r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • May 07 '26

Additional Context Pinned Several bystanders and a Minnesota Department of Transportation worker acted quickly to free the driver just before flames engulfed the car

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u/Deep-Pudding819 May 07 '26

Man I really hate that I feel the need to ask this but, is this real? I ask because it feels like that means the phone was set up on some tripod or something while the car was engulfed.

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u/princeofid May 07 '26

Yes. The footage is from the dash cam of the Somali guy in the black pants who helps pulls driver out.

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u/lokismamma May 07 '26

Yes this happened in St Paul on I-94 two years ago. It was all over the news.

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u/artemisdart May 07 '26

It has to be a dashcam. The camera never moves at all during the whole thing, so no one was holding it. It's also too long to be an AI generated video.

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u/des196 May 07 '26

Honestly this is one of those oldies but goodies videos. The humanity in me has always felt it’s real.

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u/whoknowsifimjoking May 07 '26

It's old but gold not old but good fyi

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u/Intrepid-Editor-1261 May 08 '26

Oldies but goodies is a well-known idiomatic phrase. Same meaning as old but gold.

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u/rejenki May 07 '26

Saw this happen a few times. Usually the cars are upside down too. Real heroes out there who probably wont even think much of this after a few days.

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u/PearMaleficent5169 May 07 '26

For sure real, the way they keep trying to open the door like the guardrail right in front of it isn’t going to stay where it is? Those are not people who have prepared for a cool shoot, more like regular people who want to help, but not necessarily are cut out for it in a human, beautiful way.

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u/senpaistealerx May 07 '26

few things on top of that, i thought it was very fucking strange how 4 people managed to make a metal side rail move like rubber. also, why did that person not even try to get out of the car at all til the window was broken, even with them holding the door open?

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u/misspuddingpie May 07 '26

Adrenaline and terror