If a person is about to abducted and possibly taken captive, they will have three main priorities and most probably in this order:
The first is to Escape using Immediate physical resistance. The best place and time to physically resist is at the onset of the attack at the abduction site.
Never agree to go anywhere with your abductor, no matter if they are physically imposing, they outnumber you, or they are armed with a deadly weapon.
If the offender is armed with a deadly weapon, it is more likely than not they don’t intend on using the weapon to injure, but to threaten the person into complying with their demands, that is until they get you alone and into their comfort zone.
If you are anywhere in public the offender will want to use your submission and silence against you. Instead, draw attention to yourself by making noise. If you are inside any type of business, knock things off shelves, go directly behind the cash register when the cashier is present. Latch on to a store employee and tell them you’ve being kidnapped and to call 9-1-1. If there are doors that have a sign that indicates not to open the door because they will alarm, open that door.
If you can do any of these things under a surveillance camera to not only capture your image, but that of your abductor/captor as well.
Fight with every fiber of your being. Use anything that can be a weapon to defend yourself. Be fierce and relentless, your life may depend on it. You should know that you are allowed to use lethal force to defend yourself against an abduction.
Attack the areas of the abductor that can never be fully protected; the eyes and the throat! If the abductor cannot see because you’ve gouged one or both of his eyes out, they cannot see how to take you away. If the abductor cannot breathe, they cannot continue their attack.
Learn how to apply a carotid neck restraint to render your abductor unconscious. This hold can be applied from the front as well as the side and backside of your attacker. Practice this technique with regularity so that if you ever need to apply it, the movement will be within your muscle memory. It will usually take between 5 to 15 seconds to render the person unconscious. If you need to use lethal force, keep the hold on at full pressure until you know the attacker has expired!
The second is to use a partial submission strategy escape is possible. This is where the victim pretends to comply with the offender, but just long enough to take advantage of the first opportunity to escape from captivity.
With this option, the offender may need to be incapacitated in order to escape. Remember, you are justified to use lethal force against any offender attempting to, or who is holding a victim in captivity.
If there is a need to use lethal force, ensure sufficient force is applied to the offender to stop and prevent the offender from attempting to recapture their victim.
In the event that your first two items on your priority list do now go exactly as planned, the third option may be required.
That option is to do whatever it takes, for as long it takes, to survive the ordeal.
Offenders are creatures of habit. Inmates in correctional facilities have proven this by watching their correctional officers as they look for and find habits and patterns that expose vulnerabilities.
Inmates may watch every single detail of what Correctional Officers do, so that when the opportunity presents itself, they can and will exploit it, to commit any number of crimes either against the correctional officers, or against other inmates.
If you ever are relegated to this third option, one that I hope and pray you never experience first-hand, be prepared so that when that opportunity does present itself, you will be ready to do whatever it takes to escape.
Will you be afraid? Absolutely!
You will need to summon internal strength and focus on whatever the task is in order to save your own life.
Don’t depend on someone coming to save you, you may need to save yourself.
Let me put forward this scenario. Let’s say you have been taken captive and you were able to have somehow called someone to tell them of your situation. There are several things you can tell them to help you.
- Tell them if you know your captor by name and your present location.
- Are there any geographical landmarks that could lead them find you?
- If there was a vehicle used, what can you say about that vehicle such as the type of vehicle, color, license plate number and state issued?
Never allow yourself to be bound. Binding will inhibit your ability to escape or to physically resist. If you are not bound or restrained in any way, find objects within your area you could use against your captor to incapacitate him or her.
Dig deep in your soul to find the strength and courage to violently and relentlessly attack your captor when you see the first opportunity.
I believe that the people victimized by predators who would abduct them are good people, people who more than likely don’t have a violent bone in their body. But this is one time you may need to do something may never have dreamed of, cause significant injury to another human being in order to save your own life. Remember, if you need to use lethal force against your captor in order to escape, you are 100% justified.
If you find that you have been captured and held with others who are in the same situation as you, it might be possible to enlist those other captives for all of you escape.
Captives can develop a code word, phrase or a visual sign to be used to cover a few situations. That code should be something the offender could never guess it was code for anything. The codes would be used to caution or warn the others of impending danger.
Look for an opportunity when the offender is preoccupied to take action against the offender. Or, when one or more of the captives can take action when they felt the offender was most vulnerable. Sometimes, that time to take action is when your hands are free.
There does exist a possibility that the other captive individuals refuse to go along with you, and maybe even tell the captor of your plans to escape or violently resist. For whatever reason they may have already come under the influence of the Stockholm Syndrome where they have developed favorable thoughts and/or feelings for their captor. Therefore, never share with other captives of your entire plan.
Take care of yourself first, ensure your escape is successful, then, when and if you can, help others.