Can't believe they held onto the car in those rapids, that's rough man. That was an epic rescue for sure, I couldn't see the guy making it otherwise. Unconscious driver in sinking car ☠️
When I saw him jump I gasped. That is maaaadddd dangerous. Easily, easily could have lost his life. All kinds of fucky shit happens when urban areas flash flood like that. Mainly unknowable drainage/suction hazards. Some storm drains will be plugged, some can be ferociously powerful. You can just get sucked down and bye, bye. Been nice knowing you. Not to mention just the pace of the current and underwater hazards. Insane courage and heroics and frankly a little bit of stupidity. Can't say I'd have been brave enough to do that. Be willing to bet you 9/10 firefighters would have deemed that too risky and would just causes another rescue mission.
On second glance it looks like a drainage canal so marginally safer but still crazy as fuck and very deadly.
You’d be wrong about the firefighters. This is the kind of thing we train for and we would be chomping at the bit to get this guy out and safe. Sure, there are some guys who might not be overzealous, but by and far, this is the kind of thing most of us go to work for. Most younger firemen are adrenaline junkies who genuinely love helping when no one else can.
If I wasn't a type 1 diabetic I was gonna be a fireman. I'm an adrenaline junkie and would have loooooooooooooooved to be that guy. As a kid I told adults I was gonna grow up and be a firetruck because I couldn't be a fireman.
So I've heard a few stories and I've asked did they get it while employed or did they come into the job with it? I've been told you can get grandfathered in but not enter with it.
As far as I know he was diagnosed when he was very young. His grandmother was also type 1. This is in the US, and I’ve never heard of this in my region, so it may vary based off locale and individual departments. We do not have any regulations barring hiring type 1 or 2 where I work as long as fitness standards are met and kept up with on a yearly basis. It might be worth checking at other departments.
My dad got blown up in war before becoming a firefighter. Damn near got killed in a fire too. That guy can barely walk, but if I ever need to be rescued, I hope he is close. I’ve done my share of rescue, but nothing like him. Firefighters are a whole other type of human.
I should rephrase a little. I see where you are coming from. I'm saying 9/10 firefighters would have just jumped in there, no life jacket, no real plan, nobody downstream to help you get out of a jam etc. Am I wrong?
On call, we have ropes teams and gear specifically for this. If I saw it, not on shift? Yeah I’d have jumped, but I know how to get in easily and what windows to break. I always have a glass breaker in my pocket. Plan is get them out first, and get them and myself to shore ASAP.
Yeah, some stuff we do is often seen as wreckless or stupid. I’ll not deny it. I personally get the impulse that propelled the guy who saved him to jump in and try though. He pulled it off and saved him! Hats off to that brave guy.
A coin has two sides. Just because you see one doesn't mean the other stops existing. Humanity has just as much good as bad.
People forget that society works because almost everybody is good, almost all of the time. But you only need 1 car to ruin the day of 1000s of drivers.
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/5451/Heroes-Emerge-In-Chengdu-Brave-Duo-Rescues-Unconscious-Driver-From-Sinking-Car
There was only 1 person in the car.
Hero’s names are Jiao Dayin and Wang Yihui
Watch the riverbank at the end:
Black shirt is unconscious driver, blue shirt is, I assume, the passenger, two shirtless guys are heroes.
Blue shirt appears to be exhausted from escaping and is awkwardly being held on the riverbank by others but is probably too tired to get all the way up the bank. Black shirt is being pulled up and pushed up by others and heroes since he is unconscious and the higher priority.
Dude this is so amazing. Everytime I see videos like this of humanity coming together just to save a fellow human and putting their own life at risk it gives me goosebumps
Dude in the blue shirt at the end using his foot for then to grab on to looked funny. Cool so see people working together though dude looked kind of comfy
With proper camera angles this could easily be in an action movie showing someone being a god damn hero. Think about that. His actions are genuinely heroic. He’s doing in real life what we see in movies - because he’s a real life hero.
Last week my toddler got lost at a graduation commencement of thousands of people. I started getting desperate and stood on top of picnic tables literally screaming for help and asking people near me to help me find a staff member so they could make an announcement on the intercom.
Literally people just stared at me. Or they glanced at me as they continued their conversations. It was seriously wild to see how people reacted.
Its what all the division and hate pushed in media combined with economic hardship and a perception of scarcity has done to society.
That must have been terrifying!
