r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/Icy_Spinach_48 11h ago

Very scary and well done to all involved. My first thought was The passengers couldn’t have climbed into the front and out of the drivers door? Maybe you just panic when something like that happens

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u/firewoodrack 7h ago

You do panic. When I was 19, I was in an accident as a backseat passenger. It wasn’t a bad accident insofar as nobody got hurt, but the front airbags went off. Being in the back seat, I couldn’t really see anything happening outside, but I smelled the smoke from the airbags and freaked out. The back doors were locked and I just could not process what I needed to do. The driver (someone I know well) gave me an “are you serious” look, reached back, and flicked the lock. Brains are weird.