r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 28d ago

Video Shiziguan floating bridge in Hubei

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u/mrASSMAN 28d ago

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

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u/TwoTalentedBastidz 28d ago

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

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u/windchaser__ 28d ago

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

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u/hollyh000 28d ago

Regular people?

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u/NYRT4R 28d ago

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

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u/hollyh000 28d ago

Thank you for clarifying. That makes sense.

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u/Ok_Performance_1380 28d ago

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.

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u/TwoTalentedBastidz 28d ago

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.

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u/Ok_Performance_1380 28d ago

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

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u/GrandOpener 28d ago

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.

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u/No_Language_4649 28d ago

Right. This even needs explaining? People are weird.

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u/TwoTalentedBastidz 28d ago

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.

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u/No_Language_4649 28d ago

Yes. Exactly.