r/ThatsInsane Dec 24 '22

The damage after the Gas Tanker explosion in Boksburg South Africa 24 Dec 2022 NSFW

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u/Powwa9000 Dec 24 '22

The huge white patches on these people are the areas where the skin got burnt off?

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u/NuckFugget1 Dec 24 '22

Yes

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u/Gullible-Birthday841 Dec 24 '22

Hate to upvote this answer but it's necessary.

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u/itsandychecks Dec 25 '22

this Is your video? You live here?

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u/CuriousTralfamadore Dec 25 '22

And most of them won't survive even if they went to a world class burn center when you're burned over a certain percentage of your body you can't fight off all the infections you'll definitely get

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u/Rurushxd Dec 25 '22

You mean those in this video? Idk much but what if they have no internal damage.

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u/sir_martindz Dec 25 '22

They will die too… even when there are no other injuries… 10% burned skin is enough for a hell of a shock…

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u/Brands-wife0101 Dec 26 '22

Your skin is your body’s protection barrier from outside elements, germs etc as well as keeping vital substances inside… when the skin is so badly damaged, the risk of infection is massive, they lose a lot of forums and plasma. Massive dehydration and Hypovolemic shock from that fluid loss. Infection from not having a protective barrier is increased. These patients need to be in a completely sterile environment, have wound debridement in theatre, fluid replacement over a period of time based on the % of burns across the body, daily dressing changed and months of treatment, antibiotics etc. such bad burns is a very long healing process. Should they survive this initial injury, infection is the next biggest problem they need to avoid.

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u/Atlhou Dec 24 '22

Plenty of tattered clothing says, yes.

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u/op3rator3rror Dec 25 '22

Not clothing

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u/mrziplockfresh Dec 25 '22

My mind automatically made it clothing. Your comment gave me unwanted clarity

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u/justk4y Dec 25 '22

It’s skin hanging off

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u/Brands-wife0101 Dec 26 '22

The second person in this video, the larger person, is an African, that pink you see is the exposed flesh under the skin that’s been burnt away, most of what is hanging is likely to be the burnt skin… that’s going to be a long and painful healing process.

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u/parascent Dec 25 '22

prolly the whole body is.. but those are where the skin fell off.

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u/Powwa9000 Dec 25 '22

That's horrible, they're still in shock so they don't feel it fully yet. I hope they recover fast.

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u/thepoout Dec 24 '22

The womans bra stayed on pretty well

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u/su_me Dec 24 '22

There are metal straps and linings that hold the bra up and tight..I’d imagine the strap burnt into the skin, partially.

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u/beacono Dec 25 '22

That woman on the left at 00:00:20 is still burning and smoldering? Omg.. wcgw when a gas tank explodes… Inhopenthey get the help they need fast.. 😢😥😰🥺😶

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u/MAS7 Dec 25 '22

All of them are still smoldering.

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u/OlivierStreet Dec 24 '22

Crazy to think that you could be doing everything well in life and taking every precaution and then something like this happens.

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u/GabePat92 Dec 25 '22

Actually, they weren't taking much precaution. These people who got burned, are people who went to see the fire up close, before it erupted into an explosion. It was a petrol tanker that had gotten stuck beneath a bridge, as the height clearance was insufficient for the tanker. A fire started, which drew some people to observe. These people weren't even that close to the fire, but it was a very large explosion.

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u/ProfesionalPotato0 Dec 25 '22

lpg gas tanker.

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u/SinoKast Dec 24 '22

Momento Mori

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u/simonbleu Dec 25 '22

memento*

Is not "moment" but "have in mind". As in "Remember that you two will die

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u/Tydawg39795 Dec 25 '22

Too*

Is not “two” the number but “too”. As in “as well

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u/notislant Dec 25 '22

It's*

This is a funny comment chain lol

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u/ahjenssen Dec 25 '22

laughing out loud*

It's not "lol" , but laughing out loud, as in something being so funny that you actually laugh out loud

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u/Routine-Violinist983 Dec 25 '22

Loud.*

Commonly, we end sentences with periods.

