How Does a Tug-of-War Accident Sever Somebody’s Arms?

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How Does a Tug-of-War Accident Sever Somebody’s Arms?

I recently learned that the game of tug-of-war can sever arms when the rope snaps. How is this possible? What does that look like? What physical mechanism makes this possible? Wouldn’t everybody just fall backwards?

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Despite reading many explanations here, I still can’t fathom how a guy had his arm torn off in the picture I saw on Reddit yesterday.

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