https://www.facebook.com/NTDTelevision/videos/1464702200238552/
Use full screen.
You were right!
I remember watching it in horror when it aired on the network news. Pretty amazing.
I was holding my breath, like that would help. :o :o
I'd say that guy lived because he stayed calm.
That has to be it, Jeff! ;)
That's exactly what I thought. He had ice in his veins! And some darn good luck.
Another one... I think this guy was on fire...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlnlGLtHdoE
My hat is off to these firemen. I never had the courage to get myself into a situation like that!
Here's another.
https://www.facebook.com/mevlana/videos/10154734682453185/
If you have never tried to walk through fast moving water over rocks, believe me. It's hard to do. And low-head dams are killers. After the water goes over, it rolls back in what is called "a washing machine". You can keep churning long after you have drowned. But watch this rescue.
Great video... I spend a lot of time on U-tube...
You can type in anything like ( dog rescue ) or ( truck crash)
and get hours of entertainment. One I like the most is
( crane crash ).
Quote from: Den Socling on February 13, 2017, 05:40:48 PM
Here's another.
https://www.facebook.com/mevlana/videos/10154734682453185/
If you have never tried to walk through fast moving water over rocks, believe me. It's hard to do. And low-head dams are killers. After the water goes over, it rolls back in what is called "a washing machine". You can keep churning long after you have drowned. But watch this resuce.
I work with and at dams every day, your exactly right Den, we lost two brothers in kayaks two years ago at a "low" head dam.
One paddled up to the toe while it was innocently spilling, he was pulled in and rolled, the brother went to help and suffered the same fate
Our crews will remark they see the same logs and debris rolling for days below some of our dams.
Educate, Educate Educate
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There is a downstream current under the hydraulic at a dam or smooth ledge in a river. It is absolutely counterintuitive but you need to sink and grab that bottom current to get out. At times I've been able to work back and forth and finally punch out the end of the hydraulic but if it has you and you can stay upright I've popped the sprayskirt on a kayak and sunk the boat enough to be drug downstream, or bail and dive. If you keep recirculating the river will win. Never walk in rushing water, the chances of foot entrapment are really high. Once that happens the current will push you over and the last 2 minutes are doing pushups off the stream bottom. Keep your feet up and float to calmer water.
Even tho I knew these were going to turn out OK my heart was still pounding.
These firemen are heroes! As soon as I turn 18 I plan on becoming a volunteer firefighter..
I couldn't watch it without a Facebook Account. Hope it was good.
I don't have an FB account either but I've found a way to cheat the system to let me watch videos. I have the Adblocker Ultimate extension for Mozila (highly recomend it but hardly works with Chrome) and I use the function "Block element" to treat the message "log in to watch this video" as well as the darkened background as ads. Works every time. The video was really nice too. Hope this helps.
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That was a crazy video. Glad he made it.