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Man Bends Car Door With Bare Hands To Save Trapped Driver

by lanfear63
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BBC News - Man 'bends car door' of burning vehicle to save driver

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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post


    Heroes exist. Great stuff. I noticed that the article never mentioned that the guy in trouble said "Thank You".
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    • Profile picture of the author kenmichaels
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Heroes exist. Great stuff. I noticed that the article never mentioned that the guy in trouble said "Thank You".
      Acknowledging he was lucky that his family wasn't in the vehicle ...
      is pretty large thank you ... imo of course.

      I have heard to many stories to count about people doing
      super human things when some one is in trouble.

      Mother picking up car off a child , dad pushing a two ton boulder off a leg
      stuff like that.

      What I never hear is the follow up. Did they hurt them selves ... but were
      to amped to notice when they were in the moment.

      I am wondering - ripped tendons, muscles, hernias, heart attack ...anything?
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

        Acknowledging he was lucky that his family wasn't in the vehicle ...
        is pretty large thank you ... imo of course.

        I have heard to many stories to count about people doing
        super human things when some one is in trouble.

        Mother picking up car off a child , dad pushing a two ton boulder off a leg
        stuff like that.

        What I never hear is the follow up. Did they hurt them selves ... but were
        to amped to notice when they were in the moment.

        I am wondering - ripped tendons, muscles, hernias, heart attack ...anything?
        Sure, there is damage. They may be to "in the zone" to notice these things, but sure...muscles tear, tendons tear, and there are heart attacks...blown blood vessels....serious damage.

        And sometimes these stories are a little exaggerated. Sometimes leverage assists, sometimes they report "He tore the door off a car" when it would have been more accurate to say "He bent back a corner of the car door window frame."

        But yeah, we all are wired to never use our full strength..because of the potential damage.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
    Rest assured, if there were a box on MoonPies stuck in a burning car, Claude would summon the strength to rip the entire car in half.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Why didn't the guy inside the car, holding his breath because it was filling with smoke, just let himself out. I hate incomplete stories.
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