to > the man). > What they found was rope, duct tape, and knives. When the police checked > her "flat" tire, there was nothing wrong with it; the air had simply been > let out. It was obvious what the man's intention was, and obvious that he > had carefully thought it out in advance. The woman was blessed to have > escaped harm. How much worse it would have been if she had children with > her and had them wait in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if she > had a baby strapped into a car seat. Or if she'd gone against her judgment > and given him a lift. > > 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!!! > > Pass this along to every woman you have access to. Never let your guard > down. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. 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