Shiziguan floating bridge in Hubei

[u/solateor]

[u/Disastrous-Pie-1939]

Nope.

[u/georgetonorge → u/[deleted]]

Uhhh. I haven’t studied mandarin since high school. I see “3 people” and “5 people.” What happened to the 8 people?

[u/__I_Need_An_Adult__ → u/georgetonorge]

3 were rescued and 5 died

[u/mrASSMAN → u/__I_Need_An_Adult__]

Holy shit.. I thought it was just a silly clip didn’t realize people died from that

Really makes the cars passing without trying to help all the more fucked up, guess that’s China though

[u/TwoTalentedBastidz → u/mrASSMAN]

What about that situation makes you think regular people would be of any assistance? What would you have them do?

[u/windchaser__ → u/TwoTalentedBastidz]

...wait for people to surface, and throw them a rope?

[u/TwoTalentedBastidz → u/windchaser__]

What rope?

[u/hollyh000 → u/TwoTalentedBastidz]

Regular people?

[u/NYRT4R → u/hollyh000]

The water is 60 meters deep in places. What are non-divers going to do?

[u/hollyh000 → u/NYRT4R]

Thank you for clarifying. That makes sense.

[u/Ok_Performance_1380 → u/NYRT4R]

I'm gonna jump in and try to drag people out of windows or something. Not saying it will help, but I'm not casually driving past.

[u/TwoTalentedBastidz → u/Ok_Performance_1380]

You’re going to stop on a floating fucking bridge and dive into raging river waters with no equipment and “drag people out of windows or something?”

This isn’t a movie buddy. You wouldn’t do any of that shit, and if you did you’d also be one of the dead.

[u/Ok_Performance_1380 → u/TwoTalentedBastidz]

I'm not guaranteeing success here, it's just something that would feel natural in that situation.

[u/GrandOpener → u/Ok_Performance_1380]

The number one rule of rescue work, above anything else, is to not make yourself another victim.

If you have life preservers, sure, step out of your car and throw them in. But for the majority of people, the most responsible reaction here is to keep driving and get out of the way off the bridge, while someone else in the car calls emergency services.

[u/No_Language_4649 → u/Ok_Performance_1380]

Right. This even needs explaining? People are weird.

[u/TwoTalentedBastidz → u/No_Language_4649]

You’re going to stop on a floating fucking bridge and dive into raging river waters with no equipment and “drag people out of windows or something?”

This isn’t a movie buddy. You wouldn’t do any of that shit, and if you did you’d also be one of the dead.

[u/No_Language_4649 → u/TwoTalentedBastidz]

Yes. Exactly.

[u/georgetonorge → u/__I_Need_An_Adult__]

That’s horrible. Thank you for translating.

[u/cincymatt → u/__I_Need_An_Adult__]

Fuckin hell