Ryszard Siwiec Commits Suicide by Self-Immolation Before 100,000 Spectators (1968)

AlvinKarpis · #11 ● 10-10-2012, 05:54 PM

That is one tough motherfucking pollack!

Fully on fire, fights of his rescuers than stands and gives an oratory with massive burns all over his body. Makes the two tibetans look like amateurs.

If all the pollacks were this tough, they could have fought off the germans and russians, or died trying in the process (which they did anyway).

I agree with you

I love how he pushes the men off of him who are trying desperately to put the fire out with their sport coats

He was on a mission for sure

AlvinKarpis · #12 ● 10-10-2012, 06:10 PM

I forgot to post some nice HQ pics of the event

Here they are

Martano666 · #13 ● 10-10-2012, 06:59 PM

Idiots back then fanning the flames. I don't understand this. Everytime someone is trying to put out another person that is on fire, they always fling a garment of some sort at the victim like it's a wet towel trying to whip them. The only way to extinguish the fire is to smother it. It's easy. You WRAP the person in heavy clothing while they are on the ground. You do not want to create ANY birst of air around the flames as this only adds oxygen to the fire. I'm baffled by how many times I've seen this stupidity on this website. You don't need to be a fireman to understand these basic principles.

Bleezo24 · #14 ● 10-10-2012, 07:48 PM

this video was boring as fuck

AlvinKarpis · #15 ● 10-10-2012, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by Bleezo24 ↗

this video was boring as fuck

Then it fits right in with your lifestyle

AlvinKarpis · #16 ● 10-10-2012, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Martano666 ↗

Idiots back then fanning the flames. I don't understand this. Everytime someone is trying to put out another person that is on fire, they always fling a garment of some sort at the victim like it's a wet towel trying to whip them. The only way to extinguish the fire is to smother it. It's easy. You WRAP the person in heavy clothing while they are on the ground. You do not want to create ANY birst of air around the flames as this only adds oxygen to the fire. I'm baffled by how many times I've seen this stupidity on this website. You don't need to be a fireman to understand these basic principles.

When I was in elementary school we had 1,765 fire drills a day

And they drilled one thing into our heads all day long, if you are fire you do the following three things in order

1. Stop
2. Drop
3. Roll

Stop, Drop, and Roll

Words to live by

Ryszard Siwiec Commits Suicide by Self-Immolation Before 100,000 Spectators (1968)

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