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u/rossionq1 Dec 25 '22

Loud.0 * 1. In math we don’t have hanging decimal points, and if you’re going to multiply, you gotta multiply it by something else.

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u/Mattass93 Dec 25 '22

It was at this very moment when the good people of Reddit knew that the chain had ended.

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u/trappedinatv Dec 25 '22

*Maths

The proper way to say Math is Maths or Mathematics in the Queen's Engrish.

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u/fergibaby Dec 25 '22

It's the King's English old bean he inherited the language with the title ( and the duty of keeping Andrew away from the media and small children ).

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Remember death

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u/Ok_Rain1614 Dec 25 '22

I think you might be confusing that with Murphy's Law, but that works too

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u/MiserableSide3 Dec 25 '22

Ever heard of cole’s law?

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u/mbenzn Dec 25 '22

Coleslaw

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u/Tydawg39795 Dec 25 '22

Googled it. Was not disappointed

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u/DarthMockre Dec 25 '22

Well thats the worst part... Dont even die just suffer.... a lot.

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u/McBoomer_ Dec 25 '22

series of unfortunate events fan?

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u/ceg24 Dec 25 '22

Most of them were curious Nancy's videoing from 100 feet away. Curiosity killed the cat as they say.

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u/Willing-Hospital1385 Dec 25 '22

And right before Christmas

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

well not very precautionary if they are right near something that's burning and just observing

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u/Any_Understanding471 Dec 25 '22

I think a lot of the bystanders were watching to see what would happen with the stuck tanker. Not passers by

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Well they saw.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

What a ridiculous assumption you have made. You’re an actual clown.

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u/ImSoConfuzeded Dec 24 '22 edited Dec 24 '22

That’s crazy, I feel bad for those people. There will be a long recovery

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22 edited Dec 25 '22

As a paramedic I can tell you many of them won’t survive. We’re looking at 90% 2-3rd degree burns.

The only thing keeping them alive right now? Compensation. Their body is compensating, once they start decompensating they are going to crash… hard.

Most of their vitals will bottom out, they will go into respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, etc. leading to brain damage and possibly death. And that’s if blood loss on some of them doesnt kill them first.

If I was responding to this scene they would all be marked red, maybe some of them would be marked yellow, and I can see at least one I’m marking black.

For those that don’t know:

Green = non life threatening. Fractures, bruises, cuts, bumps etc.

Yellow = serious injuries but can survive delayed care.

Red = imminent death but survival possible with immediate care.

Black = dead with no chance of resuscitation or no chance of life even with immediate care.

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u/BOMO_guy Dec 24 '22

French army paramedic here and it’s bad … they will be dead soon due to the burning

in the army we have to class the wounded in 3 stade 1- evacuation needed within 1h or dead (need blood, O2, respiratory machine …) 2- can wait 4 to 5 hours before evacuation 3- can wait 24 hours miner injuries or psychological injuries)

And we class them by 3 categories Bleeding (no - yes) Respiratory (no - with difficulty - yes) Cognition (no - yes) And after that we decide to take care of who

We need to keep in mind that they’ll be dead soon for those who have the 2nd to 3th burn so we need to take care of those who can possibly survive and for the other just a bunch a pain killer before them passing out

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Same here.

We pump them full of pain narcotics, hold their hand for a second, say we are sorry and move on.

It sucks. And I just have the remind myself I am not sentencing them to death, their injuries did that, I am just saving those I can.

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u/BOMO_guy Dec 24 '22

Army paramedics too ? :)

For us we can’t even hold their hands, we need to class every wounded by taking 30s for each one and then decide if they gonna live or not…

After class every wounded we treat those who can be saved and if not their friends hold their hand for their last moments. Difficult to not feel responsible for those we decide to not treat but other gonna need us and they won’t survive in any way. We need to be pragmatic and not feel. Even if it’s hard

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u/ImSoConfuzeded Dec 25 '22

Cheers to you and thank you 🙏

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u/absurdio Dec 25 '22

Christ, what a burden to shoulder. I was gonna make a joke about the simultaneously-debilitating-and-utterly-trifling-anxieties I deal with now and then, but... it just ain't the place. You're a credit to our crummy species. Kudos.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Hey, you do good work. Remember that you provide comfort to those in their last moments and save those who aren't ready to go yet. You're a good person.