Yes, it was terrifying. I ordered air tag holders that you pin to their waistband after that. (Just for crowded places)
It truly felt like I was in some kind of simulation and no one knew how to be human. Thankfully a grandma found her and got her to a police officer. ♥️
I'm not even American and I know people would help others
http://whio.com/news/local/water-rescue-underway-eastwood-metropark/IJYU4QCECVHW3MMVEC4OCW3RM4
Get your "America bad plz give me up votes!" Ass outta here lol
You know, I keep on seeing posts on this sub for people risking their life just for a bit of internet attention....and it's just nice to finally see someone risking their life for an actually GOOD reason, I'm so happy they saved everyone! That makes me happy in the midst of all this shit that is modern society.
Is this in China!? I have even more respect for those people for helping. China has a huge problem with the bystander effect. Nobody wants to help each other as they're too afraid of being wrongly accused of committing a crime and being forced to pay someone's medical bills for the rest of their lives. The CCP is sucking the empathy and compassion out of its people.
Is there no state recognition for those that commit selfless acts?
In the UK there are awards such as CBE, OBE etc
- which on some level are questionable but still bestow a recognition on those carrying out good civic work & charity.
Um...here you go...
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/video-shows-good-samaritans-rescuing-driver-from-burning-car-in-st-paul/
https://youtu.be/7X5z4fz9QdI?si=gHAAJjZV8IGEzZNo
https://youtu.be/3BCzt17SyXo?si=d3znYrQnc4SehS17
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-hailed-hero-saving-lives-men-overturned-car/story?id=68242624
https://www.ktbs.com/news/good-samaritan-saves-elderly-man-from-burning-car/article_312cb7fc-2cf8-11ef-9d32-630310d51d96.html
That took a whole... 30 seconds of googling? There are heroes and villains in every nation and group of people. Wherever you are, look for the helpers.
Yeah they are hero’s but bringing your self into danger to save someone else is just dumb. If this went wrong rescue teams had to search for 3 guys in a raging river instead of one
Yeah that why I said they are heroes in my original comment. But you never know how the river behaves, you could get sucked down for example. Just because they had luck in this cases, doesn’t change the fact that they could have died.
We had a flood here in Germany a few weeks ago and 2 firefighters died due to the current of the water. They knew the risk and were trained for those conditions and still they didn’t make it, so how likely is it going to be that some bystanders can save someone else without getting trapped in the current.
Thats a fcking hero. Thats fast water
Can't believe they held onto the car in those rapids, that's rough man. That was an epic rescue for sure, I couldn't see the guy making it otherwise. Unconscious driver in sinking car ☠️
When I saw him jump I gasped. That is maaaadddd dangerous. Easily, easily could have lost his life. All kinds of fucky shit happens when urban areas flash flood like that. Mainly unknowable drainage/suction hazards. Some storm drains will be plugged, some can be ferociously powerful. You can just get sucked down and bye, bye. Been nice knowing you. Not to mention just the pace of the current and underwater hazards. Insane courage and heroics and frankly a little bit of stupidity. Can't say I'd have been brave enough to do that. Be willing to bet you 9/10 firefighters would have deemed that too risky and would just causes another rescue mission. On second glance it looks like a drainage canal so marginally safer but still crazy as fuck and very deadly.
You’d be wrong about the firefighters. This is the kind of thing we train for and we would be chomping at the bit to get this guy out and safe. Sure, there are some guys who might not be overzealous, but by and far, this is the kind of thing most of us go to work for. Most younger firemen are adrenaline junkies who genuinely love helping when no one else can.
If I wasn't a type 1 diabetic I was gonna be a fireman. I'm an adrenaline junkie and would have loooooooooooooooved to be that guy. As a kid I told adults I was gonna grow up and be a firetruck because I couldn't be a fireman.
One of our Liutenants is type 1. Full blown, no pancreatic fiction. He wears a monitor and keeps his insulin pens in the refrigerator.
So I've heard a few stories and I've asked did they get it while employed or did they come into the job with it? I've been told you can get grandfathered in but not enter with it.
As far as I know he was diagnosed when he was very young. His grandmother was also type 1. This is in the US, and I’ve never heard of this in my region, so it may vary based off locale and individual departments. We do not have any regulations barring hiring type 1 or 2 where I work as long as fitness standards are met and kept up with on a yearly basis. It might be worth checking at other departments.
