In 1979, Birmingham News photographer Jerry Ayres and reporter Mark Winne pursue a car driving through the Birmingham area with a hand waving for help from the trunk.
@Rectangle boi Most people would think it was a joke, and ignore it! I would follow up on it, and if the joke's on me, well whatever.. I wouldn't care! To ignore it is criminal!
What kind of lowlife scum kills a guy over $350??? Wasn't this back when charges were rarely pressed? Wtf man sick people. Gotham deserves a higher class of criminal
@@RiggidyDiggidyRaw 350 bucks was probably alot of money back then at least for a shithole place like Alabama. in today's US currency it would be equivalent to 10000000000 dollars!!!
@@nikkifortner2874Missed my point which was it's everyone's business, regardless of their business being journalists, newscasters, radio DJs etc. They saw someone in need and helped save his life.
Repugnus D there aren’t any extremely famous ones, but recently like 2007-2010 was Elias Abuelazam. There are still serial killers some of them just might not be as famous. 🤦♀️
They used to interview serial killers back then because it was a new phenomenon and they wanted to understand the mind of serial killers to understand why they do what they do. But when it started making them famous or money basically from doing crimes you noticed they stopped interviewing them as much and even now if you listen to some sentencings you’ll notice they may even order for a person NOT to be interviewed or do anything to profit from their crime. Cause some sick people like Ted Bundy didn’t achieve as they wanted or wanted to portray as but they good at killing tho and may choose to get famous off of breaking the law or being an infamous killer...they definitely had to put a stop to that especially how society is now everybody hungry for fame or notoriety no matter if the attention is good or bad smh
I can sense your sarcasm but it would have actually taken a lot of bravery, people willing to keep someone trapped in a trunk would most likely also be willing to kill
Humble may not be the word for it. I think its more like they cared and were planning to save someone's life. I would have done it. Hope most others would have too.
Lol but you know he must have a REALLY FAST HEART BEAT and was not able to understand what just happened so in that time I think the cigarette helps calm down
The fact that he was so smart as to just stick his hand out so that he could signal for help, and so that he wouldn't get caught trying to escape is just incredible.
Yup, I've talked to a dude that had the killer vibe and he told me the easiest crime to commit is murder, ''just make sure your both alone and that they don't feel the need to tell someone where they're heading and you've got em'', is an almost direct quote from that conversation. 2 years down the line I hear he was brought in on murder charges because he tried (and failed) to slit a dudes throat in a bar bathroom. He was also accused of murders up to that point. Still makes me wonder ALOT of stuff.
ikr, it’s a weird thought that we’ve probably passed a car with someone in the trunk and we’ve never noticed. A horrible thought really, i wish there was always a sign.
@@lmao9526 maybe because 1 fucking frame took less memory than a camera that contains months of footage for 24/7? try download 2 hour movie in 1080p and see how much space it took
You would find people like these two at any given newspaper (though most won't ever have to). But don't let that stand in the way of your irrational hatred of journalists.
I can remember as a kid you used to see car boots with plastic fingers slotted on the edge as a “joke thing” like the Garfield suction cup plush toys. I never knew the fingers were based on a real event.
This would never happen today. People are so quick to “mind their own business” or think “someone else will take care of it”. These folks tracked the car down, didn’t have cell phones and still saved dude’s life!
I don't think it's the journalists that has changed as much so as it's the media landscape in general; internet, social media and all that other bullcrap. In this day and age anybody can investigate anything at all times; it's also the reason why professionalism seems like a rarity now. Trump is definitely a mark of this!
Dustin Noobs you would never see somebody’s hand sticking out of the trunk of today’s cars. Sound harsh but it’s just not going to happen. Simple as those times were much easier
Back in the day? Lots. I'm from Newark, NJ and I love talking to older people from "back in the day". You'd be surprised how many stories I've heard about "bodies being buried in the basement". So from what I gather a lot of mob owned bars buried people in their basements and would just cover it up with cement. The cops would be on the payroll and even if they weren't what better place to stash bodies than your own public establishment. Who's gonna look there right under everyone's noses.
