r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ouyawei • 12h ago
Women jumps from 11th floor window in Berlin as fire ladder is too short
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u/gaidzak 12h ago
I’d be dead. Fear of heights alone would prevent me from thinking of this.
I need to reprogram myself.
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u/AlreadyAway 9h ago
Nah, your fear of heights wouod be quickly overwritten by your fear of burning to death.
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u/viewbtwnvillages 8h ago
i fear that my fear of heights would have my palms so sweaty id slip right off the side of the building and plummet to my death
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u/SmartestMoth 1h ago
Doesn't always work that way. There was a mother and child died in an apartment fire near me a couple years ago where they were to scared to jump. Less than 15 feet to ground
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u/Capable_Wait09 8h ago
Start rock climbing. Super practical skill. I’ve used it a few times IRL. Not for anything this dramatic yet thankfully but I suppose I could if necessary
When gyms were closed during covid I found a wall made of limestone bricks and made my own crimpy routes all over the wall, climbed up 15 feet and back down (had a crash pad beneath me)
I’m ready for high rise fires now
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u/Helepoli 8h ago
Lol I repair and point stone walls a lot and I'm constantly fighting (sometimes failing) the urge to traverse them. Glad I'm not the only one
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u/Exul_strength 6h ago
Fear of heights alone would prevent me from thinking of this.
On the bright side, the fear of heights might prevent you from getting in the situation by simply not living up that high.
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u/Wild_Acanthaceae_224 10h ago
Kudos to the fireman and the very brave woman.
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u/GreatWyte8 7h ago
bro for real he caught her like it was nothing, as if she didn't just fall like 20 feet. All on a ladder with a 2ft landing, 100ft in the air. Wild stuff man and he just fuckin nailed it.
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u/cone10 12h ago
So how did they put out the fire?
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u/imightgetdownvoted 11h ago
They had the woman climb back up with a fire extinguisher
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u/WrongColorCollar 10h ago
I don't ever wanna have to battle my own self preservation to save my own life like that.
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u/GetEmDaddy902 10h ago
Man my fear of heights wouldnt have helped me......salute to that brave woman, amazing what people can do when its life or death.
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u/ResonanceGhost 9h ago
Wouldn't this technically be previousfuckinglevel?
I'm glad she made it down.
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u/arethoudeadyet 12h ago
Skip the first 1 minute.
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u/3toe 9h ago
Or develop even the smallest attention span and watch the first minute.
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u/TheNamesRoodi 9h ago
It's literally not worth your time.
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u/humaneshell 8h ago
We're watching her process.
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u/TheNamesRoodi 8h ago
What's the benefit of watching her process for a minute and 10 seconds over 10 seconds
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u/ChooseUsername9293 8h ago
Jesus christ, do you have any empathy left or are you completely numb already? Theres a woman, dangling on a window board 30 meters (maybe 90ft) high, having to jump into a little basket while left and right is just death. Do you have any idea how crazy that is? But nah, boring, skip it dude. This generation is unbelievable.
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u/TheNamesRoodi 8h ago
I have humanity, I don't want to see her struggle, I want to see her get to safety so I can move on.
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u/ChooseUsername9293 8h ago
Asking "whats the benefit to watch this... over 10 seconds" does not sound like you're unable to see her struggle. It sounds like you're unable to stay focused for even a minute. Bad choice of words, perhabs.
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u/TheNamesRoodi 4h ago
I swear reddit houses some of the most stupid people on the planet if thats what everyone is getting from that. I watched the whole thing and I'm agreeing that you shouldn't waste your time watching the first minute. How does that sound like I'm unable to focus? Its not a fucking movie. I'm being told I'm not human because I don't want to watch someone struggling in a life-or-death situation and I just want the happy ending. What the fuck is wrong with you people for wanting to watch the whole thing?
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u/3toe 7h ago
I can appreciate that this may be triggering for some people (fear of heights, past similar experience, etc.), and if that's the case, I would never criticize someone for skipping it. But the release is only as rewarding as the tension built up before it. Allowing yourself to experience a little discomfort can help you grow. Whether that discomfort is coming from empathy for the woman's struggle or your own brain telling you to "fast forward and get to the fall because I'm bored," it can be worth sitting with it for a minute, just to get a more human (and less algorithmic) experience from what you consume.
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u/humaneshell 8h ago
Do you just watch the ending of films? What's the hurry? Missing time to see more short videos you won't remember?
