Life Saving Discussion: Call 911 Sooner
April 11, 2026
Good Saturday to everyone. Better to have this discussion now than later. It's about 3:30pm EST.
Two recent and very salient incidents have led to an unavoidable discussion.
It may be appropriate to ask, to have this discussion with your families, community centers and at leadership posts, schools, and senior centers.
Earlier today in New York City, in what was reported as started at the famed Grand Central Station, an individual that appeared as 'mentally unstable', whether momentarily or to what length aside, assaulted a reported 3 upper aged adults. Age ranges of the victims were from their 60s to 80s.
There may have been some degree of vulnerability. For illustration, an athlete that takes martial arts classes everyday at age 30 may have had a higher chance of effectively defending or eluding injury, than other extremes, such as toddler age children, or aged seniors that have not been in the dojo for a while.
The suspect assailant had or used a machete, which is a relatively large, conspicuous, very large and easily noticeable attack weapon.
The assailant recurrently shouted he was 'Lucifer', which as scholars know are modern day English renditions of what may for instance, started out as references to a king of Babylon, as shining, morning star, light bringer, whereas eventually translations became Lucifer, and given a context of rebellion, it was used to refer to 'Saran', and eventually became a term that pretty much is used for one in the same; something like that, not to go off on a tangent; the point is, had language and 'what is taught these days' such as in schools, folkways, households, and today's culture use in English speaking regions, the term may not have been there for the suspect in today's incident, to 'have in his head'.
This goes to show you that some unstableness, conditions, or illnesses, can be treatable; not all may be totally curable, but some can be lessened. Severity of situations can be lessened.
Several days ago, in Fort Myers, Florida, unfortunately a male welding a hammer like device, assaulted a female gas stations vehicle window with it, while the vehicle was parked outside the structure portion of a gas station, that has the cashier booth, snacks, etc.
From what footage of the incident seems to show, the noise on the vehicle being assaulted, grabbed the attention of the female station attendant inside, and drew her outside, making her vulnerable to attack, which, nearly defenseless, and perhaps somewhat unfamiliar with worst case scenario possibilities of assaults, was assaulted by the man.
Refer 'Haitian man assaults Bangladeshi woman with hammer' in Florida, April 2026.
Our HCN story here is not focusing on illegal immigration policy, whether lenient, prudent, advantageous under one philosophy or another. It isn't about the full run down of where the suspect and the victim were from, and status.
Altogether, when it seems like an incident involving bodily injury is starting to develop, it has to be caught, recognized sooner, and appropriate actions to preempt and prevent further damage has to be made sooner.
Notes:
In developing incidents like that in Fort Myers:
Do not run outside in the open and see what's the matter, unless very cautiously done; first steps are pick up your cell phone and call 911, text your spouse, hey I'm at work (at the gas station, or where ever), or hit the button located in the store for emergency help.
Keep your distance from danger.
It may be wiser to lock yourself in, or lock robbers out, depending on the situation. The car comes after your life in precedence. There will be other cars you can buy, life is only once.
Of course if you can, film, record aspects of the incident, even if for just a brief amount of time.
The idea is to prevent and preempt, or if developments have started, deescalate the incident as much possible.
In the case of the machete wielding person, as soon as a large weapon is seen being flashed in a place it doesn't belong, such as at airport, train station, mall, workplace, road intersection or stoplight, that's the time to call 911.
In the past several weeks or months, there have been at least several other high profile incidents involving machete wielding persons:
Timing of actions can hold a key to successful safety.
Two recent and very salient incidents have led to an unavoidable discussion.
It may be appropriate to ask, to have this discussion with your families, community centers and at leadership posts, schools, and senior centers.
Earlier today in New York City, in what was reported as started at the famed Grand Central Station, an individual that appeared as 'mentally unstable', whether momentarily or to what length aside, assaulted a reported 3 upper aged adults. Age ranges of the victims were from their 60s to 80s.
There may have been some degree of vulnerability. For illustration, an athlete that takes martial arts classes everyday at age 30 may have had a higher chance of effectively defending or eluding injury, than other extremes, such as toddler age children, or aged seniors that have not been in the dojo for a while.
The suspect assailant had or used a machete, which is a relatively large, conspicuous, very large and easily noticeable attack weapon.
The assailant recurrently shouted he was 'Lucifer', which as scholars know are modern day English renditions of what may for instance, started out as references to a king of Babylon, as shining, morning star, light bringer, whereas eventually translations became Lucifer, and given a context of rebellion, it was used to refer to 'Saran', and eventually became a term that pretty much is used for one in the same; something like that, not to go off on a tangent; the point is, had language and 'what is taught these days' such as in schools, folkways, households, and today's culture use in English speaking regions, the term may not have been there for the suspect in today's incident, to 'have in his head'.
This goes to show you that some unstableness, conditions, or illnesses, can be treatable; not all may be totally curable, but some can be lessened. Severity of situations can be lessened.
Several days ago, in Fort Myers, Florida, unfortunately a male welding a hammer like device, assaulted a female gas stations vehicle window with it, while the vehicle was parked outside the structure portion of a gas station, that has the cashier booth, snacks, etc.
From what footage of the incident seems to show, the noise on the vehicle being assaulted, grabbed the attention of the female station attendant inside, and drew her outside, making her vulnerable to attack, which, nearly defenseless, and perhaps somewhat unfamiliar with worst case scenario possibilities of assaults, was assaulted by the man.
Refer 'Haitian man assaults Bangladeshi woman with hammer' in Florida, April 2026.
Our HCN story here is not focusing on illegal immigration policy, whether lenient, prudent, advantageous under one philosophy or another. It isn't about the full run down of where the suspect and the victim were from, and status.
Altogether, when it seems like an incident involving bodily injury is starting to develop, it has to be caught, recognized sooner, and appropriate actions to preempt and prevent further damage has to be made sooner.
Notes:
In developing incidents like that in Fort Myers:
Do not run outside in the open and see what's the matter, unless very cautiously done; first steps are pick up your cell phone and call 911, text your spouse, hey I'm at work (at the gas station, or where ever), or hit the button located in the store for emergency help.
Keep your distance from danger.
It may be wiser to lock yourself in, or lock robbers out, depending on the situation. The car comes after your life in precedence. There will be other cars you can buy, life is only once.
Of course if you can, film, record aspects of the incident, even if for just a brief amount of time.
The idea is to prevent and preempt, or if developments have started, deescalate the incident as much possible.
In the case of the machete wielding person, as soon as a large weapon is seen being flashed in a place it doesn't belong, such as at airport, train station, mall, workplace, road intersection or stoplight, that's the time to call 911.
In the past several weeks or months, there have been at least several other high profile incidents involving machete wielding persons:
- Montgomery County, PA, near 4/8, 'ring camera caught...'; potential victim immediately called 911, and was safe from incident
- Harris County, TX, machete wielding man in road rage incident; fortunately no one injured
- Charles County, MD, near 2/11, suspect charged at cops with a machete
Timing of actions can hold a key to successful safety.
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