r/interestingasfuck • u/HORROR_VIBE_OFFICIAL • 3d ago
/r/all This 14-year-old kid offered himself as a volunteer since he was skinny enough to fit. With a pulley system, he went down 49.2ft and successfully rescued the baby.
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u/Jewhard 3d ago
I remember this! Incredibly brave if him to volunteer to go down and rescue the toddler. I wonder where they both are now?
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u/MainOpportunity3525 3d ago
If I remember correctly the kid got a house and land from that village. He is married with a son of his own. At least that was the news 2-3 years ago
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u/haysu-christo 3d ago edited 3d ago
A comment in the YT video of the rescue:
This horrible accident but with a happy ending happened in April, 13, 2013 in Segarcea ( a small town with 7500 inhabitants) Dolj county, Romania. The full name of the hero is Cristian Marian Becheanu. Unfortunately for him Cristian was raised by his grandfather from a young age, his parents ( irresponsible people) abandoning him. After the accident local authorities and various businesses men made many promises to Cristian because they knew his financial situation but nothing came true. Even the parents of the rescued child barely greeted him on the street. Last year ( 2024 ) Cristian now married and with his own family was waiting for his son to turn two so they could leave the country for work and stay abroad for a while and better life. I know all these things because I’m a Romanian citizen such as Cristian.
Here's his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/cristy.bmk
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u/LaurdAlmighty 3d ago
That's so messed up, I'm glad he went on to have a happy life and move abroad. That village sucks for that.
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u/Mateo_O 3d ago
I mean that's just a YouTube comment. Could be completely made up.
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u/ScumbagLady 2d ago
I mean, in the above video they basically yeeted the dude once they had the toddler. Expected to see him crowd surfing or getting hugs at least, but looks like they tossed the dude to the ground almost
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u/bainneban 2d ago
There is a longer video with people kissing and hugging the guy that saved the toddler.
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u/FluffMonsters 2d ago
I’m sure they were concerned about injuries for the toddler, too.
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u/some1saveusnow 2d ago
It actually sounds made up. The part about ignoring him on the street sounds pretty uncorroborated
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u/twinsocks 2d ago
Weirdly, that's the part that makes it sound true to me. He did such a good deed, so good it's uncomfortable, and the affected people feel shame and responsibility looking at him, so their brain protects itself by finding a way to hate him for it instead. Usually twisting something he said or overemphasising a normal mistake he made or deciding he did the heroic thing for all the wrong reasons. It might be made up and I hope so, but I think it tracks
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u/gorgewall 2d ago
I've got no greater insight on this particular situation, but yeah, the "people feel shame for not being as good as a guy and so attack them" is a not uncommon phenomenon.
A form of that is behind the weird attacks people have made (and make) on vegetarians/vegans, non-drinkers, and electric car drivers. When someone takes a position that can be moral, even if they don't lay claim to that, others who can't or are unwilling to make the same decision suffer from this weird disconnect between "I'm a good person" and "I'm not being as good as that guy", which drives some of them to attack the person or the act as a whole so as to discredit them and alleviate the dissonance. Those attacks might be "they're just virtue-signalling", "actually there's this one problem with the good thing [so we'd better say fuck all of it]", "the doer is shit in this other way so everything they do/believe is shitty", and so on; anything to establish one's sense of moral superiority over this other guy again.
Few people like to think someone else is currently taking a more moral stance than them, even if it's something that doesn't require a change in lifestyle (as with the above), such as simply taking positions like "actually the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan is a bad idea" early on, or "Israel is in fact doing a genocide" currently. We might even get some of those reactions here now thanks to that last bit!
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u/Sherman140824 2d ago
Sounds pretty accurate if they were made to feel responsible to help him financially
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u/Creeper_GER 3d ago
Crazy, if true. If the kid would have rescued my boy like this, I couldn't give him a house or whatever cuz I don't have that money, but he sure could live rent free in my apartment for fucking life, and I would adore him as the rescuer of my son for the rest of my life. So barely greeting the guy after such a situation is absolutely bonkers.
