Occasionally I see news stories like “man runs back into burning house and rescues beloved pet”
However, I’ve also been told that you will most likely die in seconds if you inhale the smoke. I’ve read that in a fire you have to crawl to escape. I’ve read that you have to sprint quickly through the flames if you have a chance (the exact opposite of crawling low?).
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Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. It really is. Most people don’t understand how powerful & dangerous a human being can be while amped up on adrenaline. It’s truly a remarkable thing. There are accounts of humans lifting up cars, or fighting bears off with basically nothing. I remember I read an account of some 80 year old man who was attacked by a mountain lion, or cougar. It jumped on his back and went for his neck, and he was like, “Yeah so in that moment I realized I was a thousand times faster than a cat, so I just reached back and put my hand down its throat.”
So yeah, fucking with people is a good way to find out. Not all people are built that way, but the ones who are built that way can do some pretty remarkable things given the right motivation… which in this case involves saving people from a fire.
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