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I saw this yesterday. I know its bad but I couldn't stop laughin at the irony of falling and then being hit by his rescuers lmfao
ReplyDeleteI saw it this morning while doing show prep, it is one of those times where being in radio isn't cool, this picture is freaking hilarious.
ReplyDeleteomg.. thats crazy..
ReplyDeleteWhat was he doing up there to begin with? and if he had access to get up there why didnt they jus climb up the way he did to help him down that way, instead of having him turn and move the position he was in to start with? Looks like a bridge of some sort or something, is there no more to the story?
ReplyDeleteIncredible footage has emerged of a man who was talked out of jumping off a bridge by emergency workers, only to slip and then fall into the windscreen of a fire truck as the vehicle moved into position to bring him down to safety.
ReplyDeleteThe drama began when 'Bruce' walked onto a railway overpass in the NSW regional centre of Dubbo late last week.
He was seen carrying a bladder out of a cask of wine and appeared intoxicated.
Concerned family members called police and when they arrived Bruce threatened to jump off the 10m-high bridge.
A senior officer then negotiated with him over a loudspeaker but Bruce clambered over the bridge railing and became stuck in the steelwork support braces beneath the rail line.
It appeared the negotiators had successfully talked him out of jumping and encouraged Bruce to "hang in there, big fella" as a fire truck moved into position under the bridge with a view to lowering him onto the roof of the vehicle.
But with freakish timing, Bruce lost his grip just as the vehicle approached and slammed into the flat windscreen of the moving truck mid-fall.
Onlookers screamed as his limp body bounced and rolled to a stop on the dusty ground — but it turns out the bizarre event was a blessing in disguise.
Bruce was taken to Dubbo Base Hospital in a satisfactory condition and was found to have no broken bones or serious injuries, leaving emergency workers to conclude that the impact with the perspex screen of the truck may have saved his life.
Investigations are continuing.
I'm sorry, that is sooooooooo morbid, but yet I find myself laughing about it. I am a sick and twisted individual. heehee
ReplyDeleteI do feel bad, I swear I do... Poor Bruce!
Thank you. Still alot of questions tho, but anyone who knows me knows I'm full of questions :-)
ReplyDeleteI just crack up any time a drunk does something stupid, so to me the video is priceless, almost as good as Miss Teen South Carolina, but not quite, because she was stupid and sober (presumably).
ReplyDeleteand for everything else there's mastercard LOL!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the fact that he was drunk, which is nothing unusual for an Aboriginal in Dubbo
ReplyDeleteLeslie apparently he is a Aquarius, unemployed, but he likes candlelit dinners, long walks on the beach, sunsets and cuddlling. lmfao
ReplyDeleteAh so thats why he tried cuddling the fire truck.
ReplyDeleteAnd such a manly physique, what with the way he stopped that firetruck with his falling body and all, and not a scratch on him. He should try out for American Gladiators.
ReplyDeleteGood Idea, we have enough morons on Australian Gladiators lol
ReplyDeleteLMFAOOOOOO That was truly bizarre but I loved it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you had them in Australia, but before the blow up of cable television, the animal type shows were often National Geographic specials and they would film animals in their native setting from a safe distance, unlike tofday where the hosts want to be up close and play with the animals. In any event, this was a play on those old specials but using Grand Theft Auto and a firetruck. I used to love those old specials as a kid, it was either National Geographic or Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.
ReplyDeleteWe have them too. Shows like Ben Cropps Adventures, The Bush Tucker Man, The Leyland Brothers, all from the 70's and early 80's. Didn't think much of them back then, but I like them now. They are all sort of relaxed and un-pretentious. Not really concerned about ratings, just good quality adventures lol
ReplyDeletegod knows if he doesnt make it there then there's always american idol they'll take anyone
ReplyDeleteUnforunately he fell for a fire truck rofl
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