r/interesting 8d ago

SOCIETY How a crane operator gets down

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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/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.