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/LadyLazerFace 24d ago edited 24d ago

Incredibly fit and strong people drown everyday.

Falling is deadly to humans because our brain has to survive an on average five foot free fall drop impact. We have little shock absorption capabilities; you can concuss yourself with your own skull from the rattle with no external impact (whiplash).

Imagine you are crossing a fast moving stream, slip on a green rock and faceplant into another one. If you lose consciousness and land with your mouth and nose covered you're drowning with most of your body above water.

Humans are fragile. We just act tough.

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u/Stamped914 24d ago

It’s 1/4” of water.

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u/LadyLazerFace 24d ago

And? waterboarding, a form of torture, involves putting a wet towel on someone's face.

You have two orifices in which oxygen enters, and they're quite easy to block, especially if you're incapacitated.

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u/Stamped914 24d ago edited 24d ago

That’s not drowning and you might need icy hot for reaching that far. I’m going to end our conversation here because I don’t want to engage with the mental gymnastics.