Motorcyclist Reunites with Strangers Who Lifted a 3,300-Lb. Car Off His Body
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In Queensland, a father of 2 is alive to see his daughters again thanks to a horde of Good Samaritans who rushed to his side after he was pinned under a car during a collision.
Lifting with “all their might,” the bystanders managed to hoist the wheel and get the man out from underneath its crushing weight with only seconds to spare, as the victim was blacking out from the pressure on his chest. Tyler Wiebe was driving to work in Brisbane when a driver suddenly came into the opposing lane and smashed into the car in front of Wiebe’s motorcycle. As it surged backward, he felt it drag him under before eventually stopping right on top of his sternum.
He couldn’t breath, and the compression was so intense that his heart wasn’t able to beat. Hearing the tell-tale bang of a car crash, Rob and Brian, two employees at a nearby business, ran out to see what had happened, and saw a pair of legs sticking out from under a car. The two got their colleagues together and ran out to try and lift the 3,300-pound vehicle.
“We tried to lift it off. We couldn’t, and then second attempt, we had a couple of other good Samaritans come and help us,” Brian told an Australian current affairs show. That second attempt only succeeded in breaking more of Wiebe’s rib bones, but the rescuers didn’t give up.
“We just knew we had to get the car off,” Rob said. “We just sort of grabbed the spot and just lifted with all our might.” Miraculously, the strangers got the car up enough to move Wiebe clear of the wheels, at which point survival was up to him.
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