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Some real heroics.
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Its been on our news as well. Outstanding!
That was &^%$#%ing outstanding work by all of those people.
As a father, it actually brought tears to my eyes.
Balls of steel man! That takes some nerve to stay & not give up when there's so much danger.
Same here. I can not fathom seeing my child in that much danger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim
I am not preaching here, but I am a big "preparedness" guy...all those people screaming for a knife to cut the seatbelt, this is why I have an escape tool in my car, and why I encourange everyone to have one...even one of the little keychain sized ones is pretty damned good. I have one in the car for myself and in case I can ever assist another.
Stay safe, and thank you to all of those who step into danger to help others.
the firefighters didn't have a knife?
a shirt will make a nice emergency glove for the window
I'm surprised no one crawled inside after the boy, they had a lot more time than I had expected.
still a good save and remember the part about your shirt as a glove
I believe that would be good advice for breaking a house window, to prevent cuts, but windshield glass is made of much tougher stuff than that. You can see those guys wailing on it with a stick or something, and having a hard time with it. It's all cracked to pieces, but the plasticizer, or whatever they put on it still holds it all together.Quote:
Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr
is it so strong that 3 guys couldn't tear it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim
I know for a fact that it is not
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Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr
Aha, I see what you are saying: use the glove to protect your hand while tearing out the already broken window?
I had thought you were saying to wrap it around your hand when trying to break the glass in the first place.