I am so thankful a friend sent this to me!!!

After  reading these  9 crucial tips,  forward them to someone you care about. It never hurts to be  careful in this crazy world we live in.

1.  Tip from Tae Kwon  Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If  you are close enough to use it, do!

2.  Learned from a tourist guide in 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!

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 (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.

a. If  someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT  DRIVE OFF,  repeat: DO NOT  DRIVE OFF!  Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car.  Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they  will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and  run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.

5.  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.)

6.  ALWAYS  take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible  places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially  true at NIGHT!)

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 a vital organ.  RUN, Preferably ! in a zig -zag  pattern!

8.  As women, we are always trying to be  sympathetic:  STOP.  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.

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9.  Another Safety Point: I'm sure you have heard the report of someone who heard a crying baby on her porch recently, 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's cries 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 recently 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 anyone you know that  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.