Seff H There’s a movie that this sort of reminds me of. It’s called “The Call” and is amazing. It’s about a 911 operator who goes after a frequent kidnapper after she hears him kidnap another girl and challenges the operator over the phone. Super suspenseful and great ending
Yep, being locked up in a trunk makes the human body's healing process 20 times faster than normal. So his wounds were gone. He just needed a cigarette :-)
For Yall in the comments saying “he’s been stabbed but he’s basically okay” they don’t mean he’s COMPLETELY fine they mean he’s fine in the way where he will be able to survive
there are plenty actually. Some stories are "must see" when it's about safety, a bad action, etc. That needs the attention for people. And, their usually important.
journalists nowadays are extremely capable people who do their job very well- you just have to do research on the credibility of sources and cross reference information. anyone who complains about journalism is an idiot.
Kalevi Urpilainen The fact that you even know about that and what happened is because of the necessary institution of journalism. if abc had ran that story back then youd’ve slammed them for not fact checking their stories
We get the news media that we deserve. There’s a lot of sensationalist garbage that we consume now. But, at it’s core, our press is still safeguards this country’s greatness like nothing else. If we stopped focusing on national politics as tribal sport, and spent our money on LOCAL coverage, we’d be in a better place.
@@James-lo8qq if you didn't care about his verification badge why point it out and comment on it? Especially when the comment said nothing about the verification badge💀
I had one of these in my 2017 Fiat Abarth. I couldn't fit a cooler in the trunk, but if I was ever to get shoved into such a small space, I could pull that and get out! Lol.
@@justenzo6342 what is a floor phone? Yeah people don't realize but "car phones" have been around since oh I don't know for sure without checking ,but at least the 50's. They were like a 2 way radio , but there was a relay person in the middle .
Earl Wright It like a phone that comes with your car when you buy it and it plugs into your cigarette lighter. My mom had one in her first car. A Honda CRX.
Now they just put famous celebrity names in every article to get fame. Famous tiktok celebrity charlie broke up!Literally no one reads journals everything important that happens will show up everywhere on the internet
This happened in Australia recently. A girl was kidnapped and stowed in a car. She punched out a tail light and started waving. Thank the Lord she was freed and the kidnappers charged.
He's got 6 officers, 4 EMTs and a half dozen reporters all holding a cigarette out for him haha.. He probably took em all and smoked a whole pack by the time they were done arresting these guys..
@@pretary1845 nice cliche. Not everyone had a cigarette at hand every goddamn second, in fact cigarettes were commonly smoked in places, and out on patios.
“I didn’t think maybe they could be dangerous, I thought they WERE dangerous. Otherwise, why would they have this person in the car? Something was not right.” *Intelligence 100*
Elijah Schaffer can point you toward still-active journalists. He had to take a pause but he went to about a dozen of the 2020 riots and caught a lot of the footage we all saw
@@anonymouscity8083 bro you seriously think the election was stolen fuck you just for that and don’t even get me started on all the other shit you said
@@bokgaming6645 No, a "bada**" interpretation is juvenile and a ridiculous fictional movie interpretation. As someone who had a smoking habit, you smoke because you have a habit, and also when you're under stress to relieve stress, and contemplate. 100%. This guy was not being a Eastwood, B. Willis, or Bond character. He was stabbed(!!!), locked in a trunk(!!), was desperately trying to get help the only way he could, and was saved miraculously. Everything isn't "cool" or a joke.
The retelling of this is even fantastic, feel that nervous energy of knowing you're on the trail of something stranger than fiction. Great news hounds and citizens, everyone but the criminals involved.
It's not easy....it's putting other lives in danger too sometimes if we try to help. You dont know who has a weapon and who will react. I think most of us want to help and be good citizens but we are afraid for this reason. The safest thing is to do what they did though....follow at a distance or get a license plate number or any type of info to ID them secretly and call the cops.
