Awareness

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Reading a book "Defensive Living". Discussing our awareness, the authors gave an example of 4 different people who were all in the same terrorist attack while stopped in a intersection at a stop light. 

First was a lady who was driving her brand-new car and was sitting in traffic at the stop light. She observed a man walking toward her passenger door with an AK 47 in hand.  He stopped and looked directly at her, then went around the car and walked up to her driver's window and turned and shot a man in the car beside her in the next lane. All she thought about was she hoped he did not scratch her new car.

Next guy was a politician being driven to an engagement. They were turning in the turn lane, and his thought was someone was making a movie.  

Next was a paramedic in a car a couple cars lengths back. He seen the glass shatter and his thought was, oh must be a wreck, so he grabbed his emergency bag and began to exit his car. 

Last guy was in the turn lane behind the politician. He was a highly trained intelligence officer who had been stationed overseas in a dangerous terrorism assignment for months. Had his radio blasting, windows rolled up, and in a state of total unawareness. Sit there and watched the whole incident, then it finally dawned on him what was happening. He quickly turned to the left and got outta dodge.

Trainer says it just goes to show how people can watch the same incident and come up with very different conclusions on what they were seeing based on their different experiences in life. All 4 people were totally not in line with defensive living awareness. 

I must say, at times, I am exactly as these 4 people as far as defensive awareness goes. Something to think about guys and gals! 

[Alleycat72]

It's strange what happens to people in an event. You never know how you'll react until something happens. I've seen people cry, vomit, scream, and some act completely normal. My Wife flips a switch and goes into trauma nurse mode. It over rides her crazy fear of the dark and everything else. We've discussed what she should do in an active shooter situation. I hope I never find out if she does what I suggested.