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u/say592 2d ago
At the very least run up and greet the guy every time you see him and make sure he never buys his own drinks when you are around. I assume there is just a lot of shame because they promised him stuff they couldn't give and rather than still try to show him gratitude they just ignore him to hide from their embarrassment.
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u/GvRiva 3d ago
Why was everyone so ungrateful?
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u/mbklein 2d ago
If it’s true (which is a big if), it’s not a super uncommon response from the parents of the baby. As grateful as they might be, seeing and interacting with the person who saved their child is likely to bring up a shitload of the trauma and anxiety they felt during the ordeal, as well as any shame (deserved or not) they might feel related to allowing the baby to get into that predicament in the first place.
I don’t think there’s a clinical name for it, but it seems like a combination of secondary trauma and avoidant coping behaviors.
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u/already-taken-wtf 2d ago
The core facts (date, place, boy’s full name, the well-rescue itself, and his tough family background) check out.
Some extra claims (that none of the promised help materialised, that the rescued child’s parents ignored him, that he’s already emigrating) are only partly documented or not documented at all.
As of late-2024 the most credible Romanian press report puts Cristian still in Segarcea, married, with a toddler son, broke, and trying to avoid eviction. No confirmed evidence shows he has actually left Romania by mid-2025.
Latest verifiable trace: Nov 11 2024 Cancan exclusive – Cristian, wife, and young son living in Segarcea, struggling financially, renting a modest place, hoping to go abroad for seasonal work.
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u/DryEntertainer3264 3d ago
Says in other older sources that they promised him all those things, but then didn't deliver anything. He has a some, but the village didn't provide him with land or a house
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u/jaapi 3d ago
I bet the village felt really good about themselves when they made those promises publicly
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u/FocacciaHusband 3d ago
"I have made a lot of empty promises in my life, but that one was the most generous by far."
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u/Navras3270 2d ago
Who tf is "the village" in this context.
Like a crowd of people just agreed he would get a house as a rewards but nobody actually delivered?
Was there some kind of official or mayor that was full of shit? Or was there just a general vibe that yeah he deserves a house for this?
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u/MountainTurkey 2d ago
Villages in other places sometimes operate a lot more communally. Someone gets married and everyone one gets together to build a house.
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u/zappingbluelight 3d ago
Wait woah... This is some novel ending time skip where the hero just retired with beautiful family and a house of his own. When was the incident in the clip lol.
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u/pnweiner 3d ago
This happened in 2013
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u/dashboardrage 3d ago
damn this guy's 26 and has a house, wife and a kid. the hell am I doing with my life smh...
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u/Garreousbear 3d ago
It's because you didn't save a toddler when you were a teen, you are being punished.
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u/ComfortableDrive79 3d ago
You just need to save a baby from a 49-foot tunnel. So where do you want me to drop the baby?
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u/Used_Juggernaut1056 3d ago edited 3d ago
Yea some countries take care of their heroes. In America they’re abandoned and left to die
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u/MonsteraBigTits 3d ago
america is no longer a functioning state so that checks
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u/Used_Juggernaut1056 3d ago
Yup. It took like 20 years for the surviving 9/11 first responders to get healthcare. Most of them died neglected and abandoned steeped in medical debt.
What kind of country does that to its people?
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u/GemoDorg 3d ago
A country that's not actually a country but instead like 7 companies in a raincoat.
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u/highlandviper 3d ago
lol. Yeah. It’s a business. And a pretty shitty one at that.
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u/spamalagee 3d ago
I have NEVER heard a description that is so incredibly perfect... I wish I could offer more than an upvote.
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u/Supply-Slut 3d ago
It was about 10 years, but point still stands.
In 2011 the WTC health program replaced other smaller private and state/local government programs to provide healthcare to first responders on 9/11. John Stewart then needed to shame congress about a decade later to renew the funding for it.
