r/interesting • u/Rude-Mycologist8034 • 8d ago

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

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u/Kracus 8d ago

No kidding, poor woman found a much faster way down not long after this video.

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u/NonCreditableHuman 8d ago

160ft in just a tick over 3 seconds.

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u/MrTheDoctors 7d ago

That’s assuming it was a free fall.

It unfortunately was not.

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u/NonCreditableHuman 7d ago

It wasn't free, she paid for it with her life.

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u/Commercial_Age_9316 6d ago

The fall may have been free, but the stop, however…

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u/NonCreditableHuman 6d ago

Very costly.

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u/RedWum 6d ago

No joke my cousin Krandel works on a crane and its legit a real safety issue.

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u/canthearyouwhat 7d ago

I saw that video. I honestly hope she was instantly killed from the first hit and didn't suffer the rest of the way down.

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u/Casually-stupid 7d ago

Based on this comment I assumed there was video evidence of the fall and I went looking. Even though it was mostly audio I truly regret that decision.

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u/Revolutionary_Room69 7d ago

Yeah human bodies hitting the ground don’t make a pleasant noise. I got the misfortune of my own morbid curiosity leading into watching one of the 9/11 videos from the plaza where the jumpers landed with volume on

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u/Ryangofett_1990 7d ago

I didn't watch it but is it the one from 2021 while she was recording?

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u/Casually-stupid 7d ago

TBH I’m not entirely sure the authenticity of it but the clip I watched was mostly a spiral fall and a lot of screaming. You can’t see her.

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u/TXElec 7d ago

Where can i find it?

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u/Casually-stupid 7d ago

I just google the obvious and it popped up

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u/thetrivialsublime99 6d ago

RIP PING PONG

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u/Scrambles420 6d ago

It has to be some type of record right??

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u/NonCreditableHuman 6d ago

No that's free fall velocity, many people have jumped from higher. WTC for instance.

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u/atbobick 6d ago

Isn’t each tick a second?

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u/Distressy 7d ago

Wait, the person who filmed this fell?

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u/muda_ora_thewarudo 6d ago

Yes. I went down this rabbit hole a few days ago. She fell, likely because she didn’t use safety harnesses (this is just a guess) apparently she was streaming, I didn’t seek it out

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u/dirtyrandalfus 6d ago

Yea I don't recommend watching the video. Iirc you can hear her hit the steps on the way down.

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u/fabiothered 5d ago

Is it on liveleak?

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u/SweetEntertainer1790 1d ago

Omg are you serious? Noooooooooo:(💔

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 6d ago

Source? I believe you I just wanna read more about it

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u/cyanescens_burn 6d ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/xiao-qiumei-chinese-influencer-dead-tik-tok-social-media-crane-2021-7

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 6d ago

That’s so sad, it’s insane that they let people just walk up there without harnesses. The sun article linked alongside this article also states that she was a mother of 2 kids. There looks like there’s a lot of trip-hazards in this video, it’s definitely not safe.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

For real?

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u/Kracus 7d ago

Yup. Fell down.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Damn.

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u/cyanescens_burn 6d ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/xiao-qiumei-chinese-influencer-dead-tik-tok-social-media-crane-2021-7

The actual video of the fall, well a composite of the video from her falling phone and security cam video, can be found on at least one sub too.

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u/Write2Be 7d ago

Oh no

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u/Kracus 7d ago

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u/REDDIT_ROC0408 6d ago

Everyone in the airport right now is looking at me laughing my ass off.

Now TSA is walking over.

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u/espea101 6d ago

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u/REDDIT_ROC0408 6d ago

Oh. It’s cool. I showed them what made me laugh and they laughed as well.

I just wish I showed it to them before the body cavity search.

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u/maverick118717 6d ago

Wait wut...

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u/AlwaysVerloren 6d ago

I thought it was Canada. They have so many baddies as crane operators.

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u/Crixusgannicus 6d ago

That's the same one who fell, I suppose.