Glass Protection Expert from ShatterGARD Educates NYC Area Security Professionals.
by Anonymous
In an effort to educate security professionals in and around New York City on glass retention and window protection films, Jordan Frankel, vice president of ShatterGARD, Inc. and a world-renowned glass protection expert, was asked to speak at a special Times Square Security Association Meeting, hosted by NASDAQ.
Just ten years ago, businesses around Times Square, worried more about drug dealers, prostitutes and common thieves than terrorism. However, the cleanup of the area and the events of September 11th changed their concerns and priorities. With flying glass from the World Trade Center and surrounding buildings being a major contributing factor of injuries and fatalities on September 11th, most large corporations have reassessed their current security measures with a renewed look at their building’s windows.
Almost immediately after the terrorist attacks, NASDAQ contacted ShatterGARD for a professional risk assessment of their Times Square building. “They were concerned about an act of terrorism where the lives of workers and the hundreds of thousands of Times Square visitors would be in danger of the flying glass, not to mention the property,” explained Frankel. The assessment led to ShatterGARD’s flagship product, BlastGARD™, being applied to the entire glass surface of the NASDAQ Marketsite building.
Pleased with the results, NASDAQ decided to host the meeting, which included representatives from Morgan Stanley, Fox News, the New York City police department, Bear Stearns and the American Stock Exchange.
At the meeting, Frankel explained that BlastGARD was originally developed for the U.S. military as a defense against bomb blasts, explosions and flying glass. “Applied directly to a glass surface, BlastGARD works like an invisible coat of armor, strengthening the "weakest security link" – the glass,” he said. “In the event of a major explosion, BlastGARD helps hold the razor sharp glass fragments together, preventing flying shards of glass from becoming deadly weapons.”
Frankel also told the security professionals that window protection film is a viable and affordable alternative to ballistic glass and stressed that there is no need to replace existing windows. According to Frankel, “The film is virtually undetectable to the human eye and will not alter the appearance of the windows in anyway.”
“BlastGARD is a perfect solution,” Frankel told them. “You can have the film installed during normal business hours. There is no smell, no toxic fumes and no disruption to your employees and visitors.”
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a demonstration is probably worth even more. The proof came during the meeting when an NYPD officer repeatedly struck a ShatterGARD treated window and the glass simply would not break. “They all became believers,” said Frankel, looking around the room at the amazed expressions of attendees.”
After the meeting, most of the security professionals vowed to bring the BlastGARD window film solution to the attention of their companies and organizations.
Mr. Frankel is available for magazine and television interviews. He may be reached at 888-306-7998-14 or by e-mail at jordan@shattergard.com.
ShatterGARD is one of the only approved GSA federal vendors for glass protection. BlastGARD is available through a worldwide network of ShatterGARD authorized installers. Installations include the FBI, The Museum of Natural History, Hoover Dam and The US Military. For more information, contact ShatterGARD, Inc. 8351 Roswell Road, Suite 196, Atlanta, GA, 30350; Toll free: 1-888-306-7998-14; Fax: 678-352-8913; website: www.shattergard.com
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