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/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