Our health and well-being are things we often talk about, but what about our safety?
Being aware of our surroundings and knowing how to stay safe and seek escape when we need it, even in everyday places like a parking lot, can protect more than just your health.
Staying safe doesn’t have an age limit and doesn’t mean we have to become fearful or suspicious. To learn how, I took a safety lesson from an expert.
In a still image from a video released by NTD, Tom Patire and his son, Tommy Patire, demonstrate an expert move to disarm an active shooter. (Oliver Trey/NTD)
In a still image from a video released by NTD, Tom Patire teaches NTD host Kay Rubacek how to use her body to escape an attacker. (Oliver Trey/NTD)In a still image from a video released by NTD, Tom Patire demonstrates how to escape a back grab from an attacker. (Oliver Trey/NTD)In a still image from a video released by NTD, Amber Simpson, CEO of Blushing Babes Boutique, demonstrates a training technique she has learned to be able to escape a personal attack. (Oliver Trey/NTD)In a still image from a video released by NTD, NTD host Kay Rubacek (C) practices a self-escape technique taught by Tom Patire (L), as Tommy Patire acts as an attacker. (Oliver Trey/NTD)In a still image from a video released by NTD, NTD host Kay Rubacek practices her newly learned self-escape techniques in a parking lot, while Tommy Patire (L) acts as an attacker for Kay’s training. (Oliver Trey/NTD)
