Guy Hulks out and saves man from burning car

Tefal said:
i thought down syndromes typically resulted in very poor muscle tone/quality hence why you always see the charities/carers bringing them to the gym or swimming baths etc as they need dedicated resistance exercise to maintain enough muscle.
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You could well be correct I always thought that was more of a social thing. (Google time I think).

Edit: it appears you are correct they do tend to suffer from low muscle tone resulting in lower than average strength.

Hmm weird maybe I've just been unlucky with my experiences then :confused:
 
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I had 2nd hand experience of something similar...

Don't know how many of you here are trained in cpr but it can be pretty exhausting after a few minutes of it.
I was trained in first aid last year by an ex paramedic who attended a case of a guy whose life had been saved by his son performing CPR...for over an hour...none stop.

When someone has their life on the line your body really will kick it up a notch.
 
It doesn't take a lot of strength to do that, one of my cars was broken into the same way. Both front doors had the top of the frame pulled out, which shattered the windows and allowed the scroats to unlock the doors.

It takes major balls to do it on a burning car though.
 
Amp34 said:
What's also buried in the article is that the guy was eventually pulled through the window, which begs the question. Why didn't the guy just smash the window with a stone/anything rather than bend the doorframe. :p
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+1

This was what confused me too.

From the photo the top of the door frame was bent down but that looks like it would have made it a lot harder to pull the guy through the window

anyway, kudos to the guy :)
 
I know first hand about sudden burst of strength so I do believe the story.

I am not strong, I have never "lifted brah" and I am a bit over weight (13stone@6ft). However when on a boat I fell over board but kept hold with just my left hand while it was coming into moor against a high pier. Definitely would have been crushed, somehow (and I honestly don't really remember) I pulled myself up and over with just my left arm (from a complete dangling position).

My shoulder was shot for a week with strained/sprained? muscles.
 
Mynight said:
You could well be correct I always thought that was more of a social thing. (Google time I think).

Edit: it appears you are correct they do tend to suffer from low muscle tone resulting in lower than average strength.

Hmm weird maybe I've just been unlucky with my experiences then :confused:
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its more likely that they unexpectedly use all of their strength compared to your normal situations.


ie its quite rare for someone to throw their full strength into fighting you unless they're really really scared or hate you, but a person with mental disabilities may do it unexpectedly.
 
Tefal said:
its more likely that they unexpectedly use all of their strength compared to your normal situations.


ie its quite rare for someone to throw their full strength into fighting you unless they're really really scared or hate you, but a person with mental disabilities may do it unexpectedly.
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That makes a lot more sense than superhuman strength :D

Cheers. I guess I never really read up on it only observed the behaviour.
 
tom_e said:
The mental blocks put in place by our minds when it comes to how much strength we can exert are massive, that's why people having fits could quite happily chomp clean through a finger as there's no longer the brain saying you can't exert that much power or you'll injure yourself.
Same thing with massive amounts of adrenaline or other drugs going through your system, if you've ever had dealings with trying to subdue people high on certain drugs you'll encounter the same problem it's like trying to fight a bear.
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Mynight said:
I'm not 100% sure if its remotely true but has anyone had experience with Down syndrome sufferers and how freakishly strong they are?

Could it be plausible that our brain makes a normal person afraid of lifting large weights in order to protect ourselves from damage (bone/muscle). Obviously in the case like linked in the wiki page adrenaline overpowering the brains ability to hold us back.

Or maybe I'm just full of **** and should go back to bed :D

Arrgh how could I forget the burns haha dammit bangs goes that theory. Gloves?
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Pretty much this, our body's have phycological limits on the force our muscles can produce to stop us constantly injuring ourselves.

I'm pretty sure this is secondary school biology??

Ever bitten your tongue by mistake or a finger if you are greedy. It hurts.
 
I find it quite worrying that the car activated deadlocks while driving, surely they should only come on when parked and alarmed?

Trapped in a burning car because the door locks wouldn't release would be an awful way to go so well done to that man!
 
Mynight said:
You could well be correct I always thought that was more of a social thing. (Google time I think).

Edit: it appears you are correct they do tend to suffer from low muscle tone resulting in lower than average strength.

Hmm weird maybe I've just been unlucky with my experiences then :confused:
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It's more likely a case of lacking fine motor control, when they do something it's almost all or nothing in terms of say gripping something.
 
MonkeyMan said:
I find it quite worrying that the car activated deadlocks while driving, surely they should only come on when parked and alarmed?

Trapped in a burning car because the door locks wouldn't release would be an awful way to go so well done to that man!
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They do it on a lot of modern cars. Anything over 10mph and they activate deadbolts only release again when you open it from the inside. I assume anti hijacking (then again other than in fast and furious when has a car going 10mph+ been high jacked :D).

My audi has hydraulic locks so I assume a well placed fire would cause them to seize shut(Ie melt a pipe closed preventing pressure release).

spoffle said:
It's more likely a case of lacking fine motor control, when they do something it's almost all or nothing in terms of say gripping something.
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I believe you're correct having read up on it now. I don't bruise easily and been in a few fights where I haven't had a single bruise but when my down syndromes exs cousin gripped my arm he left a hand print shaped bruise. Her parents have had bones broken before when he lashes out when upset.

It's quite a scary thing as they have the strength of a fully grown adult but the reasoning of a toddler(in some cases not all). I must admit meeting him upset me a lot as I couldn't imagine being trapped in a mind that doesn't develop. He obviously knows no different but its a scary thought :(
 
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Judgeneo said:
Yeah, thats what I thought.

A great effort obviously, kudos to the guy for saving a life, but the media seem to be exaggerating somewhat
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Most definitely, you can see where the frame buckled that a lot of leveraging forces were going on there as it's quite close to the body, and far away from where the force was exerted. I think a lot of people could manage the same by gripping on and pulling down with their body weight enough times.
 
Downs syndrome always makes me feel incredibly upset. i think its cause i place so much importance on my mind that i cant imagine living with it so impaired. i always feel guilty that i tend to have to wonder off cause it makes me so upset/sorry for them despite them being happy or having a good life.

Any illness with diminished mental capacity really gets to me, way more than anything phsycial.
 
I remember seeing on the news years ago about a pensioner who lifted a car off a guy after the jack collapsed (because who needs axle stands...). These hulk rages are always cool.
 
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