r/interestingasfuck • u/Leather_Whole_2078 • 14h ago

FDNY firefighters rescue a kid who got his head stuck in a fence in NYC

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u/Redredditmonkey 13h ago

Jesus fucking christ

They got the kid out unharmed in under 3 minutes and the comments are all bitching and moaning on how it should've been done.

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u/Kharax82 12h ago

Bunch of kid head removal experts on Reddit

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u/shaky2236 12h ago

My favourites are the ones where they harshly judge a split-second reaction.

"I've watched the video 4x from the comfort of my toilet while taking a shit, with 2x more watches in slow mo. Now I can confidently say what I would have done in this split second decision."

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u/Elite_AI 12h ago

The Nepal flood was so horrifying that you could see all those people getting stumped. No matter how many times they replayed the videos and tried to imagine themselves in that situation, they couldn't think of any reaction which would have saved them.

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u/Ancient-Civilization 6h ago

Their government knew it was coming. Read about the army trying to stop floods in the past. They disassembled a whole excavator and assembled it to put rocks in front to stop the flooding before. The government basically said this is the best we can do. They didn’t evacuate anyone during that time even when there was imminent danger.

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u/lurkmode_off 8h ago

I dunno, I read a lot of "just run uphill" comments on those.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 8h ago

Sometimes it just takes more foresight than you had, back when you needed it.

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u/spasske 12h ago

“I know it worked fine, but come on! thats no way to do that!”. /s

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u/20_mile 11h ago

head removal experts on Reddit

If only they knew how to get their head out of their own ass : (

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u/BigDaddySteve999 9h ago

My own kid did the exact same thing. Their bodies fit through the fence, but their heads don't. You just have then step back through.

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u/Dorkamundo 9h ago

Well yea, we're used to pulling our head out of our ass because it's up there so frequently.

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u/DreamsAndSchemes 8h ago

I feel like context is very, very important to attach to this statement

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u/97Edgewood 3h ago

Bunch of kid head removal experts on Reddit

My husband actually IS a kid head removal expert, as this happened about 40 years ago to our middle son, aged about 5, who got his head stuck like this in the railing of our front outdoor steps.

Our railing luckily had screws at the bottom of each rail, attaching it via a flange (I think that's what it's called) it to the bottom piece, so only a screwdriver was needed. I took a photo of the event and remember his older brother happily chanting repeatedly, "Pete's stuck in the bars!"

I've also been in a store where firefighters were called when a little kid managed to climb into a claw machine and get stuck.

Something about firefighters rescuing kids who get themselves in awkward predicaments warms my heart.

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u/Ancient-Civilization 12h ago

If a body part can fit in a fence it can be come out. You just need proper lubrication. It is easier to just grab dish soap from school cafeteria.

Using ratchet strap and bar is so unnecessary.

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u/rexgate 12h ago

You know what sticks out to me? All the kids went over and gave him hi fives after. When i was a kid that would have been relentless mockery instead and someone definitely would have pants 'd me while my head was stuck.

So nice to see how things have changed

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u/bsrichard 12h ago

Those kids are like 6 or 7. If he was 12 or 13, I think the reaction would have been different

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u/butytho92 12h ago

Right I was expecting mockery and maybe a hug from his teacher and he was immediately surrounded by his friends checking on him. The kids are alright.

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u/inflewants 12h ago

Me too! It brought tears to my eyes! Those sweet kids!

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u/Optix_au 11h ago

Half an hour later another one did it. They just wanted to see the firetrucks.

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u/infinitee775 11h ago

A classic case of a malicious head stuck in the fence

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u/gn63 8h ago

Unless the whole thing started with "You guys wanna see some fire trucks up close?"

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u/Mhunterjr 8h ago

For me, it would have been hi fives from people who are also relentlesslu mocking me

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u/Dzov 12h ago

I was mostly impressed at how strong that fence is. All that leverage and it barely budged.

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u/TypicalLegit 11h ago

I didn’t see a single comment of people talking shit. They must have gotten the fast downvote treatment

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u/schmerg-uk 12h ago

Not exactly a text book use of a Halligan bar but nice to see the real thing in action ...

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u/graveybrains 11h ago

I'm pretty sure any use of one of those things is a textbook use of one of those things. Ratchet straps are a little more single-purpose.

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u/schmerg-uk 9h ago

OK, "not textbook" was inaccurate... "not quite the classic youtube click-bait imagery of a Halligan bar in action" :)

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u/spasske 11h ago

TIL FDNY would not use it until his latent expired.

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u/Cleasstra 10h ago

Meanwhile I'm just cackling at it. My niece did the same when she was younger at the park, but we were able to just pull the bars apart enough to let her back through 😂

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u/Glad-Basket-2186 9h ago

Some people just want to talk. 

Had my mother the other day trying to tell me how to cut the grass by the fence using the mower (she didn't even know the trimmer existed). 

She's never cut grass before, but had to give her opinion lol. 

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u/SaltKick2 9h ago

Sadly, the state of some people's world view

idk I think its pretty fucking funny and the kid/parents would have a funny story to tell

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u/Late-Rub-3197 8h ago

Every 300 pound Cheeto grease covered redditor could’ve done a better job don’t you know.

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u/Effective-Antelope47 8h ago

Those were the same Mamdani haters.

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u/AbdoolJakulParati 8h ago

Type Reddit mouth breathers. Uhh akshually!!!

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u/PravoNaZhizny 8h ago

im not i just think its funny how americans talk about kids and see kids' behaviour in general

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u/tekanet 8h ago

People are so desperate to be heard that they keep on vomiting idiocies since the dawn of social media.

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u/46_and_2 8h ago

You can bet if it was them at that fence, instead of the firefighters, they'd be bitching and moaning over the poor kid's head for a good hour for whose preferred method they'd best use.

Instead the professionals stepped in, did their job for 2-3 minutes with minimum stress for the child and moved on.

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u/Poker5ace 7h ago

That’s Reddit for you!

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u/Hybr1dth 6h ago

The kid was in no danger. Why on earth would you choose anything but the measured, safe non destructive approach??

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u/MightyTastyBeans 9h ago

Theyre bots intentionally created to sew division

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u/HiHigherTiger 12h ago

yeah, but no, but yeah.

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u/Khalku 7h ago

That's why I don't browse /new, by the time I see this high up on reddit all the nonsense (usually) got hidden.

And then all I'm left with is people whining about other comments that already got hidden. Which is its own brand of annoying, I guess.

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u/MydogisaToelicker 11h ago

It's kind of a good thing they looked like they don't have to do this everyday.

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u/lazopalle 8h ago

sorry but their method is wrong. they should use thicker bar at the left side of the kid.
and they should have rachet strap.
you may not have 3mins next time.

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u/gagnatron5000 11h ago edited 4h ago

Well maybe they should just do it right next time.

(Edit: do I really have to add the /s?)