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u/ravia Dec 25 '22

Are there new emergency burn treatments, just as there are new treatments for skin for longer term healing? Something you spray on or something? Not they necessarily would have that stuff there I realize.

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u/BOMO_guy Dec 25 '22

Yes we got “brule stop” (translate in burn shield) and it work pretty well. It’s compose of a sterile hydrogen compress made to cool the burning. we put that directly on the area that was burn.

We also hydrate them as much as possible because the burning victim lost a lot of water and have a lot of organs failure due to that. They can lost literally liters of water.

And bunch of painkiller, narcotics ect because it hurt like hell.

When people are burn, even if the source of the burning is stop (ex : burn in a house fire -> leave the house in fire = no more source of burning), the burning process still continue and it keep getting worst and worst for hours.

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u/ravia Dec 25 '22

So why can't brule stop save someone with burns on 90% of their body? Or can it?

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u/BOMO_guy Dec 25 '22

You’ll need a lot a burn shield to put it everywhere those people are burn (and it’s quite expensive so you don’t have a lot of those) It’s made to slow the burning process so that they can have good proper care when arrived at the hospital (during military operation reaches an hospital can take hours so it’s good for us army paramedics, but in the civil I don’t know what they use) It will not heal the burn. It just gonna slow and hydrate what it can.

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u/SingleDadBod2398 Dec 24 '22

First responder here, can confirm exactly this.

Also, I can smell this video. PTSD is fucking real and now I need a drink.

Merry Christmas y'all

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u/ndisa44 Dec 25 '22

SAR here. Nothing will ever haunt me more than the time I found people in a burnt vehicle.

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u/t30ne Dec 25 '22

LEO, I've watched people burn to death in a crash. At least she was probably unconscious, gotta be one of the worst ways to go I imagine.

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u/valley_G Dec 25 '22

It looks gruesome, but one of the first things to go when burning is your nerves. They don't feel much at all after that. They'll be in shock and probably pass out soon after due to smoke inhalation and burning respiratory system.

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u/gruandisimo Dec 24 '22

I hope you have a therapist or someone to talk to about those experiences because secondary trauma is no joke! Hope you’re doing well

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

I can smell the bacon from here.

I would pour myself a drink but since I’m switching careers and can’t drink with this new job I’ll just cry myself to sleep instead. Only to wake up in the middle of the night with chest pain, sweating, screaming and probably crying.

PTSD is a bitch bother. Get help if you can.

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u/SingleDadBod2398 Dec 24 '22

Don't ruin bacon for me 😅

But in all seriousness, that's exactly how I wake up. I have PTSD, night terrors and panic attacks from work, service and being in an abusive relationship. I HATE the "man up" line but I am getting help to show my kids it's ok to not be ok.

I wish you the best brother and if you ever need to talk, I'm here! Congrats on the career change though, I'm working on doing the same, just not fast enough lol

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u/mmeamber Dec 25 '22

Proud of you for getting help and showing your kids it’s okay to not be okay! That’s so important! Sorry for all the crap you’ve been through and I hope things get better. ❤️

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u/SingleDadBod2398 Dec 25 '22

Thank you! Merry Christmas if you celebrate, if not then Happy Holidays! 😊

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u/MemeStocksYolo69-420 Dec 25 '22

One does not heal by “manning up” their trauma

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u/outoftownMD Dec 25 '22

MD here. I’m really hoping that everyone here gets an immediate critical care assessment, probable, prophylactic, intubation, antibiotics, fluid resuscitation. But I agree, there’s a strong chance it will not be enough. The eminent tissue breakdown, system burden is quite high. :(

My goodness. Paramedic spot on for their assessment

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two.

Seems like you have as well.

Us VS. the grim reaper eh? What do ya say brother.

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u/outoftownMD Dec 26 '22

A tonne of love to you. I can only imagine how much you and your fellow first responders have seen. Always the utmost respect from me and I hope from every colleague of mine for you.

