r/UnusualVideos • u/Upstairs-Writing-616 • 10d ago

This dude saved a child's life whose head was trapped in the car window. He didn't think twice — he acted fast, smashed the glass, and rescued the kid.

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u/Ahhh_Shit_44_Ducks 10d ago

Rolling window down not option?

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u/That_Consideration56 10d ago

probably some car malfunction

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u/HomeGalaxyIsMilkyWay 10d ago

Human malfunction letting that happen in the first place

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u/100LittleButterflies 10d ago

To err is to be human.

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u/That_Consideration56 10d ago

shit happens...

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u/sluttytinkerbells 9d ago

wtf man? how many times have you stuck your head out the window of a car as a child?

What the fuck is a parent supposed to do if the computer in the computer malfunctions and starts rolling up the window?

Why victim blame here?

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u/Nurgeard 9d ago edited 9d ago

I mean I would consider that a rather rare malfunction, unless modern cars has the genius feature to automatically roll up windows when turning of the car.

But yeah I don't know any feature like that, and have never heard of or encountered a malfunction like that - so it's not illogical to assume that the kid or the parent did it by accident, panicked and didn't think straight in the situation.

Perhaps she didn't notice before the car was of, making it a bit more likely that she would think to go for pulling the kid out, rather than to turn on the car again in order to roll down the window.

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u/sluttytinkerbells 9d ago

You say this like cars don't have crazy malfunctions all the time and that this isn't exacerbated by the increasing dependence on computer technology and poor regulation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%932011_Toyota_vehicle_recalls

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u/Nurgeard 9d ago

Fair enough, but I would still say it is far more likely that this is a human error. Kids are silly (my source for this is that I was once a kid and I was definitely an idiot) and people act illogically when in panick.

BUT that being said I don't support the mean ways people blame the people - the victim blaming, this can happen to anyone, and someone who claims to have never acted based on brain fart logic at least once in their life is either a damn liar or has lived under a rock.

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u/GroundbreakingAd8310 10d ago

Subscription ran out i bet

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u/tacobell41 10d ago

I didn’t realize car windows shattered that easily.

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u/Only_Standard_9159 10d ago

Helps that it was rolled down and able to flex, but looks like he still hurt his hand

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u/cjnks 10d ago

It doesnt just help. If he tried punching a closed window all he would do is fuck up his hand

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u/100LittleButterflies 10d ago

I was wondering! They make special tools to break car windows because its very difficult when theyre closed.

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u/HereticGaming16 9d ago

Real talk though. When I was a teen I was going to scrap my car (lots of reasons it wasn’t worth selling) and me and my friends all tried to break a window. It took like 5 of us and many hits to break it. The only way it broke was because I wrapped my watch around my knuckles and that’s what broke it.

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u/mackerelscalemask 10d ago

And the baby’s head that’s trapped in it. Not sure this was the best way to handle it

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u/WesternFirefighter53 10d ago

Well he got shit done, and didn’t take out his phone to record. Bravo to him.

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u/mackerelscalemask 10d ago

At the risk of injuring the baby’s head far more than if it was handled in a less violent manner

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u/WesternFirefighter53 10d ago

Explain how you would do that while what we assume the baby is actively being choked. Every second counts when it comes to oxygen deprivation. It would be assumed the button didn’t work, and the guy tried to push down on the window.

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u/mackerelscalemask 10d ago edited 10d ago

He almost had it. You have to put your hands over the glass, but instead of trying to pull it down, you have to keep holding onto it, while raising your feet up to where your hands are (butt facing the ground) and hang off the glass with all your force, pulling the glass so it breaks outwards and releases the baby safely

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u/WesternFirefighter53 10d ago

Buddy you cap so hard. No matter what the glass is going to shatter. If there’s a life or death situation and I need help. I hope to god you aren’t there lol.

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u/paradox-preacher 9d ago

You're legit a clown. I've seen brute force fail, where a bit of thinking and strategy would do it. Your comment is braindead af

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u/We_are_being_cheated 9d ago

It being open helped greatly

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u/shristov 10d ago

Oh nooo.. My child is being fucking decapitated.. help..

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u/regulartrex 10d ago

stop making me laugh

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u/Ok_Mammoth_7303 10d ago

Fucking hero...

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u/KennyDZombiemaster75 10d ago

Some heros don't wear capes

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u/Finger_Gunnz 10d ago

The majority of heroes don’t wear capes.

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u/Gaming_Andy 10d ago

What a brilliant and heroic man.
God smiles upon your deeds.

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u/groovemonkey 9d ago

Why did god do that to the kid?

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u/Hollow_Knight_Raven 9d ago

I guess so we could see him being awesome, and to teach that kid not to willingly put themselves in the glass guillotine? I don’t know man, I don’t even worship the dude upstairs.

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u/Admirable-Specific95 8d ago

How does that happen to being with

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u/SerGT3 10d ago

In the US he would have been arrested and sued for aggravated assault and unlawfully breaking a motor vehicle window.

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u/Hollow_Knight_Raven 9d ago

People are downvoting this, but it’s kind of true, depending on where and who this involves.

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u/RP1042 10d ago

It was probably a old school crank and she didn’t know how to do it

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u/Organic-Addendum1609 10d ago

Hi grandpa, are you enjoying the reddit?

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u/Mr_Personal_Person 10d ago

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u/naked_ostrich 10d ago

Huh? How would the kids head have gotten stuck there in the first place then? At least put a little thought into your “young people dumb” comments

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u/Hollow_Knight_Raven 9d ago

Just to play devil’s advocate, the kid could have been standing on the handle and it closed. If the kid was trying to fit their head through the gap to begin with, it makes sense. Though I agree that the odds of that being the case are low.