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Michigan powerlifter heroically lifts vehicle pinned on top of man after accident
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| Feb 18, 2019
| Ryan Gaydos | Fox News
Posted on 02/18/2019 7:56:22 AM PST by ETL
Ryan Belcher, 29, was at the end of his workday Thursday when he heard a loud crash outside. He explained to "Fox & Friends" on Monday he noticed a Jeep Cherokee flipped upside down, and he rushed outside toward the wreckage. When he got there, he found a man trapped underneath the vehicle calling out for help.
"When I first approached the vehicle, there was a good four men there, and they were all trying to move this vehicle and I seen it wasn’t happening and I figured what a better time now to use what I know I can actually do," Belcher said
Belcher, who is 350 pounds with the ability to squat 950 pounds and deadlift another 800 pounds, noticed he could get some leverage on the vehicle to try to move it off the man whose lower body was still inside the vehicle and his upper body smashed up against a speed limit sign.
“I just jumped right in," he said "I seen a window that was broken out of the back of the vehicle and I knew if I can swing the vehicle in a certain direction I can free him from that pole. So, I just stuck my arms in and I don’t know I just grabbed it, lifted it up and started pushing and all I heard was that’s enough we can get him.”
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: bigjohn; bodybuilder; jeepcherokee; michigan; powerlifter; ryanbelcher
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Hero weightlifter moves 2-ton SUV to help rescue driver pinned underneath
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posted on
02/18/2019 7:56:22 AM PST
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ETL
To: ETL
Gotta love a feel good story. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:02:43 AM PST
by
Two Kids' Dad
(((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
To: ETL
Wow. How fortunate a man with that skill was there.
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02/18/2019 8:03:44 AM PST
by
KittyKares
(Drain the Swamp)
To: Two Kids' Dad
#MasculinityRocks! Despite what libs want you to believe.
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:04:05 AM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Two Kids' Dad
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02/18/2019 8:05:33 AM PST
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: Tell It Right
#MasculinityRocks! Despite what libs want you to believe.
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02/18/2019 8:06:46 AM PST
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
In Michigan, that's how we do things *downtown*.
Of course, I'm an out of shape couch potato, so at best, instead of a Jeep Cherokee, I might be able to move a wooden cigar store indian.
Thanks ETL.
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02/18/2019 8:07:51 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: ETL
I guess that’s ‘Toxic Masculinity’ at work!......................
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02/18/2019 8:08:04 AM PST
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: ETL
To: SunkenCiv
You're welcome. And thank you.
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:14:32 AM PST
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: SunkenCiv
I could maybe lift an old American made Schwinn. Racer, not cruiser.
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To: ETL; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Yaelle; Rebelbase
George: Mr. Thomassoulo during times of great stress, people are capable of super human strength. Have you ever seen the Incredible Hulk, sir?
Thomassoulo: No
George: How about the old Spider Man live action show?
To: steve8714
I could maybe lift an old American made Schwinn. The Schwinn Varsity was a heavy bike! I prefer the Raleigh Grand Prix. Much lighter.
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02/18/2019 8:29:47 AM PST
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(Atrophy of science is visible when the spokesman goes from Einstein to Sagan to Neil Degrasse Tyson.)
To: ETL
“...with the ability to squat 950 pounds and deadlift another 800 pounds...”
So the guy can deadlift 1,750 pounds?
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:30:16 AM PST
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ETL
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:31:12 AM PST
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IronJack
To: ConservativeMind
No. 2 different maneuvers.
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:32:31 AM PST
by
US_MilitaryRules
(I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
To: steve8714
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posted on
02/18/2019 8:33:45 AM PST
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freefdny
To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris
And he's strong! I've seen him lift a hundred
pounds over his head without even knowing it!
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02/18/2019 9:21:03 AM PST
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Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: ETL
Can’t be true because all white people are racists the media says so.
/s
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posted on
02/18/2019 9:35:02 AM PST
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Vaduz
(women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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