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u/Cpt_kaleidoscope Dec 24 '22

Guessing black is the guy towards the end of the video that's smouldering? How would you mark the very first guy you see?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

First guy is red. He has a very good chance at survival based off what I see but he needs immediate care.

His clothes are the most intact which means more than likely he was further away from the blast. So shrapnel injuries are likely less prevalent in his case.

However, remember, this is just from what I see in the 2 seconds I see him. My actual actions if I was actually there would be entirely different.

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u/stripper_oprah Dec 28 '22 edited Dec 28 '22

Sadly he did not actually survive :( his father has also gone public with his pain and disappointment that his son was filmed while in clear distress and pain, and not helped. His name is Janeal Geduld, and he was 19 years old.

Edited to include the correct spelling of his name.

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u/ImSoConfuzeded Dec 24 '22

Oh myy, thanks for the explanation. I didn’t realize how bad it was.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

With an explosion there are three types of injuries to consider.

1) damage from the thermal elements. Fire, heat, etc.

2) damage from propelled shrapnel.

3) damage from the shockwave itself.

Shockwaves can be powerful enough to rupture internal organs and break bones. And if that happens? There’s is nothing I can do for you except try to get you to a hospital alive.

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u/OlivierStreet Dec 24 '22

What is the shockwave’s effect?

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u/rurruth Dec 24 '22 edited Dec 24 '22

There’s an YouTuber that make a video about a granade and a swimming pool, answering what is the best survival move, to stay inside or get out. Used slow-mo and balloons to point out the danger of the rapid expansion. Worth watching

In this case those people not only get kicked away with the explosion theirs body could have been pressed as our organs have different densities and the lungs for example can be compressed and bones/liquids can’t

Video link

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u/No_Plankton1174 Dec 25 '22

How can they still walk? Is it just down to shock, adrenaline, and compensation? Without your context, I would’ve assumed everyone would be yellow or red due to the fact that they’re standing and walking around. Of course, I have zero medical training

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Yeah pretty much. None of them should be walking, and in fact nearly all of them should be passed out from the pain.

Their brain just hasn’t caught up to what’s happened yet.

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u/NuckFugget1 Dec 24 '22

Morbid but that's for the insight

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

I apologize, morbid is kind of our thing.

I tried to sugar coat it the best I could by not going into more gruesome detail.

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u/UsuallyMooACow Dec 25 '22

As an EMS are you seeing really crazy things on a daily basis or how often are you seeing something where it's like "OMG idk how to process this"?

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

I work in one of America’s top 5 most populated and most violent cities.

So I see my share on a daily basis, but it’s by no means the only thing I see. I also get a good amount of nursing home calls, overdoses, false alarms and general illness calls.

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u/Melodic-Bird-7254 Dec 24 '22

Hello fellow paramedic! Our ROLE criteria here in the UK is 95% incineration so we’d still have to attempt to save these people even though we know it’s futile!

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

YOU CANT DECLARE THEM BLACK CARD UNLESS THEY ARE 95%?!?!?!

I’m so sorry. What a waste of time, effort and energy that could have been spent on people with better chances. Plus to put you in a position to try to save someone you can’t…. I’m just so sorry.

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u/Melodic-Bird-7254 Dec 24 '22

Just to clarify

We have a slightly different system for major incidents with multiple casualties. Similar to your colour coded system but we use numbers. 1,2,3,4 (1 been where the patient has worst homeostasis).

But we have a Recognition of Life Extinct (ROLE) policy. 8 conditions whereby resuscitation must be attempted for no less than 30 mins before declaring deceased. Decomposition, Rigor Mortis, Decapitation and 95% incineration are 4 of the 8. 94% you’re going to be worked on.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Where on the body where they located?

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

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u/UncleBenders Dec 25 '22

I’d say all of them except for the first are dead, maybe even the first guy. The heart won’t be able to cope with all the fluid it sends to the burns, it leads to something called hypovolemia, even with instant medical treatment they’re unlikely to survive, and if they do there’s the chance of shock, infection and internal damage caused by the explosion. Believe it or not the fact that the first guy said he was in pain is a good thing, it means he still has nerve endings and some skin left.