@@sheena9p90 to an extent yeah but if there's immediate danger to an abductee and you can follow them, it's good to do if you don't mind the danger. I personally would risk my life for someone else if it were possible
Probably needed it to calm his nerves.. He hadn't had a cigarette in 14 hours.. If you're an addict then that's the only way you gonna calm yourself down
@Jonathan Devereaux you think there are no journalists out there who are worth your attention? So ignorant. Don’t act like you care about truth if you don’t care enough to seek it out
I was at Edgewater Park in Cleveland with some friends one summer afternoon in 1973. We were walking the trail by the parking lot and heard knocking and a muffled cry coming from somewhere. We took time to search for the sound, and narrowed it down to one car. We knew someone was in the trunk. While one person went to get a park policeman, we kept reassuring the man that help was coming. When the police came and broke the trunk open, we found a man in his early twenties, with duct tape all around his head, wrists, and ankles. He could do nothing to help himself. The police freed him and he was able to stand and walk until the ambulance arrived. I will never forget the terror on his face as long as I live. To this day I am so glad we looked for that sound. Take a minute. You might just be the one to save a life one day. If you ever end up in a trunk, there is usually a latch under the hood lining that will open it up. Rip the lining and pull the latch if possible, Kick the lights out. Use anything you can find to pry at the hood, but try. Do anything you can to bring attention to the car. Do what you can to help your heroes find you, and thank God everyday for the heroes that are out there to help us.
God bless everyone. You both were at the right place at the right time. Thank God the man in the trunk had enough space to put his fingers out the trunk. 🙏 God is Good
@@jerfacekilla What has your height & weight got to do with it. There is difference between body mass & weight, and ability to withstand pressures without giving up. This is not a GAME stuck in dark cramped oily boot of criminals car with potential death hanging on your head
@@jerfacekilla why would i want to torture you, why not ask the criminals to torture you. My statement was a generalised observation about thin people being more able to ride the waves. But if you want to be thick and stay locked up in a car boot to prove yourself its upto you. But remember its not a game that you play on computers
I left a comment, but it disappeared??? Wtf?? Anyhow, what I said was, (in essence), hey, I would ask for a cigarette, a tranq and a beer after being so traumatized, so ya, give the guy a PACK of cigs!!! As Frankiewild99 says, LEGEND!!!
unicorn bri you put asterisks (*) around the word. Like this: * hi * Don't put spaces andddd *hi* To make it slanted, put a underscore (_) around the word. _ hi _ Remove the spaces andddd _hi_ If you want it bold and slanted, first put the asterisk, then the underscore. * _ hi _ * *_hi_* To make it crossed out, out dashes (-) around the word. - hi - -hi- * _ - hi -_* *_-hi-_*
Who else never watched something like this before and got recommended this out of absolutely nowhere in January 2020 ? Edit : still March ?? And who knows till april ?
To those people saying that the quality is somehow surprising: it's a camera, a real camera. That's always the best, if the lens and silver emulsion on the film roll are decent. Nature without pixels.
@@fsmith45 Natural, I cannot attest to, but definitely much smoother. If you watch any old over the air TV shows you'll notice it never seems like there's any stutters that an old video camera would have.
God Bless you MEN. I'm so proud of you all. Leaves me happy theirs still people like you out there looking out for others even if risking your own lives.
*gets out of trunk with stab wounds*
smokes a cigarette.
He simply wanted to die his way
I wonder if smoke came outta his stab wounds?? 🧐
@@ebennallie Nope. He didn't inhale.
Cigarettes calm you down, after being under all that stress do you blame him?
Smoke go up dum dum
You dont find this video, this video finds you
I've seen enough posts on tumblr to know that this is a threat.
on topic: this video waved at me
rip ur grammar
@@stefan6347 How?
You right
He was smart and they were brave.They did the right thing.They saved a life.
Shae Powell
👍 yep
11/12/19
This story is amazing to see play out in a video.
I looked at your name and said wait I didn't post that until I looked again.
