Firefighter snatches suicide jumper out of mid air

r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ImaginaryChefLouie12 • Aug 13 '21

Firefighter snatches suicide jumper out of mid air

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Can you imagine being a firefighter who tries that but missed. Oh man, what a hell of a job

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u/Magnus-Artifex Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 13 '21

Ex-firefighter here.

Many times we don’t make it, whichever the case. I’ve seen people collapse in front of my eyes, some severed limbs and other stuff. More often than not there is going to be people who don’t get out in one piece, or at all. I remember this one highway crash where one of the bodies ended up all squashed under a truck wheel… it was not a pretty sight.

If you want to get into saving lives, know you will see a lot of them lost. And it will not be pretty.

Edit: I only have thanks to everyone who upvoted and gave awards, and to the 50 comments, tbh, I don’t think I can answer them. Live, care for others. Don’t let the world get you down, life is hard, but it can also be better.

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u/archeresstime Aug 13 '21

My dad drove wrecker trucks when I was really young. I can only ever remember him commenting about two things: the late night calls and the stuff you can’t unsee

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u/Southern-Exercise Aug 13 '21

That's what I do now, and while most of the time the people/bodies are already gone when we get there, that's not always the case.

And even when it is, the mess is something you can't unsee.

Had a truck vs car head on this past year and the truck went over the guys head. There wasn't a surface not covered in brain.

And our first responders have to actually deal with this stuff directly, all the time.

I've learned a whole new level of respect for them all.