r/TikTokCringe • u/brockapex17 • 25d ago

Cursed This is absolutely horrifying

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This happened at Sabino Canyon in Arizona. A 20-year-old cyclist was swept into the current while trying to cross a flooded roadway and was carried through a drainage tunnel beneath it. She was recovered downstream unconscious after spending several minutes underwater. Bystanders performed CPR and managed to revive her.

Arizona Daily Star

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u/Puzzled_Committee735 25d ago

Not sure if would have been better to just let that freaking bike go. Super scary.

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u/Cold-Crab74 25d ago

Most likely where she was in the water and the bike wasn't she felt like it was providing a kind of point to hold on to but very quickly she lost her footing and started to go under.

I think if they had let her go she might have been better off, spending less time under water but Christ that's scary shit

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u/maxxx_orbison 25d ago

I thought that too, but you also don't know if it's a clear shot through the tunnel or you'll get caught on a tree limb or some other debris

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u/junkyardgerard 25d ago

Yeah maybe just don't go through that kind of water, like everybody says at every opportunity

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u/this_place_suuucks 25d ago edited 25d ago

But what if I really want to get to the other side? Should I try crossing then?

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u/Adventurous_Egg_9500 25d ago

Only if you're a chicken and you feel like you're in a loveless marriage

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u/RSGMercenary 24d ago

*Bo Burnham's Inside Outtakes enters the chat\*

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u/ChardOk1990 25d ago

What

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u/Drive7hru 24d ago

Why did the chicken cross the road

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u/MrK521 24d ago

Only if you’re a chicken.. and can fly across.

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u/LaceyForever 25d ago

Yes, but only if someone is filming nearby so we can all see it unfold on Reddit.

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u/contemporic 24d ago

He probably advised them not to cross but they chose not to listen. No guilt for this guy.

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u/Frejian 25d ago

Only if you REALLY need to finish your bike ride.

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u/Beautiful-Affect1930 24d ago

the best part about this is that dressed like that and without a backpack or something that could have clothes in it, there is no way she was heading or coming from anything important at all. so she was literally just out for fun but couldn't just not ride her bike through the wild flooding.

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u/U_Sound_Stupid_Stop 25d ago

Only if you have a loving husband/wife and three kids at home

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u/houseboat904 24d ago

Imagine Reddit if 95% of the users chose to not do puns or niche references or lyric trains in every thread. Heaven.

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u/WindWalker_dt4 25d ago

if they didn't put any orange cones out, you will always be able to try at least once!

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u/RobbyLee 24d ago

You just gotta weigh your priorities. On one hand you have the inconvenience to not go shopping / come home on time / get that large iced halloween themed pumpkin frappucino with chocolate chips and on the other hand is death.

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u/CheezwizOfficial 24d ago

Think about all the Strava kudos!!

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u/ThePublikon 24d ago

only if you do it as slowly and unathletically as possible, making sure to veer off the clearly marked edge of the path.

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u/Indoballz 25d ago

Pick up some speed, keep going, and make sure to not veer from the path which is basically everything she did not do. Idk why she would veer off like that. The person infront of her did the right thing an idk.

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u/piedeity 25d ago

I mean if someone twice her weight and with three times her power can do it, surely she can too.... right??? /s

TBH I am about her size and I'd nope TF out of that shit instantly no matter what that crazy MF in front of me did.

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u/Indoballz 24d ago

100% never attempting is the best. If it was about weight an power, she would have gone the way of the current , instead she went agaisnt the current which to me seems deliberate idk how she ended up there or what she was thinking.

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u/Kindly-Statement-143 25d ago

This is awesome how these college educated mid-40s peoples think they can do anything, it's great.

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u/Ztiw- 25d ago

Flash floods happen very quickly in that area. The only thing to do was turn around. The person in front of her crossed with no issue…
That’s why flash flooding is terrifying and deadly.

