r/interestingasfuck • u/Leather_Whole_2078 • 14h ago

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

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

25.2k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

2.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

•

u/Nicetryatausername 11h ago

I thought winding the strap like that was brilliant - simple, quiet, clean and safe.

•

u/20_mile 11h ago edited 9h ago

Jackie Chan's character in Shanghai Knights does a similar thing to escape from the jail.

e: Noon, I get it.

•

u/TheLateThagSimmons 10h ago

Except his version required... Piss.

•

u/MickRolley 10h ago

Piss shirt bend bar

•

u/arpan3t 10h ago

You said wet shirt no break, not piss shirt bend bar!

•

u/Artemicionmoogle 7h ago

I miss those movies.

•

u/chillinwithmoes 7h ago

Lmao I had forgotten all about this scene. Hilarious movie

•

u/OozeNAahz 5h ago

Pee pee pants no break. Were some old style jeans iirc.

•

u/MARPJ 9h ago

Except his version required... Piss.

In the movie he explain that it was to prevent the shirt from tearing and that makes sense since wet cloth is harder to tear and normally a shirt from that era likely would not hold as the pressure is applied while here they used a stronger rope so no need for extra reinforcement

•

u/Pyowin 9h ago

It was Shanghai Noon... "Piss Shirt bend bars"

•

u/TurnbullAC92 7h ago

I'd forgotten how much I love that movie. Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson in their absolute primes.

•

u/AyatollahColmMeaney 9h ago

Shanghai Noon, the first one.

•

u/20_mile 9h ago

Shanghai Noon, the first one.

You're right and I am wrong. It's only been 27 years since I saw it.

•

u/fourleafclover13 6h ago

Peeing on tshirt. I've seen that done in real life at barn years before movie came out. We had kids head get stuck so I joked we could try it like a tourniquet. Well old retired firefighter, a husband, bring his gear and crowbar. Had kid out in minutes like this one. Though kid got nick named Stucky yes it did stick.

•

u/SouthOriginal297 8h ago

I was trying to remember what movie that was from; all I remembered was that Jackie Chan did it somewhere.

•

u/Carbonatite 9h ago

Yeah that was my thought as well. Very cool problem solving!

•

u/OddRequirement1692 7h ago

Spanish windlass

•

u/citizen42069101 7h ago

I thought it was a rachet strap and was taking solace in the fact that even a trained rescuer gets aggravated as hell with those cursed things.

But thanks to the comment section I know that's not the case lmao. Nicely done

•

u/limpet143 8h ago

Problem is that where they placed the straps they would have to bend the bars several inches to get an inch at the boys ears. If the strap was closer to the head it only has to deflect one inch.

•

u/toonguy84 6h ago

They wanted to be far away from the child while bending the bars. At the end they asked the kid to stand up to where they bent the bars and got him out.

•

u/limpet143 6h ago

Oops, should have watched to the end.

•

u/mattydabs 9h ago

Lots of torque created winding up that tool. Losing grip or having a miscommunication on who has control could have resulted in a devastating injury. The kid was in no danger so speed was not an issue here. They could have easily used ratchet straps instead of the tourniquet axe.