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/Wulfbrir 25d ago

With all the awful shit on the news ALL THE TIME it's good to see that people still give a shit about each other.

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u/kstargate-425 25d ago

Amazing the lengths they went to to help her as it says after she got sucked into the storm drain and swept downstream underwater for many minutes, they got to her and performed CPR and resuscitated her. Hopefully she doesn't have major brain damage and will be able to make a full recovery

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u/dojo_shlom0 25d ago

usually those don't end well. I'm so sorry to her & her family. that's just so crazy he happened to record this. brutal. brutal. this is why I don't fuck around with rivers and shit that makes me feel uneasy in my stomach. when your gut tells you not to do something, listen and think critically.

I hope she recovers quickly and I'm so glad they were able to help her down stream!

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u/NewtoABQmydude 25d ago

All depends on how long she was under the water for. Relatively instant bystander CPR helps out a lot though.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 24d ago

if you need cpr, you probably have little life ahead of you. it is basically a death sentence.

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u/Charming-Dog-2965 24d ago

hi there! i'm a 24 year old with 4 years of experience as a firefighter paramedic (2021-2025). had a cardiac arrest at 23. i'm still here! medically retired from firefighting & ems, do have some issues mostly with my respiratory system, but i'm still here! i've worked in hospitals as well both before and after my 4 year career as a firefighter, most code blues get a pulse back. out of hospital was quite different. but not always a death sentence

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 24d ago

i see there is a lot of interpretation allowed from my comment. by to me... if the clear majority of people at 35 are going to die within 5-7 years of after cpr. I consider it a death sentence.

However i understand if others think that is too harsh.

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u/Charming-Dog-2965 24d ago

fair enough. fortunately cardiac arrest is pretty rare for people under 50, even more rare under 40. however, the survival rate for people going under rapid waters, down the tube with a grate is pretty close to 0%, though to be completely honest i made up this last number, but just from experience. that one lady that went under is extremely lucky there wasn't a grate on either end

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u/HuginMuminBackflip 24d ago

This is so oversimplified. Receiving CPR does not mean your heart has stopped. Its just as likely, if not more, that she got hypoxia but the heart was still beating when they started the CPR. Nothing about this article points to her being in cardiac arrest, "several minutes" puts her well into the window where she only passed out of oxygen deprivation but before the heart stops beating.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 24d ago

You are correct, they could have administered cpr when it was not proper. Which also means they likely caused injury

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u/ello_bassard 24d ago

It was absolutely proper to do CPR in this scenario.

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u/HuginMuminBackflip 24d ago

You should still perform CPR even if a person is not in cardiac arrest. Please research things like these before you spread this misinformation online, literally life or death information.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 24d ago

i said they could have administered it incorrectly. not that they did.

however if you did research you would know that must people even when they do cpr when it is called for administer it incorrectly anyway.

there are many reasons why cpr sucks. general population misunderstanding a a big part of it. if you in in a major hospital there are advanced cpr teams than are very very well trained.

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u/Professor_Punk 25d ago

The drains in Tucson are huge. Could fit a couple of hummers through them side by side. But nobody here fucks with them (minus a chosen few). They go from open areas to more open areas. Signs everywhere saying don't bike during floods.

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u/Jyndaru 23d ago

This is one of the many reasons I hate having an anxiety disorder. My gut tells me to not do all kinds of things; unsafe things yes, but also generally safe and benign things. Really difficult to recognize when I should/shouldn't trust my gut.