xman Salutes

**xman** · 07-24-2009, 08:11 AM

Some real heroics.

**0livia** · 07-24-2009, 10:22 AM

Its been on our news as well. Outstanding!

**Seraphim** · 07-24-2009, 03:17 PM

That was &^%$#%ing outstanding work by all of those people.

As a father, it actually brought tears to my eyes.

**ben.mid** · 07-24-2009, 04:27 PM

Balls of steel man! That takes some nerve to stay & not give up when there's so much danger.

**smokelaw1** · 07-24-2009, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Seraphim

As a father, it actually brought tears to my eyes.

Same here. I can not fathom seeing my child in that much danger.

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.

**gratewhitehuntr** · 07-24-2009, 04:46 PM

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

**Seraphim** · 07-24-2009, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

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.

**CarrieM** · 07-24-2009, 05:42 PM

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**gratewhitehuntr** · 07-24-2009, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Seraphim

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.

is it so strong that 3 guys couldn't tear it?

I know for a fact that it is not

**Seraphim** · 07-24-2009, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

is it so strong that 3 guys couldn't tear it?

I know for a fact that it is not

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.

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