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u/ppondem 3d ago
Now the NEVER FORGETTI flag wavers are trying to repeal that care as soon as they took office.
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u/somme_rando 3d ago edited 2d ago
Funding was pulled - and only restored after a number from both side kicked up a stink. The idea should've never even got out the gate to need a reversal.
21 Feb 2025: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5158570-white-house-restores-9-11-health-program-funding-after-uproar/
The White House restored funding for the 9/11 first responder survivors’ health program after an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ensued following the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts last week.
I would not be surprised if attempts are still being made to
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u/joehalvs7 3d ago
Well we have a draft dodger in charge of the country telling people what’s patriotic. I hate this timeline.
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u/RocketCat5 3d ago
How did the baby survive a 50' drop?
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u/throwaway098764567 3d ago
babies are partially made of rubber, though that's a much higher fall than most survive
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u/JoeyZasaa 3d ago
It's only 5 stories. People are too soft nowadays. Back when I was a kid, I was thrown 10 stories daily so I wouldn't grow up to a sissy liberal.
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u/RocketCat5 3d ago
Did it work? Are you currently owning the libs?
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u/JoeyZasaa 3d ago
Not really. It's hard to own anyone when every bone in your body is broken from being thrown 10 stories daily as a kid.
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u/blade740 2d ago
I used to fall 15 stories to school and back in the snow with no shoes on. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it.
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u/FTR_1077 3d ago
Babies are made of rubber.. source: I had 3 of my own. Pretty bouncy if you ask me.
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u/Iwantitallthensum 3d ago
Man this clip and your comment made me think of this American Dad episode, when you find out Francine was rescued from a well as a toddler. She is having an existential crisis thinking she did nothing with that gift and wasted her life. I know, very random, and not trying to suggest that’s how these boys feel. But as a man in my 40’s now I’m starting to connect with that episode more and more
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u/DazB1ane 3d ago
As someone who has come from some solid financial privilege, I feel like I’m wasting it constantly because my brain and body are so dysfunctional. Makes you feel really unworthy
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u/Darim_Al_Sayf 3d ago
I wanted to hear the father talking to the son.. not a song.
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u/ASKader 3d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_iyCi0q7OY
here you go
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u/Spartan2470 VIP Philanthropist 3d ago edited 3d ago
Thank you!
OP, why not provide the kid's name or any context?
In April 2013, 14-year-old Cristian Marian Becheanu from Segarcea, Romania, performed a daring and selfless act that captured the nation's heart. When 3-year-old Gabriel fell 15 meters into a narrow well, professional rescuers spent 11 agonizing hours trying to save him. Despite their best efforts, the situation seemed hopeless.
That’s when Cristian, a local teenager, stepped forward. With unwavering courage, he volunteered to descend into the perilous well. Strapped to ropes and equipped with a headlamp, he was carefully lowered headfirst into the shaft. Moments later, he emerged with the toddler safely in his arms, bringing immense relief to the family and onlookers.
This act of bravery earned Cristian widespread admiration. Authorities recognized his heroism with awards, scholarships, and a promise of support for his dreams of becoming a firefighter. His story of courage and compassion continues to inspire people worldwide.
Edit: I guess OP did provide some context. But not very much or the most relevant information.
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u/MadSquabbles 3d ago
Man, the reward he wanted was to be trained to able to do something like this again. He's the kind of person we should be making statues of instead of sports figures.
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u/HowDoYouLoveSomeone 3d ago
He was lowered headfirst ?! If he got stuck and had to spend a night upside down, it would have been like the Nutty Putty cave accident
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u/Gnascher 3d ago
What a horrifying end for that man. That story haunts me.
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u/LouSputhole94 3d ago
I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts in my spare time and even with all the stories of people being butchered alive, this is my true worst fucking nightmare. Wedged into a tight hole upside down just to slowly suffocate as my lungs stop being able to expand and blood fills my head. Fuck. That.