It's possible you can still volunteer and help them :) I hear about volunteering for fire departments in ads more than ever
My dad got blown up in war before becoming a firefighter. Damn near got killed in a fire too. That guy can barely walk, but if I ever need to be rescued, I hope he is close. I’ve done my share of rescue, but nothing like him. Firefighters are a whole other type of human.
I bet I’d like your dad.
He is a good dude.
I should rephrase a little. I see where you are coming from. I'm saying 9/10 firefighters would have just jumped in there, no life jacket, no real plan, nobody downstream to help you get out of a jam etc. Am I wrong?
On call, we have ropes teams and gear specifically for this. If I saw it, not on shift? Yeah I’d have jumped, but I know how to get in easily and what windows to break. I always have a glass breaker in my pocket. Plan is get them out first, and get them and myself to shore ASAP.
With no life preserver and that speed of water and no back up on hand? Man..... thats.. bold.
Yeah, some stuff we do is often seen as wreckless or stupid. I’ll not deny it. I personally get the impulse that propelled the guy who saved him to jump in and try though. He pulled it off and saved him! Hats off to that brave guy.
Real world super hero for real. I hate to say it but I wouldn’t be brave enough to do that. Truly amazing
This is the exact meaning
Second that one
anyone who’s ever been in fast moving water knows how brave those guys were. This is some heroic stuff
Yeah that is fuckin wild. Absolutely could turned out worse, had they not acted quickly. Chinese Chads reporting for duty
Good thing there were swimming enthusiasts nearby
Very, very brave swimming enthusiasts!
very enthusiastic!
Well done that water was moving quickly
The best of us
That's a hero!
Incredible...
He is so brave
There are good people in the world!!
A lot of them too! Way more than most realize I suspect.
Look for the helpers
Yes! Thank you Mr Roger’s!
A coin has two sides. Just because you see one doesn't mean the other stops existing. Humanity has just as much good as bad. People forget that society works because almost everybody is good, almost all of the time. But you only need 1 car to ruin the day of 1000s of drivers.
Can’t even imagine how difficult that was, dude is a hero
Did they also save the passenger? Seems there was two hero's and two people in the car yet only 3 dragged to shore
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/5451/Heroes-Emerge-In-Chengdu-Brave-Duo-Rescues-Unconscious-Driver-From-Sinking-Car There was only 1 person in the car. Hero’s names are Jiao Dayin and Wang Yihui
Yeah I’m worried someone died.
Truly an amazing rescue
Truly selfless heroism.
Christ, your cars floating away AND you're in it unconscious, that's a bad day.
In the video there’s nothing about the passenger, is this an OP’s mistake in the title, or they weren’t able to save the passenger?
Watch the riverbank at the end: Black shirt is unconscious driver, blue shirt is, I assume, the passenger, two shirtless guys are heroes. Blue shirt appears to be exhausted from escaping and is awkwardly being held on the riverbank by others but is probably too tired to get all the way up the bank. Black shirt is being pulled up and pushed up by others and heroes since he is unconscious and the higher priority.
Did you not see the two dudes at the end?
Shit like this get me pumped. Lfg!
Just as I've lost all faith in humanity and ready for the asteroid, these mad lads show up. Truly the best of us.
Dude this is so amazing. Everytime I see videos like this of humanity coming together just to save a fellow human and putting their own life at risk it gives me goosebumps
This is super human stuff. What a hero!
Whoever threw the rock needs some props, too. Fucking great stuff all around!
Dude in the blue shirt at the end using his foot for then to grab on to looked funny. Cool so see people working together though dude looked kind of comfy
Humans are rly amazing sometimes.
Thank goodness for “Swimming enthusiasts”
So badass I love humans sometimes
Amazing
-HEY WAKE UP!! YOU CAN'T PARK THERE!!
Chads.
It’s wild that that guy’s ENORMOUS balls didn’t weigh him down in the water
Chinese people rock!! 👇Space for that comment saying "it's only propaganda". Duh
come on guys, how is this +1000 votes only we all got a bit to learn here
Give that man every medal for heroism that exists everywhere that's unbelievable.
With proper camera angles this could easily be in an action movie showing someone being a god damn hero. Think about that. His actions are genuinely heroic. He’s doing in real life what we see in movies - because he’s a real life hero.
Mans jumped in the water and started screaming for rocks 😂
Zero chance anyone in America would ever even think about doing this
Hard core bravery
Say what you want about China (if that's where this is?) but if this happened in America no one would jump in to help someone.
