TL Life Hammer auto rescue tool
Life hammer keychain is cheap insurance. (This is a public service announcement. This is not a compensated post. I even paid a butt-load on shipping when I bought these as gifts.)
Anyone who knows me, knows that I like to be prepared for emergencies. I want others to be safe too. About five years ago I gave all of my friends and family these Resqme keychain car escape tools for Christmas. The little devices were about $5 each and I paid an additional $4 per item for shipping. (Now, they’re two for $17.95, no additional shipping.) In the event of a car crash, these 1-1/2″ gadgets can shatter side windows, puncture air bags and slice through seat belts with a single motion. (You can buy a different brand for only $5, shipping included.)
Life Hammer is Cheap Safety Insurance
Most people didn’t even acknowledge them. That was okay. I hoped that they would at least take time to put them on their keys, just in case.
My brother-in-law tried the glass breaking tool on his thumbnail and described the impact similar to a bullet. (That was an assumption. He’s never been shot.)
So five years later, the life hammer keychains forgotten, I got a call from my friend Mary from Oregon. She was driving an hour to the hospital to be with her husband before he was taken to surgery when she lost control of her car and ran off the road. Thank goodness she only received bumps and bruises. But she was trapped in her car with the minutes until the surgery ticking away. The firefighters said they would have to extract her with the Jaws of Life. Mary remembered the Life Hammer and used it to break the driver’s side window. The entire window (even below the door frame) shattered. With no exposed fragments remaining to cut her, the firefighters pulled her through the window. A witness to the accident drove Mary into town and she arrived 15 minutes before her husband was wheeled into surgery.
Fortunately, Mary was not in a life-threatening situation. Without the little $5 device, she would have missed those important minutes with her husband.
Last night I heard a news story about a bratty child who climbed out of her safety seat and wrapped the seat belt around her mother’s neck. The seat belt tightened around the woman’s throat and was suffocating her. Her husband, who was driving, pulled over but couldn’t get the constricting seat belt from around her neck. He managed to stop a police officer who sliced through the seat belt with a pocket knife. While this was a freak accident (and a sign of an undisciplined brat), had the husband had a life hammer, he could have freed his wife immediately.
In the event of a fire, you don’t have time to wait for the fire trucks or the police. The Life Hammer is the perfect Valentine’s present. It’s only $5. Give one to everyone in your family and your friend.
Even though people think I’m a little obsessed with preparation, I know my obsession allowed Mary to spend 15 very important minutes with her husband.
into so many tiny fragments
Thanks for sharing this important story. I’ll look for them on Amazon and buy several for my loved ones.
PS…your love of children comes shining though as well. (snigger) I know you won’t be approving this comment so felt safe to post it. Delete away! 🙂