@@sargepowell2113 Hi there you never know ..You could possibly be a distant relative.Where are you from ?
@Rectangle boi
Most people would think it was a joke, and ignore it! I would follow up on it, and if the joke's on me, well whatever.. I wouldn't care! To ignore it is criminal!
It's insane how journalists used to have such integrity. Amazing job guys
It starts with the people consuming the news media and what they value. Even with all of the political money and billionaire owners, it can change
They don't make journalists like that because they don't make people like that any more.
It's insane that they don't now.
The good ole days, I miss them. Life was so much simpler.
@@tinarowland4120 So true!!!
I don't smoke but I'd have a cigarette too after all that.
True
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I used to smoke now it's gross as fuck only smoke weed
“he was stabbed, robbed, and beaten”
*but he was basically okay*
“Momma ain’t raise no pussy”
Nobody like this so it stays at 669
It means he doesn’t have any serious wounds
Were drugs involved? How dare I even suggest such an idea!
JD Rome He might've made a grammatical mistake, but you're the real mistake.
Stabbed, robbed, beaten, stuffed in the trunk of a car. Asks for a cigg immediately after he's freed. Lol, that's hardcore.
And is capable of standing up, dude's a fighter
THANK god they arrested these piss heads
What kind of lowlife scum kills a guy over $350??? Wasn't this back when charges were rarely pressed? Wtf man sick people. Gotham deserves a higher class of criminal
Should've asked for a Barber too.
@@RiggidyDiggidyRaw 350 bucks was probably alot of money back then at least for a shithole place like Alabama. in today's US currency it would be equivalent to 10000000000 dollars!!!
Not minding their own business saved this man's life, true heroes 👏
Good lord, there's always one that doesn't comprehend what's being said.
Doing the right thing, and helping others is Everyone's business.
@@wordsculpt Yes! You understand it, no matter what people do for a living, it's everyone's business to keep each other safe.
Technically.. it kinda wastheir business.. They're journalists 😉
@@nikkifortner2874Missed my point which was it's everyone's business, regardless of their business being journalists, newscasters, radio DJs etc. They saw someone in need and helped save his life.
The photos are so scary, even if hes alive.
They are!
Wtf do you mean by "even if he's alive"?
what year , and how did they call from a car back then ?
Mark Mckeown wut? did you only read the title
It is even scarier with the fact that he WAS alive
That picture is one of the creepiest thing I saw.
Yes it is and they sure did save that man just think about how many people weren't so lucky
EVER!
You ain't seen nothing dude.
I agree
@@Andrea-pm3dy What you said
_"He'd been stabbed, robbed and beaten --- but he was basically OK."_ Yikes.
I think what he ment by "ok" was that he was still alive
Stabbed, tortured but basically ok.
Requires a lifetime of counselling for lost traumatic stress
But he's ok
@@mjrotondi5086 he looked absolutely fine, asked for a cig as if he just ended his night shift lol
No snow flakes in those days .
Sam Sum stfu boomer
Its great they found this dude, but imagine how many people cross cars that have people in them that are never discovered.
Hi
Ewww shivers...
You will probably be shocked to learn that a very high percentage of cars we pass every day have people inside them
@@no_im_dirtydan like mine
What? Almost none.
Just a normal day in the 70s
always wondered why it was so common with serial killers then and not now
Repugnus D wdym serial killers are still really common
@@boo5868 so who's todays bundy
Repugnus D there aren’t any extremely famous ones, but recently like 2007-2010 was Elias Abuelazam. There are still serial killers some of them just might not be as famous. 🤦♀️
They used to interview serial killers back then because it was a new phenomenon and they wanted to understand the mind of serial killers to understand why they do what they do. But when it started making them famous or money basically from doing crimes you noticed they stopped interviewing them as much and even now if you listen to some sentencings you’ll notice they may even order for a person NOT to be interviewed or do anything to profit from their crime. Cause some sick people like Ted Bundy didn’t achieve as they wanted or wanted to portray as but they good at killing tho and may choose to get famous off of breaking the law or being an infamous killer...they definitely had to put a stop to that especially how society is now everybody hungry for fame or notoriety no matter if the attention is good or bad smh
Imagine all the people who couldn’t stick their hands out.....
