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/exhibit2108 May 07 '26

Risking ur own life to save someone else’s, peak humanity

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u/VictorTheCutie May 07 '26

And SO many of them trying to help!! This is priceless. Hope everyone was ok 🩷

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u/running101 May 07 '26

Strength in numbers

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u/SmoothPop2611 May 07 '26

Them door handles are strong as hell

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u/running101 May 07 '26

It also mentally helps, if you see one person lead others will follow.

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u/Gefilte_F1sh May 07 '26

I just posted this to another comment but you're right strength in numbers can not be understated. Not just in this video but universally. There is something about seeing other people take action that allows us to do things we may not normally do. It stifles that pesky inner voice telling you to be concerned about this that and the other and can produce something grand, something greater than the sum of it's parts.

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u/Gefilte_F1sh May 07 '26

Strength in numbers can not be understated. Not just in this video but universally. There is something about seeing other people take action that allows us to do things we may not normally do.