WARNING!!!!

["Hillary Whitney" <hillarywhitney@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

WARNING TO ALL WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

I just saw a segment of "Oprah" reporting on the deaths of at 
least 14 women in the United States due to broken necks from usually 
harmless purse snatching!! Women who wear their purse straps across 
their chests rather than over their shoulders are at risk for broken 
necks and, possibly, decapitation!! Purse snatchers' usual method of 
operation involves approaching an unsuspecting woman, quickly pulling 
her purse from her shoulder, and fleeing the scene. Purse snatchers do 
not check to see if the purse is around the woman's neck first!! Purse 
straps will not break, your neck most likely will!!!!!!

Fourteen women have already died!! Beware!!! The first 
reported case of a purse strap-related death occurred in Los Angeles 
in 1987. A young woman was leaving a local mall when a man mistakenly 
broke her neck in an attempt to steal her purse, which was holding a 
measly $20!!!!! X-rays revealed the woman's neck was nearly severed in 
two! Another woman in 1988 suffered not only a twice fractured neck 
bone, but a completely shattered jaw! One woman survived this grisly 
ordeal only to be left quadriplegic for life!!

The scariest news is that with purse snatching on the rise, 6 
deaths were reported just over the past year!!! Remember this: more 
purse snatchings are reported during Christmas time than any other 
season. Please tell your mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends: DO 
NOT WEAR YOUR PURSE STRAP ACROSS YOUR CHEST!!!!