read Beijing News 's "American school shooting scene reconstruction: 11-year-old girl pretended to be dead to escape", which triggered many feelings.
The Beijing News described the escape experience of a girl named Mia Zhe during the shooting at Robert Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24: “Mia looked at her teacher Eva Mireles. ) was shot, and the phone slipped from her hand. Mia immediately grabbed the phone and tried to call 911. As more and more people fell, even her good friends were hit. In desperation, Mia chose. Lying on top of her friends, making the attacker think they were all dead. "
It should be said that Mia's choice when danger came was a wise one. This kind of resourcefulness comes from the crisis education in local schools. We all know that shootings have occurred frequently in the United States over the years. In this regard, American schools have a strong awareness of prevention-only by mastering basic safe escape skills can we effectively reduce the damage that may be caused by gunfire. After the shooting, the U.S. police once again emphasized the "three principles of escape" to people: If a shooting occurs around you, please immediately follow the principles of "run, hide, and resist" to escape.
1. Run away: 1. Identify the direction of the shooting, observe the surrounding environment, and quickly plan a reasonable escape route; 2. Drop all items and evacuate as soon as possible; 3. Always keep your hands in a visible position during the escape process.
2. Hide. If you cannot ensure that you can evacuate safely, you should hide immediately. Pay special attention to: hide out of the sight of the gunman. 2. Find any place that can provide cover protection, and try to hide in a large and solid place. Behind the object, lock or block the entrance; 3. Stay quiet and mute your mobile phone; 4. Do not hide in blind corners or places with restricted movement.
3. Resist Fight. In the last situation where your life safety is directly threatened and you have to face the gunman, resolutely take resistance measures: 1. Make a desperate move, don’t be soft-hearted, and use all means to fight the gunman; 2. Use chairs, fire extinguishers, etc. around you. Throw objects at the gunman; 3. Use fierce movements to subdue the opponent.
It should be said that the escape girl Mia's response method of pretending to be dead was very wise. The gunman who killed innocent people indiscriminately was at the scene and his top priority was to control the situation. He would definitely attack those who tried to resist first, and then attack the living people. The last option was to shoot the people among the dead. Mia's choice to pretend to be dead at this time is a vivid application of the "Three Principles of Escape".
I admire such a good boy who used his wit to save his life.
Thinking about ourselves, although we in China do not have so many shooting cases. But can the children just sit back and relax? In fact, similar incidents are constantly happening.
March 2010 Campus murder case in Nanping, Fujian: A man killed 8 primary school students with a knife at the school gate
In September 2020, a man committed a knife attack in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, injuring 4 students
In April 2021, a kindergarten in Beiliu City, Guangxi was injured with a knife The tragic massacre of 2 people, 2 dead and 16 injured
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These incidents have attracted the attention of the Chinese people. However, most people have forgotten the reflection and vigilance at that time as time has passed. Escape skill training such as the "Three Principles of Escape" has not attracted more people's attention here. In fact, the knife attacks that children in our country face are the same as those that American children face with shootings; the only difference is that one uses cold weapons and the other uses hot weapons .
Everything should be done with the worst in mind. If our children encounter a knife attack, will they be able to avoid it as cleverly as Mia?