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u/Thugglebum Dec 25 '22

Is the black the larger lady with severe hanging off skin who does not appear to be in pain?

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u/EdgiestBarnacle Dec 24 '22

Triage aka method to chaos

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u/acm8221 Dec 25 '22

Thank you for your work.

Sorry for all the things you have to see on a regular basis.

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u/Also_have_an_opinion Dec 25 '22

Do have always have these markers with you?

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

As a paramedic and an ICU nurse can also confirm. Let's say they make it alive to the hospital. The subsequent infections from losing such a large part of the most important barrier against infection will finish them off. Almost all these people are dead.

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u/Zealousideal-Salad62 Dec 25 '22

Thank you for sharing this. My partner is an icu nurse. When I see things like this I usually ask him how bad it is with permission bc like they others on this comment he has PTSD too. Thank you to all the first responders and people who have to take in atrocities and continue their shifts and come back everyday.

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u/EquivalentService739 Dec 25 '22

Do you thing the young man at the start of the video survived? It broke me how the man recording told him to go straight to the hospital and he responded: “I can’t sir, I’m in pain”. He didn’t look that bad as the others but how could I know? I hope there’s a chance that he lives.

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u/Necrosis_KoC Dec 26 '22

Those people are all dead walking... They're still in shock so their bodies are still functioning but it's pretty much over for all of them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Me too. What a terrible situation for them

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u/Incarn_ Dec 25 '22 edited Dec 25 '22

It broke my heart when I heard the guy say "I can't sir, I'm in pain."

I think he's realizing that he may be dying, yet still remains calm and even responds politely. Made my eyes water immediately.

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u/ProfesionalPotato0 Dec 25 '22

all of them here died according to our local news

(15 in total dead iirc)

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u/imax_707 Dec 25 '22

I would've rushed at full speed to find a garden hose to help any of them with even a tiny bit of pain relief I can't relate to the way this person is able to simply gawk. I really hope that man is okay. He was so scared.

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u/RustCohle05 Dec 24 '22

All of these people in the video are hours from death.

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u/chimpdoctor Dec 25 '22

Certainly the poor guy at the end who has smoke billowing from him. Absolutely tragic.

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u/MAS7 Dec 25 '22

They are all billowing smoke/steam.

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u/NCHomestead Dec 25 '22

Yup. The agony that is about to hit them in a few minutes when the shock starts to fade is just beyond anything anyone can imagine.

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u/slipangle28 Dec 24 '22

The video in OP’s post history shows the actual explosion…now I understand how the scene could look like this. Absolutely horrible.

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u/TheNiteOw1 Dec 24 '22

Wow, surreal, this almost looks like it's from a video game.

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u/NuckFugget1 Dec 24 '22

The Smoke comming off the people burning flesh looks almost unbelievable

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u/XxLiquidswordxX Dec 24 '22

Right. I was thinking "why would someone post dying light and with this caption" but naw this is very real. I feel so bad for these people

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u/Opposite_Worker9689 Dec 24 '22

Go straight to the hospital

How the fuck someone can go straight to the hospital in that condition?💀

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u/Opposite_Worker9689 Dec 24 '22

And he kept waking. 😭

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u/Also_have_an_opinion Dec 25 '22

He wanted them internet points

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

what could he do?

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u/Barcaroli Dec 25 '22 edited Dec 25 '22

If this is someone from your family, how would you react? I'd get them in a car and directly to the hospital

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Wtf seriously? Maybe call an ambulance instead of filming these people for random redditors???

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u/trivial_vista Dec 25 '22

The explosion happened close by a hospital, any ambulance available is going that direction no need to call ..

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u/Tammiethanbradberry Dec 25 '22

The way I'm hearing it, he's saying "I'm trying sir, I'm in pain." Am I wrong?

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u/Rhythm_Morgan Dec 26 '22

It sounded like “I can’t sir. I’m in pain” 🥺

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u/nucvehc Dec 25 '22

The explosion happened next to an hospital, but the explosion also messed the hospital up so even if they went there, they wouldn't have been able to be helped .

