We didn’t have VoiceAlert – now getting one’s an emergency!

* Editor’s summary of letter submitted to us:
Gaylin Underwood knew about VoiceAlert for some time, but did not need it for herself. After a recent incident involving her mother, she has become a ‘believer’. One of the saddest things we deal with are an endless stream of similar stories from client who wait till they have a tragedy before making the decision to Buy VoiceAlert

Key extract from story:
“…If my mom had a VoiceAlert system, she would have known exactly where these attackers were prowling around outside before they even broke into her home! She would have been able to phone the police and her brother. She could have shone a torch on them and shouted at them from behind the burglar bars. Hindsight………!!!”
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I just wanted you to read this to. I am really pissed off about crime!!! It sucks. This is a letter I wrote to friends today, also in the hope that they will forward it on to others. I wanted to speak to you about going to demo a unit to my Mom. I will arrange payment you in the next few days, for the invoice you sent. Speak to you later.
Gaylin

OPEN LETTER FROM Gaylin Underwood wife and mother of two girls
I am angry, really angry about the threat to all of our personal safety. As a woman in South Africa, one does feel more vulnerable and with good reason, the latest crime figures show that 350 woman are raped per day in our country, a staggering 124 600 per year! (That’s only the ones that are reported). The official figures in SA for murder are 20 000 per year!
This is personal and very close to home for me – on Friday night my mom was attacked in her home and I am involved with a security system that is designed to protect people against exactly this!!! I feel awful that she didn’t have this early warning system, but she has burglar bars, and felt safe.
My mom fell asleep in front of the TV and woke up at 11:30pm, hearing some strange noises. She stood up and was confronted by two men who had broken in through the burglar bars in the downstairs section of her home, she was attacked, but thankfully managed to escape onto her balcony and scream desperately for help. I can’t tell you how fortunate she is to have got away from her attackers with only a very bad black eye, bruised face and emotional wounds. (It’s hard to sleep after something like this.) I am equally grateful that my 9 year old niece was not with her that night, because she would have been asleep where these guys broke in. If my mom had a VoiceAlert system, she would have known exactly where these attackers were prowling around outside before they even broke into her home! She would have been able to phone the police and her brother. She could have shone a torch on them and shouted at them from behind the burglar bars. Hindsight………!!!
I am very fortunate to live in a very low crime area, but the reality is that it’s not this safe in most parts of South Africa. My mom lives in Simons Town. When I was in Cape Town – Hout Bay a month ago, there was a family that was broken into while watching the Olympic games closing ceremony (8pm) they were robbed by three armed men, they were verbally threatened but thankfully no one was physically injured. But how did they get inside when everything was locked? They removed the security gate from it’s hinges! If you don’t feel safe, please consider what VoiceAlert can do for your safety.
I would like to help as many people as possible to improve their personal safety. If you need this kind of security and are ‘just not sure’ if you need it yet… let me explain: e-mail: khaizen2@mweb.co.za
Ps. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any of your family or friends that you feel may benefit from this system.