That’s crazy
their*
Sad endings for lots of people unfortunately
Learned from movies that you gotta kick out the taillight from inside the trunk, or grab the pull to release from inside it it wasn’t removed
@@Livlocalmartian There was no pull to release in the 70s.
"how long were you in that trunk?"
"I need a cigarette."
enough said
since 1979
"that long huh..."
Balls McGee, I just laughed instantly when I saw your comment
😂
For someone who took pictures of a hand sticking out of a trunk, these guys are so humble.
I can sense your sarcasm but it would have actually taken a lot of bravery, people willing to keep someone trapped in a trunk would most likely also be willing to kill
Humble may not be the word for it. I think its more like they cared and were planning to save someone's life. I would have done it. Hope most others would have too.
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Sounds like you lack listening comprehension skills.
This is gonna make me look at peoples trunks more...
sadly trunks aren’t built like that anymore, you wouldn’t even know
Nowadays all cars are required to have a glow in the dark button or latch on the inside of the trunk
@@SightedFlyer5 Its called a kidnap handle, but anyone can snip it off.
well as an expert I'd say I doubt you’re gonna pass your annual inspection if your shit is clipped
👋👀
Imagine how many kidnapped people in the trunks of cars that we passed by everyday
Lol that's crazy if you think about it
Copied
Rather not think about that thank you
Prolly 0
not as much as you actually think
He wasn't asking to be saved, he was asking for a cigarette.
lol
Lol but you know he must have a REALLY FAST HEART BEAT and was not able to understand what just happened so in that time I think the cigarette helps calm down
Uhm I don't get it-
@@justicenah8183 OHHHH
@@maryamaljassar649 the victim asked for a cigarette after the cops got him out of the car of the kidnapper.
Edit: look at 2:56
RIP Gary, I’m glad you were able to live longer than originally expected. The guys who saved him did amazing
The fact that he was so smart as to just stick his hand out so that he could signal for help, and so that he wouldn't get caught trying to escape is just incredible.
Agreed
Yes
But like you can’t really do that now sadly
@@Feastin14 yes you an if you go in the boot of a car you can actually push out the back lights with your hand
@@bella-rx3yc nah alot of cars have metal plating behind the lights but some you could probably
This time there was a sign, imagine all the times there wasn't
Yup, I've talked to a dude that had the killer vibe and he told me the easiest crime to commit is murder, ''just make sure your both alone and that they don't feel the need to tell someone where they're heading and you've got em'', is an almost direct quote from that conversation. 2 years down the line I hear he was brought in on murder charges because he tried (and failed) to slit a dudes throat in a bar bathroom. He was also accused of murders up to that point. Still makes me wonder ALOT of stuff.
No kidding huh
I believe something like only 10% of homicides are solved.
@@Nessal83 try more than 60 in America but that doesn't include wrongful conviction which is valid whole separate thing in itself
ikr, it’s a weird thought that we’ve probably passed a car with someone in the trunk and we’ve never noticed. A horrible thought really, i wish there was always a sign.
That camera quality is better than most cctv's today
Yea
Fr i don't get why camera footage is so shit
@@lmao9526 maybe because 1 fucking frame took less memory than a camera that contains months of footage for 24/7? try download 2 hour movie in 1080p and see how much space it took
Unrelated completely. But, you have 100 likes and your channel is lvl 100- I-
@@lmao9526 because they dont have enough storage to record in HD 24/7
Good luck finding journalists like these two today.
You would find people like these two at any given newspaper (though most won't ever have to). But don't let that stand in the way of your irrational hatred of journalists.
Do you honestly believe that two journalists today, following that same vehicle, would simply dismiss it? 🙄
"He was stabbed, robbed, and beaten. But he was basically ok."
-the most metal thing I've ever heard.
