Re: 1/22/05 Some safety tips to remember

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From: JEBEEN@aol.com

To: saleem@hotpop.com

Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:35 AM

Subject: 1/22/05 Some safety tips to remember

Safety tips to remember:

 

>These are some good tips -- We just can't be too careful anymore.
>
>Abduction Precautions for Women
>
>We can now add to the list of victims the retired 77- year-old TCU
>professor from Ft. Worth whose body was found last week in Oklahoma -- and 
>the 11-year-old in Sarasota, FL.  Because of these recent abductions in
>daylight hours, refresh yourself on these things to do in an emergency
>situation.  This is for you, and for you to share   with your wife, your
>children, everyone you know.
>
>After reading this, forward it to someone you care about.  It never hurts
>to be careful in this crazy world we live in.
>
>1.  A tip from Tae Kwon Do:  The elbow is the strongest point on your body.
>  If you are close enough to use it, do so!  And aim for his/her throat or
>Adam's Apple.  Someone who can't breathe properly due to a well-placed blow
>to their throat will also not be able to do you  harm while you  are
>escaping!
>
>2.  I learned this from a tourist guide :  If a robber asks for your wallet
>and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM/HER.  Toss it away from you....Chances
>are that he/she is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you,
>and he/she will go for the wallet/purse.  While YOU RUN LIKE MAD IN THE
>OTHER DIRECTION!
>
>3.  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.
>
>4.  Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating,
>working, etc., and just sit there (doing their checkbook, or making a list,
>etc.)  DON'T DO THIS!  The predator will be watching  you, and this would
>be 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.
>
>5.  A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot or a 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
>side door.  Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into
>their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars via the
>driver's side door.
>
>(C)  Look at the vehicle parked on the driver's side of your  vehicle, and 
>the passenger side.  If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest to you
>(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!!!)
>
>6.  ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.  (Stairwells are
>horrible places to be alone and are also the perfect crime spot!)
>
>7.  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 in a vital organ.  RUN!
>
>8.  As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic:  STOP THIS!  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 would walk with a cane, or even limp, and often
>asked his intended victims "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle,
>which is when he would abduct his next victim.
>
>9.  Another Safety Point:  Someone just told me that her friend heard a
>crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police
>because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her,
>"Whatever you do,  DO NOT open the door!"  The lady then said that it
>sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that
>it would crawl to the street and get run over.  The policeman said, "We
>already have a unit on the way.  Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." 
>He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and
>uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off
>a baby.  He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by
>women saying that they hear baby crying outside their doors when they're
>home alone at night.
>
>Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby.  This
>e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory
>was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they
>profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.
>
>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 onto them, as well.
>
>Send this to any/every woman you know who may need to be reminded that the
>world we live in has a lot of crazies in it, and it's better to be safe
>than sorry!