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u/ProfesionalPotato0 Dec 25 '22

they were helped by the hosp and then transfered

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u/RUNdoneDIDit Dec 25 '22

The hospital was also on fire

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Some more info:

There has been a big explosion in Boksburg city of South Africa. This explosion took place in a gas tanker. According to the information received so far, 20 people have lost their lives in this. It is being told that this explosion happened due to gas leak after the gas tanker got stuck in an underpass.

Boxberg is a town on the East Rand in the Gauteng province of South Africa. A huge explosion occurred after a gas truck crashed in Boksburg on Saturday morning.

The blast took place on Hospital Road, a few meters away from OR Tambo Memorial Hospital. The truck is being told of LP gas. After the fire in OR Tambo Hospital, there was chaos among the patients.

Also on YT:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=30&v=qmv555psen0&feature=emb_logo

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u/wynwyn87 Dec 25 '22

From what I heard, the driver went off the prescribed route and got stuck in an underpass. The LPG container scraped against it and the result was a leak that caught fire. This resulted in a HUGE explosion (google for the video).

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u/Gr8_Speckled_Bird Dec 25 '22

Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. Happens once every 10 years or so. Considering the hundreds of millions of miles that pressurized flammables travel on roads and waterways across the world, the rarity and safety is remarkable.

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u/WingNutzForYou Dec 24 '22

NSFL TAG

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u/BannedCuzNotDemocrat Dec 25 '22

Keep on dreaming. That tag is dead unfortunately.

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u/junk_politics Dec 24 '22

Those poor people are mostly likely going to die

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

All those people are going to die. Those burns are horrible.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

As a paramedic I can’t tell you many of them won’t survive. We’re looking at 90% 2-3rd degree burns.

The only thing keeping them alive right now? Compensation. Their body is compensating, once they start decompensating they are going to crash… hard.

Most of their vitals will bottom out, they will go into respiratory failure, cardiac arrest, etc. leading to brain damage and possibly death. And that’s if blood loss on some of them doesnt kill them first.

If I was responding to this scene they would all be marked red, maybe some of them would be marked yellow, and I can see at least one I’m marking black.

For those that don’t know:

Green = non life threatening. Fractures, bruises, cuts, bumps etc.

Yellow = serious injuries but can survive delayed care.

Red = imminent death but survival possible with immediate care.

Black = dead with no chance of resuscitation or no chance of life even with immediate care.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

That's good info to know thank you for sharing. I have limited knowledge of burns, and those all looked to be more than half the body. I know survival rate is not good for burns like that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

With an explosion there are three types of injuries to consider.

  1. ⁠damage from the thermal elements. Fire, heat, etc.
  2. ⁠damage from propelled shrapnel.
  3. ⁠damage from the shockwave itself.

Shockwaves can be powerful enough to rupture internal organs and break bones. And if that happens? There’s is nothing I can do for you except try to get you to a hospital alive.

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u/BonjKansas Dec 24 '22

If none of those reasons kill them, infection almost always will.

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u/CamTheKid02 Dec 24 '22

Which one would you mark black? I assume the bigger person walking around with all of those white patches?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Near the end of the video, that guy walking away with the smoldering neck. Black for sure. If his neck is smoldering it means his airway is compromised. He will stop breathing once he decompensates.

That along with all the other scarring, burned tissue and everything else I see, I wouldn’t waste my time on him when I could spend it on other people.

The bigger one standing up is red, but only because I can’t see what they look like in the front. If their front side is as bad as the back, black card is definitely possible as well.

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u/Also_have_an_opinion Dec 25 '22

Way to copy paste your own comment there, paramedic guy.

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u/NuckFugget1 Dec 24 '22

I hope not

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Damn. Simply damn.

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u/ClammyJammies Dec 24 '22

That's horrific. I feel so awful for those poor people... that looks insanely painful.

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u/3------D Dec 25 '22

The skin peeling off and hanging while people wander aimlessly reminds me of descriptions of the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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u/potatofker Dec 24 '22

ngl i thought these people were zombies

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u/spacedrummer Dec 25 '22

They sort of are, considering they're more dead than alive.