Fuckin' A. And first thing he does is smoke a cig after being stabbed 14 hours earlier? The man is a legend.
That guy was harder than any rappers today.
you have to take into account that those were still the "tough" generations. Wars had been fought in their time.
I think Cannibal Corpse wrote a song about it
Super human. A spaceman
Here's to all the victims in history who didn't have a hand to wave.
Rob L. Great comment
That's deep brother !
Ok boomer
Yeah
@@radityapoerwanto7018 how is this an "ok boomer" moment?
I can remember as a kid you used to see car boots with plastic fingers slotted on the edge as a “joke thing” like the Garfield suction cup plush toys. I never knew the fingers were based on a real event.
Oh shit.. i know now
This was my first thoughts before clicking this vid, just "a silly little prank" video.
AwutMamzer oh how wrong you were!
Wow.... that’s... not... omg
I don’t think people should use those joke fake fingers anymore because what if it happens again and someone just thinks it’s fake fingers
This would never happen today. People are so quick to “mind their own business” or think “someone else will take care of it”. These folks tracked the car down, didn’t have cell phones and still saved dude’s life!
Back when reporters and journalists still had a soul.
I don't think it's the journalists that has changed as much so as it's the media landscape in general; internet, social media and all that other bullcrap. In this day and age anybody can investigate anything at all times; it's also the reason why professionalism seems like a rarity now. Trump is definitely a mark of this!
Today they would say Trump provoked it.
Journalism today is copy cut and paste to 20 websites
Dustin Noobs you would never see somebody’s hand sticking out of the trunk of today’s cars. Sound harsh but it’s just not going to happen. Simple as those times were much easier
Today they would have stayed hidden and filmed the murder for a better story.
just imagine how many people are in other people's trunks right now
ROCK SOLID I’m in one right now FYI
@@PanchoPistolas45 same dude
You just gave me the chills
Zero
@@ollijokinen1571 If someone throws you in the trunk. They would surely remove the emergency latch.
Makes me wonder how many people used to be trapped in trunks without anyone knowing
Or being buried alive... jeeeesssuus
@@earthsgard
Only 2 have been buried alive, but that was just in a movie called Casino, not real life.
Back in the day? Lots. I'm from Newark, NJ and I love talking to older people from "back in the day". You'd be surprised how many stories I've heard about "bodies being buried in the basement". So from what I gather a lot of mob owned bars buried people in their basements and would just cover it up with cement. The cops would be on the payroll and even if they weren't what better place to stash bodies than your own public establishment. Who's gonna look there right under everyone's noses.
@@JohnDoe-cd6ro
No.
Lots! Until they invented the inside trunk release. LOL
This man would never had made it without the perseverance of these guys!!! This is awesome!
Why isn’t this a damn movie yet?!
Seff H There’s a movie that this sort of reminds me of. It’s called “The Call” and is amazing. It’s about a 911 operator who goes after a frequent kidnapper after she hears him kidnap another girl and challenges the operator over the phone. Super suspenseful and great ending
Squiggle Wyrm That movie was very interesting
Halle berry movie
@@SquiggleWyrm The one with Halle Berry? Looks like a good movie. Might have to search netflix tomorrow night :)
A short story
"He'd been stabbed, robbed, and beaten, but he was basically... okay."
Me explaining to mom how my little brother is okay after hitting him:
He just needed a cigarette
@@BigSmoke-bu6ib he cant die without a last cigarette
Gezzzzzz 😯
@@BigSmoke-bu6ib 🌌Its just a cigatette and it can't be that bad🌌
“He’d been stabbed, robbed and beaten the night before.. but he was basically okay”
And he asked for a cigarette at the end
Yep, being locked up in a trunk makes the human body's healing process 20 times faster than normal. So his wounds were gone. He just needed a cigarette :-)
aka not terminally injured
men, like cars, were built better back in the day'
Just being alive, breathing is a good thing!
nowadays daily beheading, torture , kidnapping is just the norm
That’s my grandfather! He was such an amazing person. He passed in 88. We remember them telling us about this and my grandma kept the news article.