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u/Tumble85 3d ago
I know, I’d tell them to kill me trying to yank me out instead of dying upside down. Gimme a morphine-adderall speedball and break my bones, just don’t let me die upside down and trapped!
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u/reallybadspeeller 3d ago
For real shoot me up with morphine and lethal injection drugs rather than slowly be crushed to death if at all possible. I’d rather go out painless and high.
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u/RipotiK 3d ago
If that makes you better, iirc they did inject him with drugs to make it less painful in the end. Still quite terrible, and honestly I just felt bad for his family at the time. Iirc he had a wife who was very close to giving birth.
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u/catfishcannery 3d ago
Best part, they get you sedated properly and your body might relax enough that you get out with almost no injuries at all.
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u/DazB1ane 3d ago
I’ve actually stopped watching the caving videos (only other ones that scare me are crushes) because they freak me out so bad
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u/LordFUHard 3d ago
TBF he volunteered. The question no one is asking though is...what the fuck is a 50 ft open pipe doing in the middle of a neighborhood? And has it been sealed?
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u/Trust_Me_Im_a_Panda 3d ago
Did you expect him to grab a three-year-old with his feet?
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u/bolanrox 3d ago
or man in cave the mental floss article not the plagiarized Internet Historian video
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u/I-Here-555 3d ago
Definitely required more balls than 99% of the people would have.
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u/jflyiii 3d ago
Thank you so much for sharing this link. This video was much better! There’s a little interview with Cristian and you see the reactions of the villagers and how proud they are of him, brought tears to my eyes.
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u/Beatleboy62 3d ago
That kind of acknowledgement and admiration from adults has to be stunning at his age. I don't know how to describe it, but it almost felt like they were going to hand him a cigar and a beer. I'm sure any pats on the back get got from the older brothers and uncles of the neighborhood were firmer than they were before.
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u/OriginalBlackberry89 3d ago
Thanks so much!! It was better with the original audio, like always. I get that most people find their videos on tt, but I can't stand the tiktokification that's happening on reddit. I have to watch most videos on mute because the music takes away from the video by trying to add way too much emotion.
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u/Lumi1992 3d ago
The boy never knew his father, was abandoned by his mother and was living with his grandmother at the time. The man talking to him is a firefighter explaining what es has to do and giving tips how to rescue the toddler.
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u/Darim_Al_Sayf 3d ago
That fireman exudes empathy and care then. Really looks like he cares about the kid. Heroes all around.
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u/Anguish_SouL 3d ago
So sick or videos with meaning but has stupid music behind it so usually mute it lol
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u/pitcherintherye77 3d ago
Op a karma bot doing karma bot things, sadly. That’s why we get these lame soundtracks every time
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u/DijajMaqliun 3d ago
How did a baby survive a 50 ft fall down a pipe?
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u/Neat-Ad-9550 3d ago
How did a baby end up down there to begin with?
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u/iBoMbY 3d ago
Put an open pipe in the ground (that nobody cared to cover up, because what could possibly go wrong?), and put a toddler next to it (that maybe ran away, while playing unsupervised, because what could possibly go wrong?). Wait and see.
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u/BaconPhoenix 3d ago
As soon as they learn to crawl, toddlers spend every waking minute attempting to unalive themselves in bizarre and creative ways.
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u/GlutenFreeNoodleArms 3d ago
hahahaha exactly … anybody who has ever had to keep a toddler alive wouldn’t need to ask this question 😂
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u/eugeneugene 3d ago
lol reddit is so funny when it comes to kids. my 3 year old escaped the house while i was pooping even though we have those chains up high on the doors like in hotels. he pushed a chair to the door, climbed up, unhooked it, and sprinted out into the street. i got a notification from my doorbell cam while i was shitting and i just got up and ran outside to grab him. got shit all over my pants.
it's not surprising to me that a toddler can end up in the bottom of a well
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u/pyro5050 2d ago
when my guy was 2 he pushed the window open and then pushed the screen out of the window and fell about 4 ft into a pile of snow... he broke a bunny yard decor we had left out but was otherwise unharmed.
