Be a Hero: The Essential Survival Guide to Active-Shooter Events
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (899 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510721231 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
You have been drawn into the chaos and terror of an active shooter event. What do you do? Who do you turn to? Be a Hero is the essential guide to terrorist attacks that will help you survive. Then one day you hear the clatter of automatic fire at the mall. It will help them find the hero insideand live to tell the tale.. Dealing with the unthinkableIt’s never going to be you. Former Special Air Service terror expert John Geddes will explain how to cope with a life-threatening event. He shows you how to make clear decisions and beat the odds by:Dealing with fear through simple and effective techniques to bring the chemical urges generated by terror at least partially under controlEscaping and evading when possible, using everyday objects and landmarks for protectionFighting back if needed, with methods to disarm an active shooter and to use items at hand as weaponsUsing a weapon if you are licensed to carry, shooting to kill without collateral damage or being mistaken for a perpetratorProviding medical assistance to deal with traumatic battlefield injury and save livesThis is not a book primarily for survivalists and preppers.’ Be a Hero is a book for ordinary men and women who could find themselves in the middle of an extraordinary moment
Written by a former member of the Special Air ServiceSAS, British special forcesBe a Hero will give you the edge that might just save your life and the lives of others in a terrorist or active shooter attack. Johnson, chief operations officer, Talon Training Group, Tallahassee, Florida “Capped by a riveting account of the downing of Flight 93 on 9/11 Geddes promises much and delivers in the calm voice of someone who has fought on traditional battlefields and mastered survival on the urban terrorist front. From escape and evade to tactics and triage Be a Hero is arguably the best civilian handbook of its kind.” Roger Eckstine, author of Shooter’s Bible Guide to Home Defense and Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life. Read this book.” Jim Hawes, former Navy SEAL officer “In a world where crazy things happen and those crazy things drive us crazy wit
Geddes lives in Orlando, FloridaAlun Rees is a freelance journalist and author. He was a sniper specialist and patrol medic, and fought on operations alongside US Delta Force. He lives in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.. John Geddes is a highly commended ex-SAS warrant officer. Later he worked on high-risk protection roles for media clients in Iraq, and he now runs protection training regimes and consults with US state and federal law enforcement agencies. He has covered con