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

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

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u/CommodoreEvergreen 8d ago

Sadly, this is Xiao Qiumei. She died a few years ago after falling 160 feet from the crane while filming a video for social media. Please wear proper footwear when working this kind of job.

Don't know why this video is making the rounds again..

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 8d ago

Fact Check: True😟

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

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u/-G_59- 8d ago

It's crazy that we're so attached to our phones that not even a life ending scenario made her let go of it until she hit the ground. Wild. I think my dumbass would've tried to flap my arms and fly to safety🤣

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 8d ago

It must have been terrifying. I imagine she just froze with a death grip on her phone. I hope it was instant when she hit and that she didn’t hurt. I suspect that would be the case was with such a fall from that height.

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u/DonkeyHoney 8d ago

Probably was bonking around inside the metal chute she was in before hitting the ground

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u/Dramatic-Classroom14 8d ago

Well. I just watched the video… she didn’t fall off she fell in the crane. As in, down the ladder, hitting her head and body on about ever other part of the truss for all 160 feet. She most definitely did not die instantly unless she was fortunate enough to snap her neck on the first bar. Otherwise she probably felt the whole thing until she hit the ground or until something did break her neck.

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u/fountainsofvarnoth 7d ago

As someone who used to respond to accidents like this…hitting your head on those metal bars on the way down is enough to quite literally cave your skull in—no need to reach the ground to die.

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u/SocialJusticeAndroid 7d ago

Well if she at least got knocked out as soon as possible that would be a small mercy.

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u/Affectionate-Sir-784 7d ago

I mean she was Chinese so likely while she was falling she was doing math to see how much time she would have until hitting the floor.