Of course he was.
For Yall in the comments saying “he’s been stabbed but he’s basically okay” they don’t mean he’s COMPLETELY fine they mean he’s fine in the way where he will be able to survive
@Supreme Gamer YT that's not a r/woosh situation some people genuinely thought it was weird they said that
no shit sherlock
@@meowthtroplaysvideogames what does r/woosh mean
@@WRLDZ46 its something some redditors say when someone doesn't get a joke.
@@meowthtroplaysvideogames ohh okay thanks for telling me:)
The good old days when journalist truly cared about the people and doing their job. 💜
there are plenty actually. Some stories are "must see" when it's about safety, a bad action, etc. That needs the attention for people. And, their usually important.
Ikr!!!!!
boomer
journalists nowadays are extremely capable people who do their job very well- you just have to do research on the credibility of sources and cross reference information. anyone who complains about journalism is an idiot.
Kalevi Urpilainen The fact that you even know about that and what happened is because of the necessary institution of journalism. if abc had ran that story back then youd’ve slammed them for not fact checking their stories
This is quite possibly the best thing the news media has ever done.
*only thing they have done
👍
the guy was probably a low life
We get the news media that we deserve. There’s a lot of sensationalist garbage that we consume now. But, at it’s core, our press is still safeguards this country’s greatness like nothing else.
If we stopped focusing on national politics as tribal sport, and spent our money on LOCAL coverage, we’d be in a better place.
Benny Smith you know, not ending the Vietnam war or anything important like that.
❤I love that he said, "a moral responsibility."
Yes sir. Called respect for humanity 👏 👏👏🙏 🙌 ❤ 💫👍🏻
Now this is classic journalism
Falcon Cyborg actual credible journalism
real journalism*
Which is why you had to go back over 2 decades for it.
He put his hand out asking for a cigarette.
Lol hahahhahaa
This comment deserves 8.5k likes.
Hahahahahahahahahaahahahha nice one
OMG that made me laugh hard. Congrats
LMAO!
1960s Logic: I'm half dead, need a cigarette
Ahahauha stolen comment stfu and no one cares about your verification badge
@@James-lo8qq if you didn't care about his verification badge why point it out and comment on it? Especially when the comment said nothing about the verification badge💀
@@elfprincesa facts tho. I guess I'm not allowed to have an opinion after 100k 😅
@@James-lo8qq ♥ wish you well fam ♥
@@JonnoPlays you copied literally 50 other comments but looking back at this idk why I was so toxic. Sorry bro, I subbed to you
It's stories like these that explain why all modern vehicles come with a Glow-In-The-Dark pull handle in the trunk ...
I had one of these in my 2017 Fiat Abarth. I couldn't fit a cooler in the trunk, but if I was ever to get shoved into such a small space, I could pull that and get out! Lol.
Required by law
The victim saved his own life by sticking out his fingers out of the trunk so other drivers could see. The two reporters are the real American heroes.
Exactly
Reminds me of a movie, The call🤔🤔
That's when journos were made of sterner stuff. Today they'd probably live stream it from their phones for awhile, then high tail it out of harms way
Same here,
Yup
This man is so lucky that dodges were built like shit back then.
04dram04 😂😂😂😂😂😂
04dram04 you mean till this day
... Back then?
@@antonioivan1177 ... lmmfao ...
They still are my friend! They still are! LMFAO!
Stabbed
Robbed
Beaten
He's ok, he just needs a cigarette
People were tough in the 70s
@@clouddemosonline6174 I was ther I know
@@clouddemosonline6174 yeah compared to today
Nonsmokers and women wouldn't understand.
He saw his life flashing before his eyes.
I remember this case! Thank God that these kind gentlemen stalked this vehicle and ultimately were able to aid the authorities.
I just realized that there wasn’t any cellphones. So they had to stop at a pay phone. Lord jesus
News vehicles had two way radios or CB's and police scanners at that time
Cars would have floor phones. You could plug 🔌 it in to the cigarette holder.