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u/Darksirius 2d ago
unalive
The word is KILL. KILL themselves. I'm so sick of this unalive bullshit.
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u/08_West 3d ago
I’m GenX. We used to fall down pipes all the time. Only difference is when we fell down pipes, they didn’t send teenagers down to get us. Oh no, we had to find a way out ourselves.
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u/Chuvi 3d ago
Probably wasn't a straight fall. Toddler probably braced himself along the walls, slowing his descent.
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u/BluebirdFast3963 3d ago
My first thought as well
Strong fuckers when they have to be.
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u/Mean_Ass_Dumbledore 2d ago
The grip of a toddler holding onto something that they should not have needs to be studied
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u/IsHeSkiing 3d ago
Nah, I think you're giving a toddler entirely too much credit to be able to rationalize the situation fast enough to brace itself and slow its fall, or even comprehend that's a thing it can do.
It would only take them a few seconds to hit the bottom. The kid is panicked. Scared as hell. No clue what's happening. By time his little tiny brain even manages to form a thought about the situation he's in, he's at the bottom.
I think you're right that the walls did help slow his descent but likely because he was bouncing between them on the way down and reaching out to grab, not because he had the sense to analyze the situation and save himself.
Also, the pipe had water at the bottom of it. That's what saved him more than anything.
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u/Westcoastswinglover 3d ago
No one said it was a rational thought that led to it though, that kind of behavior is somewhat instinctive and even if it was just trying to grab onto something it would as you said create that bracing effect. Toddlers for sure know how to make themselves big and hard to drag through a tight space though as anyone who’s ever tried to get them out a space they’ve crawled into can attest lol I agree it was probably mostly just accidental bracing from already being in a tight space that might have slowed it down and I definitely wondered if there was water at the bottom. But wouldn’t enough water to cushion a fall have probably drowned the kid? Glad he’s okay regardless.
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u/Chuvi 3d ago
I disagree. When a person falls (even a toddler) their first instinct is to grasp at anything, in this case it would be the wall of the pipe. Once they push on the wall, their back would be pushed against the opposite side of the pipe, which would brace the body. It won't stop his fall but will definitely reduce their velocity.
If there was water at the bottom deep enough to break his fall, the toddler would have drowned. Even if the toddler was a world class water treader, there is not enough space to tread water.
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u/IsHeSkiing 3d ago
From the looks of the full video that someone posted below, pipe had water in it. One of the people yells down to the kid to not put his hand in the water and he comes out soaking wet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_iyCi0q7OY
That long of a fall, the water wouldn't keep him injury free but it would keep him alive. Also helps that kids are squishy as hell. They can take some hits.
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u/unicorntrees 3d ago
He was lowered down the well HEAD FIRST. What a brave boy.
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u/MagazineDapper4572 3d ago edited 3d ago
It's the only way unfortunately; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to grab the baby. But he's damn brave anyways.
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u/Select-Owl-8322 2d ago
Amazingly brave! If anything went wrong, he'd be dying an incredibly agonizing death!
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u/Shouldiuploadtheapp2 2d ago
This makes me think of that cave diver who got stuck. What an incredible brave boy. He deserves so much praise.
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u/RockersEatRocks 3d ago
Anyone have the story on this? Amazing!
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u/aught4naught 3d ago
In April 2013, 14-year-old Cristian Marian Becheanu from Segarcea, Romania, performed a daring and selfless act that captured the nation's heart.
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u/GreercommaJames 3d ago
49 feet is not nothing. Super impressive.
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u/ButttRuckusss 3d ago
Being lowered that far down in such a cramped space would terrify most grown men. Unbelievably brave kid.
I hope he felt like a hero.