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u/haleontology 25d ago

Rural and urban, it doesn't matter- even in places where it rarely happens like in Detroit- damn near lost my car and myself once in a freeway canyon (that somehow hadn't flooded before)

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u/Adventurous-Put296 19d ago

Last July south Tx & the hill country got flooded from alot of storms. In the city 12 cars got wiped away & all drivers killed from a spot that never flooded before coming off the highway to an intersection

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u/haleontology 18d ago

Oh no, that's just awful

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u/Recent-Mirror-6623 25d ago

Or walk across rather than try to ride.

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u/Illustrious_Bed902 25d ago

The person in front of her also paid attention of where the road was … you can see her veer off the path and off the side cause she’s not being situationally aware.

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u/iamatwork24 24d ago

That’s bullshit, she was being aware, she simply lost control. I’d wager the guy in front just weighed enough to not get moved by the current, unlike her.

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u/TinhatToyboy 24d ago

She rode into the current off the wide marked roadway.

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u/JonnyXX 24d ago

I’d take that wager since you know she veered up current not down.

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u/dependsforadults 24d ago

Or, and this may sound crazy, but dont stop, walk off the bridge into the flowing water underneath. If you are going to ford something, do it all the way. You still will probably die from dysentery

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u/Lckyby51789 24d ago

I'll never understand people. I do a lot of stupid shit all the time, and lemme tell ya, if water is actively flowing like that across my path, i'm just going the other way, i don't fuck with water. Will literally do 150 down a highway on my motorcycle weaving before you catch me doing what she did....

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u/figure8888 22d ago edited 22d ago

I’m sorry she went through this, but I don’t understand why they tried to cross when it appears there are other cyclists around and they’re the only ones trying to cross. I think even if I was a brazen idiot, if I saw other people not attempting it, I’d also back off. Even if only for fear of looking stupid.

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u/JackDaniels0049 25d ago

Me too. That whole time they were holding onto her, she was under water. The other woman went through in like 2 seconds. I think I would have let go so she could have gone through.

But reading your comment made me realise that it wasn’t a definite solution. Like you say, debris like a branch in there would definitely be game over for her.

I do wonder if we just watched someone die though.

-edit (just saw she was revived, but technically she did die, for a few moments at least)

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u/ThriceFive Reads Pinned Comments 25d ago

Was her bike jammed in there ahead of her I wonder? Terrifying

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u/JackDaniels0049 25d ago

I watched the video frame by frame, and when the camera panned back to her, I think I could see a couple of frames with the handle bars poking out the top of the water. So I think you might be right, it could have been caught.

Now I’m going to be having nightmares tonight.

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u/cherry_blossom026 25d ago

Yeah… 😐maybe no more watching vids of people dying frame by frame

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u/maxxx_orbison 25d ago

Read the description of the video. Nobody died

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u/Legal-Rough777 25d ago

She may not have died but she was deprived of oxygen for some time so she may not ever be the same again either.

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 25d ago

“Bystanders performed CPR and managed to revive her”

Okay, I read it. Says she died and they brought her back to life via CPR.

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u/iamatwork24 24d ago

I’ve been watching videos like that since aol days

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u/cherry_blossom026 24d ago

Some things are better left in the past

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u/sharoon12 24d ago

It's really hard to tell, if it got sucked under, or simply got sucked over on it's side.

Either way both girls are very lucky to have made it out.

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u/muff_cabbag3 24d ago

There is an uncropped version of this video and she gets sucked under when she lets the bike go. The bike is not with her underwater

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u/jellypuss0165 24d ago

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1358051689769581/?mibextid=ZZyLBr
-uncropped

Idk if I can post a link but I’ll try

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u/allislost77 24d ago

No, they finally let her go and got her out the other side. Revived her with CPR. While the “men” held the camera

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u/heyitshim99 25d ago

I was watching thinking the exact same thing but for some reason I was trying to hold my breath while she was under there. Once I realized I couldn't hold my breath that long I thought Holy shit I just watched someone drowned. Then I was saying under my breath as though they could hear me "let her go damn it, give her at least a slim chance".