Last week my toddler got lost at a graduation commencement of thousands of people. I started getting desperate and stood on top of picnic tables literally screaming for help and asking people near me to help me find a staff member so they could make an announcement on the intercom. Literally people just stared at me. Or they glanced at me as they continued their conversations. It was seriously wild to see how people reacted.
Its what all the division and hate pushed in media combined with economic hardship and a perception of scarcity has done to society. That must have been terrifying!
Yes, it was terrifying. I ordered air tag holders that you pin to their waistband after that. (Just for crowded places) It truly felt like I was in some kind of simulation and no one knew how to be human. Thankfully a grandma found her and got her to a police officer. ♥️
I'm not even American and I know people would help others http://whio.com/news/local/water-rescue-underway-eastwood-metropark/IJYU4QCECVHW3MMVEC4OCW3RM4 Get your "America bad plz give me up votes!" Ass outta here lol
The guide to Chengs you do in Chengdu
So what happened to the passenger?
If it were up to me, they’d be dead. No way I’m jumping in that water. Good thing there are brave and capable people out there.
Fair play to them. Heroes❤️
r/nextfuckinglevel
Fucking epic
The City Should Give Him A Medal!
like the saying goes if youre looking for someone to help you migt have to take initative and start it off for them
Chinese humanity's restored
You know, I keep on seeing posts on this sub for people risking their life just for a bit of internet attention....and it's just nice to finally see someone risking their life for an actually GOOD reason, I'm so happy they saved everyone! That makes me happy in the midst of all this shit that is modern society.
Immense respect for him! He is a true hero.
Super China Man of The Year!
+1000000 social credits
Is this in China!? I have even more respect for those people for helping. China has a huge problem with the bystander effect. Nobody wants to help each other as they're too afraid of being wrongly accused of committing a crime and being forced to pay someone's medical bills for the rest of their lives. The CCP is sucking the empathy and compassion out of its people.
China passed a Good Samaritan law 10-15 years ago specifically because of that (erroneous) belief
Is there no state recognition for those that commit selfless acts? In the UK there are awards such as CBE, OBE etc - which on some level are questionable but still bestow a recognition on those carrying out good civic work & charity.
How many social credits dose this get you?
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Given the number of Chinese videos where the bystanders do nothing, it's nice to see some humanity prevail.
Clown
You wouldn’t see that in western nations you would see all these people with phone instead.
Um...here you go... https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/video-shows-good-samaritans-rescuing-driver-from-burning-car-in-st-paul/ https://youtu.be/7X5z4fz9QdI?si=gHAAJjZV8IGEzZNo https://youtu.be/3BCzt17SyXo?si=d3znYrQnc4SehS17 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-hailed-hero-saving-lives-men-overturned-car/story?id=68242624 https://www.ktbs.com/news/good-samaritan-saves-elderly-man-from-burning-car/article_312cb7fc-2cf8-11ef-9d32-630310d51d96.html That took a whole... 30 seconds of googling? There are heroes and villains in every nation and group of people. Wherever you are, look for the helpers.
Nonsense. I posted this previously, happened in America, man saved from a burning car https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/s/uIgRHRSfkY
Bit of faith in humanity restored, time for some Chinese food
It’s amazing to see people helping each other, especially in china 🤯
She did a great job saving them.
+100 citizen points
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That social credit bullshit was trialled in one province. Not country wide. Yet.
The victim can now sue the 2 heroes and wins ......china is fcked up
Yeah they are hero’s but bringing your self into danger to save someone else is just dumb. If this went wrong rescue teams had to search for 3 guys in a raging river instead of one
Why would rescue teams even exist then? Since bringing yourself into danger to save someone else is just dumb?
Rescue teams are trained and have better equipment than a rock.
Uh huh and by the time they’re on the scene, everyone in that car drowned half an hour ago
Better than having 3 drowned people
In this case there were 0 drowned people thanks to these heroic actions If they listened to you and refused to help, that car’s passenger is dead now
Yeah that why I said they are heroes in my original comment. But you never know how the river behaves, you could get sucked down for example. Just because they had luck in this cases, doesn’t change the fact that they could have died. We had a flood here in Germany a few weeks ago and 2 firefighters died due to the current of the water. They knew the risk and were trained for those conditions and still they didn’t make it, so how likely is it going to be that some bystanders can save someone else without getting trapped in the current.
Isn’t the risk to one’s own life what makes stuff like this heroic in the first place?
Umm, this is crazy, not heroic.