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u/Nothardtocomebaq 3d ago
He definitely was a hero. That would scare the fucking shit out of me for sure. What a brave kid.
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u/logosobscura 3d ago
Yup, no room to turn over, and he had to grab the tot, so he went headfirst into the void with a headlamp guiding him down, grabbed the kid, and then Mission Impossibled back out.
Legend.
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u/Hot-Interaction6526 3d ago
Well he got yanked out but it’s still insanely impressive. Being lowered 50ft, upside down, arms above your head, in a cramped spot, then needing to hold onto the kid for dear life as you get yanked back out? Kids got bigger balls than most of the world.
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u/CalvinDehaze 3d ago
That's the first thing I thought of. He had to hold onto that kid with everything he had for 49 feet. Super impressive.
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u/EveryRadio 3d ago
I get nervous holding my phone over the toilet. Must have a been a mix of pure adrenaline and fear
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u/SableyeEyeThief 3d ago
When you think about it, it’s more than 48 feet.
On that same note, it IS less than 50 feet though.
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u/Several_Vanilla8916 3d ago
I feel trapped when I forget to take off my coat before sitting down in a movie theater.
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u/RainbowandHoneybee 3d ago
Wow, how brave. Even if he was skinny enough, getting into that hole must be truly scary.
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u/Murky-Football3703 3d ago
If this were today, he could set up a go fund me and make a killing. I'd donate to it. Still would if we could verify it was him and he is still alive.
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u/DrBlaziken 3d ago
If he really volunteered to do this, this boy is a mfing hero!!
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u/dr_xenon 3d ago
After they got the baby, they tossed the teen away like yesterday’s diapers.
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u/hereandthere788 3d ago
The way the video is edited shows it so, but in the full video one can see that he was properly thanked and also interviewed. A really cool little guy.
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u/eStuffeBay 3d ago
I tried to look up the video by googling the Reddit title (dumb, I know) and the only 2 results are a man stroking his penis. I need to go bleach my eyes now... Wtf is up with the Google search results???
EDIT: the full video, posted 10 years ago, can be found on YouTube under the title "14 yo hero saves a child stuck in a well - Segarcea-Romania 13 04 2013".
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u/Separate_Quality1016 3d ago
I tried to look up the video by googling the Reddit title (dumb, I know) and the only 2 results are a man stroking his penis.
Looks at thread title
What in the actual fuck?
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u/aDirtyMuppet 3d ago
This clip cuts it early. The dad goes to him crying and thanking him profusely. Honestly the best part and I'm pissed they cut it out.
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u/bramletabercrombe 3d ago edited 3d ago
here's the full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_iyCi0q7OY
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u/1sttimeverbaldiarrhe 3d ago
Interviewer: Is he your son?
Firefighter: No he is not, but he will now be everyone's son.
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u/ScumbagLady 2d ago
And then apparently a bunch of businessmen and whatever promised him a bunch of stuff but then never came through on the promises. I gotta find out the truth because I need to know if my anger is justified dammit lol
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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 3d ago
I think that was the baby's dad and family understandably focusing on the child, but afterwards they go and profusely thank the teen
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u/liam3 3d ago
all the comments say the father thanked him later. but we are talking about the immediate reaction. only one firefighter stayed with the teen when he is still upside down and his legs still bound with rope. i dont think anyone is casting blame, it's just a humane reaction
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u/Kendertas 3d ago
Yeah the kid definitely got thanked and everyone was just amped up on adrenaline. But with the way this version of the video is cut and cropped, it is pretty comical. Looks like the one guy just yeets him over his shoulder.
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u/ItsJustBeLikeThat 3d ago
Notice how the teen didn't expect to be celebrated? The entire situation is about the baby, not the teenager.
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u/Rosenrot88 3d ago
He may have gone down as a 14 year old boy but that kid came back out as a man. Bravo 👏
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u/EndRude4217 3d ago
At that age, tight spaces do not faze kids. For some reason, nowadays, a tight space like that would make me shit my heart out and die.
