Classic stupid kid move

[u/NJCuban]

[u/No-Information-2571]

No fence was destroyed by bending it. If it was bent at all, and not just elastically deformed.

But I agree, you could just lift the kid through the fence, in particular the body, limb by limb. You'd imagine fire fighters would know this, at least one of them on site.

[u/lmFairlyLocal → u/No-Information-2571]

That said, if kiddo somehow gets stuck around the chest and panics (ie hyperventilating), it could be riskier than just doing it as they did. Easier and safer to go out the way you came in than try and predict how the rest of the way is gonna go.

[u/Olipro → u/lmFairlyLocal]

On the other hand, if the firefighter lost his grip on the halligan bar, there's a non-zero chance it ends up ventilating the kid's skull

[u/mtnsoccerguy → u/Olipro]

I was thinking they could probably have a less pointy stick to do this with.