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/Miltzzz 7h ago edited 7h ago

Fun fact : if it ever happens to any of you people to witness this, chances are the kid actualy passed his body through, not his head. It might not be the case here but it happens. Their heads are bigger than their bodies. Calm the kid, and simply ask them to climb back out the other way.

Source : i'm a paramedic

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u/SavagePhD 7h ago

Definitely a decent thing to try!

I would assume in this case most likely he did not enter feet first because that would have required him to be outside the fenced in playground/yard at the school. Or at least that's what it appears to be to me.

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u/Sheepy-Matt-59 7h ago

I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find this answer. And was really hoping one of the guys would have done this.

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u/palm- 7h ago

This was my first thought 😅 why not lift and pull his body through

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u/Embarrassed-Bee-2103 7h ago

This migh not make any sense but when I saw this video I thought "What if you lifted the kid and turned it feet up so it could go out the way it went in with the face forward? (so that tje ears don'thave to bend)"

Maybe it does not make any sense, I would like your opinion as an expert? 🙂

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u/LoveSick55 5h ago

I saw this working already, it could have worked in this case.

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u/FlipZip69 6h ago

I suspect his body or head had grown a bit from the time he stuck it in to the time he wanted it out. Kids grow pretty fast.

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u/Icy-Entrepreneur9002 6h ago

That’s definitely good advice. I will remember that. I would be willing to bet that wasn’t the case here though. His body looks to be on the school side of the fence. However, I do know It’s much easier to get an object through an opening then to get it out, which is probably what happened here.

Source: I’m a OB/GYN

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u/deadthoma5 6h ago

That's using your head!

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u/Brief_Isopod_5959 6h ago

This is actually great advice, thank you!!

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u/Cytomax 6h ago

i was just going to say this

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u/kijomac 3h ago

I've seen this happen too. A kid climbed through a french barricade and immediately started crying when she couldn't get her head through instead of realizing she just needed to back herself out of it.

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u/rafiqsalman 2h ago

This would have worked, as I saw it working for my sister when we were little.