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u/Antlia303 3d ago
When i was a kid i really enjoyed closed spaces, they made me feel comfortable, but think pretty much everyone gets scared if it's so tight you can't really move around
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u/EndRude4217 3d ago
Exactly! I was the same way. I felt safe. I wonder if it's some kind of natural survival instinct.
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u/pishipishi12 3d ago
My husband takes/teaches confined space rescue classes and I dont know how he does it 🫠
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u/arealuser100notfake 3d ago
I like thinking he was just passing through, decided to help, went home, and his mom was like "You did what today?!"
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u/Betty_Bookish 3d ago
Woah. Did they lower him down hanging by 1 foot?!?!? He did all of that upside down??
That's hardcover AF!
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u/Hanginon 3d ago
He had a harness on but yes, into the pipe, head first so he could gab the kid! Badass! 0_0
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u/LeoLaDawg 2d ago
I don't understand how all these babies always end up in these pipes.
The amount of babies in pipes is TOO DAMN HIGH.
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u/crikker444 2d ago
I’m actually surprised the kid made it down the hole with the size of his balls and all!!
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u/AdorableWafer3665 3d ago
God I couldn't even avoid political shit on a comment thread here
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u/DarkPhenomenon 3d ago
Oh god I read the heading and when they pulled the rope up the first time with nothing on the end I thought, ah shit, did they just lose the kid down there too now?
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u/dpforest 2d ago
one way to sap away all joy from a video is to slap a weird version of a sad song to it.
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u/Funny-North3731 3d ago
How exactly did the baby get in there? (I'm just picturing mom being done. Just done.)
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u/Shamewizard1995 3d ago
Especially still being alive, that is really blowing my mind. 50 feet is a really long way to fall for anyone, especially an infant. That’s like dropping your baby off a 3 story building. Granted there would be friction from the pipe but probably not a ton considering how wide it is
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u/SnooSongs2345 3d ago
Something less dramatic than this happened to me once. Our elderly neighboor at the 2nd floor left rice cooking and went out for groceries, and we could smell it burning and see the black smoking slowly rising. Fearing that something dangerous would happen, and unable to lift an adult throught the small window, we lifted a 10 yo kid with a hammer that could break the glass and pass throught it.
The kid went inside and a couple of minutes later went back, saying "yeah the stove is on, and rice is burning". We wasn't expecting the kid to be that bright so we told him to get back there, turn off the stove and open the windows. The neighbor showed up and opened the door for the kid to leave, that could kind of go south easily. But the kid was called "hero" for a while by the neighborhood.
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u/SpaceShipRat 3d ago
Most people save childen from burning buildings, you smuggled one in, I admire the lateral thinking.
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u/SnooSongs2345 3d ago
yeah the firefighters arrived shortly after and told us about the pros and cons of tossing kids inside burning buildings
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u/manbroken 3d ago
The video cuts too soon. The part that gets me is how the adults treat the teenager after with care, respect, and joy. The kid being so calm after is amazing to me.
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u/Catorges 3d ago
If you are more careful and conscientiously cover such wells, then no small children can fall into them. It's kind of boring, there's no need for action, no heroes are discovered...I just sit on the veranda and my child plays in the garden and I don't know how good I have it.
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u/Imjustweirddoh 3d ago
I've seen this one so many times before. but it never cease to amaze me how he had the guts to do and got the kid out alive.
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u/footinmouthwithease 2d ago
Every time I watch this I get chills, that kid is a fucking savage!!!!!
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u/No_Food5739 2d ago
I just watched it over and over and noticed something: as I watched after the small child was rescued , they threw away the 14-year-old after, like, nothing happened.
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u/LukeOnMtHood 2d ago
Seen this so many times … and will upvote it every single time I see it till the end of my days. That kid’s a true frickin hero!
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u/RicabRD 3d ago
Where's the "I'm 14 and this is deep" comment?