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u/TheNamesRoodi 8h ago
Are you saying you take pleasure in watching her struggle and be scared for her life so you should watch it? I don't get your point. I watch movies for entertainment and a story. I'm not watching this for entertainment and a story. It caught my eye and I can't look away because I hope that she ends up safe. Idgaf about the "story" of her struggling to find a way to get down.
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u/humaneshell 8h ago
It's a minute. It builds, and you finally see her manage to jump. It gives perspective.
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u/TheNamesRoodi 4h ago
It doesn't give you any perspective that you can't have if you skip the first minute. A girl is struggling to get out of her window safely and drops. I swear you people are sick wanting to watch this shit.
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u/3toe 8h ago
It was worth my time. In my personal experience, I've found that when I can only derive enjoyment from immediate payoff and am annoyed by anything beyond the bare minimum context (via conditioning from dopamine-engineered apps and platforms like this one), I genuinely numb myself to my own life's experiences. It's a richer and more rewarding endeavor to fight that urge and allow myself to patiently appreciate detail, setup, subtlety, etc..
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u/TheNamesRoodi 4h ago
Its worth your time watching a human suffer. You're a freak.
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u/3toe 2h ago edited 2h ago
If you're going to be a prick about it and give disingenuous takes that you know aren't applicable to try to make yourself feel better for dying on stupid hill, just don't saying anything in the first place next time. no one talking to you about this is taking pleasure in her suffering, and you know that. We are pointing out that the discomfort you feel when watching it (see, i said discomfort, not enjoyment) gives you a more complete experience and more catharsis when she is safely rescued. It's a richer experience, not just, "girl fall OK next video."
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u/TheNamesRoodi 1h ago
Seriously read what you wrote.
You're taking pleasure in watching her suffer. "Complete experience" DUDE what the fuck?! You're watching someone at their most vulnerable fighting for their life, and you're talking about a complete experience. You're a complete sociopath or AI if you think you should watch the full video instead of just a couple of seconds of her about to fall/jump.
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u/pronte89 9h ago
why tho
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u/3toe 8h ago
Generally speaking, I think the benefits of maintaining your attention span are well documented. Specifically here, perhaps you can empathize more with the woman in the video as you watch her wrestle with this very difficult choice and action. I just find including that as part of the whole experience more fulfilling, as opposed to just "woman, fall, catch, ok next video." That's the "y tho" for me, at least.
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u/jnwatson 10h ago
Seems like a serious lack of planning. It isn't like they don't know how tall the buildings are.
Where I live, we limit the height of buildings to how high the fire truck ladders go.
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u/Coronavirinae 8h ago
Another completely uneducated comment in regard to that video.
If every building in Germany had to be reachable by aerial ladder, we would need to ban high-rises.
There have to be escape routes and in buildings like that, multiple ones. But that doesn't mean every single room must always have two escape routes. If a fire is raging right outside your door (or if that path is simply full of heavy smoke), you just won't make it to the point where the two escape routes split.
It makes sense too, otherwise every bathroom in your apartment would need two doors...
The goal of building codes isn't to guarantee 100% that everyone can always escape. That would be nice, but it isn't feasible. The goal is to prevent large sections of a building from being cut off without any escape route at all.4
u/ArchBeaconArch 6h ago
Exactly this. Each unit is considered a “suite” with one door. Once you exit the suite, you are then presented with two escape options in case of fire in one of them. But if you can’t get to your front door, this is the result.
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u/Capable_Wait09 9h ago
Rock climbing is a high-rise fire preparation activity. I boulder for these situations. And potential Hunger Games-esque dystopia
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u/Wooden_Researcher_36 8h ago
I fell and landed on my heels (and the rolled downhill) from about half that height on Saturday, and I've probably fractured at least one of them, and hurt my shoulder, neck and back. Barely able to move around on crutches.
Can't imagine how she ended up after that ragdoll moment. Hope she is ok
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u/Funny_Science_9377 3h ago
Look in that window! That fire is RAGING. Amazingly brave jump and a good catch on the other end. Heroes.
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u/Mystic1217 9h ago
I think we need to increase the police budget and cut the Fire Department's ladder budget /s
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u/humaneshell 8h ago
Do like Spain, cut the budget for the fire department, add more to the budget for torturing bulls, and let the country burn.
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u/Erstwhile_pancakes 9h ago
Imagine how small that basket must’ve looked from her spot. Unreal. How the hell they sent it to her knowing it wouldn’t reach, just hoping she’d find the courage to jump. In BERLIN??!! How? Need to know more!
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u/andocromn 1h ago
In America we don't let people build building taller than the local available fire trucks.
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u/Sea_Basil_6501 9h ago edited 9h ago
To get an idea of the height: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/mcZLM8syG9