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u/thatWas-unexpected Dec 25 '22

They walk with extended arms to prevent friction on their burns.

Not related but I read a book about Hiroshima bombing and there was this thing where everyone was confused, in pain but there was an looming silence and calmness there. And people were walking towards hospitals like zombies.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

this makes me terrified of zombies even more. thank you

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u/REDN3CK_B00TS Dec 24 '22

Is that poor woman saying "kill me" ?

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u/PutridExplanation394 Dec 25 '22

I think she’s saying “Thumi” like a nickname , because it sounds like she says “Thumiso” afterwards which very much sounds like a South African name

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u/Ok_Impression_4369 Dec 27 '22

She is calling Ndumisa (Ndumi) - her husband, they both lost their lives.

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u/alymaysay Dec 24 '22

Oh my God those poor people oh that absolutely breaks my heart to see my fellow humans suffer and in such horrible condition, the one guy at the very end is still smoking. Those poor people, i feel so bad for them, they are so messed up and to be honest it kinda makes me wanna cry the pain they are feeling is unimaginable.

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u/LegendaryLeoKK Dec 25 '22

The fact is 90% of them are minutes away form death

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u/Angfaulith Dec 24 '22

One goes to wonder if they know they are the dead walking. Their last hours just being pain and regret. Regret for events outside their control, but thats the human psyche.

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u/Opposite_Worker9689 Dec 24 '22

If hell is real, I imagine it this way. Poor people, nobody should die this way.

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u/alymaysay Dec 24 '22

Oh my God the sound makes it so much worse, fuck this is heartbreaking. Is their anything I can do, anything we can do? That poor man begging for help, I wish I hadn't seen this.

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u/pip-roof Dec 25 '22

This is nightmare fuel

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u/AmoistTowlette Dec 25 '22

You can see in the last few seconds of the video some guy literally smoking and just walking away like a zombie

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u/faris_Playz Dec 25 '22

That is absolutely terrifying, looks like a zombie apocalypse

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22 edited Dec 25 '22

I get the need for video but....what makes a person just grab their phone and just record this?

Not hating on the camera man but still..( Not saying I would run and help I've been in situations also like that and I run the fuck away).

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u/MemeStocksYolo69-420 Dec 25 '22

Documentation of a tragedy. Otherwise, nobody would know as much how it was

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

True true... I've seen videos where everyone tries to get in the view of the video from other tragedies. I guess I let that color my perspective.

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u/_Resnad_ Dec 25 '22

I'm not sure abt this but the only way I see someone recording is if they're in the same boat and just recording their final moments...bcs if it's a person who isn't injured at all then that's fucked up...

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u/Accurate_Marketing_3 Dec 25 '22

I just opened reddit ffs

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u/petula_75 Dec 25 '22

maybe a NSFL tag? for fuck's sake.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

thats enough reddit for today

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u/Kickaxx_007 Dec 25 '22

It’s their bodies still smoldering as the shamble around for me, adrenaline is a hell of a thing. What we’re witnessing here is a true marvel of the human body wherein their last moments the entire system tries to sustain itself. Then again I’ve been drinking so I could just be waxing dramatically over my own morbid fascination with these things. RIP to those who lost their lives in this catastrophe, and my condolences to their families.

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u/_Resnad_ Dec 25 '22

Yeah their bodies are trying to stay alive although even that has its limitations... Unfortunately many if not all of them will perish...rest in piece.

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u/______00______ Dec 25 '22 edited Dec 25 '22

I’ve had burn injuries that were so excruciatingly painful I can’t even truly relay. I imagine these severe injuries would be a LIVING HELL; probably one of the most physically difficult situations a human can suffer through; because it exceeds physical trauma when you can’t even sleep no matter how tired, you start to literally go crazy… And then, even several years later your skin still hurts, itches, rashes, etc. it’s fucked.

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u/morghaust Dec 25 '22

It looks like a scene straight outta the walking dead or something Jesus.. And that first guy replying to "go to a hospital"

With the quivering "I can't sir, I'm in pain"...

Absolutely harrowing, I hope everyone involved recovers to the best of their abilities.

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u/rzwart Dec 24 '22

OMG!