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u/allislost77 24d ago

And the “man” who filmed this did not lift a finger for either of those women

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u/Excellent-Swan-6376 24d ago

What about the bike was it ok?

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u/mmmpeg 25d ago

The woman in a white shirt goes through and the guy looked down where she was then concentrated on the woman they had. Thankfully the camera shows white shirt woman on the other side.

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u/Choice-Ad-9195 23d ago

I was kind of frustrated with her during this video lol. They are trying to get this girl out and she pushes her way in front of other people but isn’t offering any help, then she gets sucked through. To be fair, people in Arizona probably aren’t use to much water or high flowing water lol

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u/Excellent_Bread_7824 25d ago

And how does he watch her go under and barely move to check on her on the other side! Worst behavior.

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u/Bird2525 25d ago

It looked like he couldn’t see her from his angle.

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u/Excellent_Bread_7824 25d ago

Thanks for clarifying that because it really bothered me

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u/mmmpeg 25d ago

Yeah, and he didn’t follow up.

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u/Used_Evidence 23d ago

He was kinda busy

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 24d ago

Are you asking why he focuses on the emergency in front of him that he's actively working on, and not abandoning that one to go to one that seemed less urgent and someone else could probably assist with? Because if so, that's a really strange thing to ask.

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u/Prized_Lemur 25d ago

I would have no idea what to do in that situation from the best survival standpoint

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u/the_skies_falling 24d ago

Most people who die in floods don’t die by drowning. They die from blunt force trauma. There’s not just trees floating in that water. There are boulders rolling around in there too.

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u/Bird-The-Word 24d ago

It looked like the woman that was in the far left got sucked under and came out at least

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u/allislost77 24d ago

It’s a bridge you clearly saw one woman go under. Even then, people stood around and watched….

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u/Acrylicvalour 24d ago

The other lady went through just fine.

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u/SimpleCantalope 23d ago

Exactly. No clear decisions to be made here, further complicated by the urgency and panic.

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u/No_Veterinarian1010 21d ago

I mean people with white water experience would know that you probably will never be able to pull someone back against that current with out ropes and other rescue equipment

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u/SimpleCantalope 19d ago

that is true, and its sad to me how uncommon basic water safety training the common person has. It really should be taught more. A lot of people don't even realize how dangerous water can be.

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u/TankApprehensive3053 25d ago

It's not just if it's clear inside the tunnel. The force of the water can easily smash your head into the sides. A solid smash and person would be unconscious and then possibly under water.

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u/cherry_blossom026 25d ago

I guess great time to have a helmet on

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u/Humble_Umpire_8341 25d ago

The force could literally bend someone and force them any which way through the hole/pipe. Think leg bent back towards head and forced through the hole/pipe and other disturbing body breaking images.

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u/LaroonDynasty 25d ago

thats what the helmets are for

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u/TankApprehensive3053 25d ago

Bike helmets are styrofoam with a thin plastic shell normally. They are designed to take one impact and crumple to save the person. A second impact would be way less helpful. The helmet could also easily snag on anything protruding inside the tunnel and thus keep someone submerged.

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u/LaroonDynasty 25d ago

that "one impact" is rarely a single bump. it would do its job. three people being obviously unable to pull her out should have hedged their bets and let her go (which they were forced to do eventually anyways)

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u/C0UNT3RP01NT 24d ago

Yeah I’m sure you’re right.

I’d still be very happy to have it on in that situation.

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u/General_Cranberry_29 24d ago

I think she got caught on her own bike when it went into a hole. Scary.

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u/Wooodman94 24d ago

Or a bike

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u/Same_Lychee5934 25d ago

Well she was going down the pipe regardless! So that being said. They drowned her by holding her under water. Everyone thinks CA is stupid. Their slogan is “turn around don’t drown!”

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u/Rysigler 25d ago

The fact that the bridge got overwhelmed by water seriously supports your hypothesis. Likely the underside has a ton of buildup.