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Panic at JFK Highlights the Need for Situational Awareness

August 15, 2016 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Last night panic spread through New York’s John F. Kennedy airport as reports of shots fired spread. Two terminals were closed, passengers were fleeing blindly and ducking for cover, and police escorted innocent civilians out of the building with weapons drawn.

In reports, travelers told the media they ran because everyone else was running. Without detail, and without any information, people panicked. The key to improving your chances in a herd-stampede situation like this is situational awareness. You can improve yours by being on guard, aware of your surroundings and by critically analyzing the actions of those around you.

If you want to improve your situational awareness thinking, there are many training courses available. Instructor Steve Tarani, who has given guest lectures at my favored Sig Sauer Academy, teaches a course focused on “preventative defense.” Tarani covers:

  • The 90% Advantage – Learn how to control a “threat progression” and how you can take the VERY “unfair” advantage of successfully managing a potential threat BEFORE it progress into a physical altercation

  • Threat Management – Using “threat identification” skills, situational awareness, and professional observation skills, learn how to avoid, mitigate and if necessary defend against a real-world threat.

  • Empowerment – Gain the protective knowledge plus the field-tested skills of protection  professionals and exactly how to apply them in your day at home, school, work, while driving, shopping, on vacation, etc.,

Be proactive. Assess the measures you use to monitor your surroundings, and consider what you can do to upgrade your own safety and that of your family.

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E.J. Smith is the Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention. E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com. Sign up here to receive all the best content from Richardcyoung.com each week.

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