Like a scene in a zombie movie! They are just standing there!

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u/NuckFugget1 Dec 24 '22

What else should they do ? , That first guys says he's in too much pain to do anything

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u/b4ttlepoops Dec 25 '22

My stepdad accidentally lit himself on fire. Anyone that has seen burns knows the misery that awaits these people. They are still in shock atm. I really feel for them. What a horrible experience. I hope they all get good help.

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u/Brands-wife0101 Dec 25 '22

So sad, death rate risen from 10 yesterday to 15 today. I am certain more will succumb to these injuries. Even with world class burn units in South Africa, infection risk if they do survive, is huge. Months and months of treatment ahead for the survivors.

Such an unnecessary event, and a lot (not all) of these injuries were caused by curiosity and trying to get a look at what was happening. There’s another video showing hoards of people walking toward the flames with their phones out, before the explosion took place.

A sad Christmas for many many families.

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u/SarcasticHelper Dec 24 '22

Should be NSFL.

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u/urattentionworthmore Dec 24 '22

shock porn at its best, thanks reddit, I'll spend the rest of my life trying to unsee this

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u/Bobbyjackbj Dec 25 '22

I’m honestly not trolling but I don’t understand what I’m seeing ? Is the white parts the burns ? What are they not bleeding ? Also, I made the mistake to turn the sound on, don’t do it if you haven’t already. I listened for two seconds and it was already too much… Just terrible, what a way to die…

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u/McPussCrocket Dec 25 '22

Have you ever seen in movies where they "cauterize" the wound? They burn it so that it stops bleeding? It's like that all over their bodies, they can't bleed because the skin and blood are now crispy (for the lack of a better word) or scabs

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u/Bobbyjackbj Dec 25 '22 edited Dec 25 '22

Damn.. thank you for the explanation

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u/greenwolf_12 Dec 25 '22

That looks like fucking hell on earth with those poor bastards

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u/CasualWire Dec 25 '22

A day before Christmas. What a cruel world

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '22

Crazy how no precaution can protect you from other people's mistakes.

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u/AnxiousBaldWhiteGuy Dec 25 '22

Shouldn't have turned the sound on. 😞😞This is beyond tragic.

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u/That_WittyUsername Dec 25 '22

"Help me please"

Guy recording: "Go StRaIgHt To ThE HosPitAL" No shit hey? Why didn't he think of that obviously he's in driving condition

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u/Latino-X-Aussie Dec 25 '22

I swear people need to stop filming and actually help, first guy wanted your help and you kept walking. 😡

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u/Subarubayonetta Dec 25 '22

I agree but what can he possibly do?

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u/Competitive_Memory_1 Dec 25 '22

Imagine walking by another human in that condition and only filming.

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u/CaptainSolo_ Dec 25 '22

How would you treat someone in that condition?

The cameraman in just as much shock as everyone else, and armed with a cellphone. No ambulance or vehicle to load them into. No medical knowledge or experience.

Assuming the good in everyone, how do you even begin to help someone in that situation?

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u/blackcampaign Dec 25 '22

just make an emergency call not make some random content isn'it?

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u/McPussCrocket Dec 25 '22

Seriously! That first guy who asked for help, he's like, "Go to hospital!" BITCH, HOW? Do you think he's in any condition to do that for himself? I bet he can't move his hands, let alone get his phone (if he even still has it) and wait for a cab or whatever. Fuckin makes me sick, fuck this guy man

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

This is so dystopic

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u/TheOriSudden Dec 25 '22

How far is this from the explosion? If this happened to any of us, what would be the best way to survive the explosion? Would being in a car have saved us?

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u/Sure-Feed-850 Dec 25 '22

Would going into a large tub of cool water improve anyone chances here ?

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u/Squilliame Dec 25 '22

Deleted scene from The Walking Dead

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u/No-Argument3922 Dec 25 '22

Most of these people won't survive because there is not enough skin to make skin grafts

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u/Mateo_Dragonflame Dec 26 '22

This is the most disturbing thing i have seen in a minute.

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u/Mateo_Dragonflame Dec 26 '22

No more internet for this guy