@@justenzo6342 what is a floor phone? Yeah people don't realize but "car phones" have been around since oh I don't know for sure without checking ,but at least the 50's. They were like a 2 way radio , but there was a relay person in the middle .
Earl Wright It like a phone that comes with your car when you buy it and it plugs into your cigarette lighter. My mom had one in her first car. A Honda CRX.
@@earlwright3613 it's like bluetooth but with an actual phone plugged in
man got out of the trunk after 14 hours: "I need a cigarette".
like, priorities. lol
Simply marvelous....
Priorities people! Priorities
My man is built different
That's badass
Professionals have *STANDARDS*.
When journalist really were chasing the truth and nothing for publicity
Boy those were the days, ay?
Now they just put famous celebrity names in every article to get fame. Famous tiktok celebrity charlie broke up!Literally no one reads journals everything important that happens will show up everywhere on the internet
@@iplaygamesihate212 everything and anything for click bait.
@@iplaygamesihate212 if thats the only news you see i don’t think you read the news lol
@@giselas who said that. And no I dont go to the news. I have a life ahead of me I'm not 51
He was so smart to stick his hand out and anybody involved in helping is such a hero
This happened in Australia recently. A girl was kidnapped and stowed in a car. She punched out a tail light and started waving. Thank the Lord she was freed and the kidnappers charged.
Our sentences are too light, I believe. They’ll just do it again
No being goady, but why are you thanking the Lord? Surely you should thank the people that actually helped her!
Don't thank a fictional sky being, thank her critical thinking skills that actually saved her.
Thanking the Lords seems odd, since it was His will to let it happen in the first place.
where in Australia? what state? I would love to read about this more
If his hand wasn't out of the trunk imagine what would've happened to him.
they told us in the video, they would have taken him somewhere to execute him
Threesome
@@riswanda2620 people now days hahaha
Don't need to imagine. Already knew what they we're gonna do.
NO not him
Admit it. We all didn't searched up for this.
man who cares tbh
RIP English
Admit it shut the fuck up this is the new like beggar comment
who the fuck searches for videos to watch?
@@major7thsharp11 😂😂
Back in the day when people working for the news were actually worth a damn.
"I need a cigarette "
And back then everybody had one to give to him.
😂
He's got 6 officers, 4 EMTs and a half dozen reporters all holding a cigarette out for him haha.. He probably took em all and smoked a whole pack by the time they were done arresting these guys..
Wrong. River. Sry.
@@pretary1845 nice cliche. Not everyone had a cigarette at hand every goddamn second, in fact cigarettes were commonly smoked in places, and out on patios.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar btw I think it's a joke
“Moral responsibility”. A rare commodity these days.
@Keith Willis
Please finish your sentence.
Ok boomer
Ok boomer
Okay boomer
Oh cmon anybody today would call the cops if they saw a hand sticking out of a trunk these days shut up
Considering they had no cell phones I consider this a miracle.
How considerate of you. 😅
there was at least 1 public phone on every street corner in those days. Also emergency phone call boxes that had a direct connection to fire/police.
The loose tolerances in cars back then made this possible. In a modern car you'd never be able to slip a hand out of a closed trunk.
@@jamesbulldogmiller You just made me realize it has been many years since I've seen a highway call box.
@@LividImp same!!!
Bless these guys for doing such a good deed and being observant.
PRAYERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TORTURED,AND HURT THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT ALL OVER THE WORLD
reving19 And for their safety
❤
Amen
It sucks to know shit like this happens every hour somewhere in the world
Amen 🙏
Thank God he was alive I'm glad he was able to get his hand through the trunk and these Hero's saw it
@@jonandrewfeltner513 I changed it lol
@@shantelgoggins6443 awe. I didnt mean it in that light. Lol. Just hit me weird i guess. I hope i dont get called out on my autocorrect
@@jonandrewfeltner513 Your ok and thanks
@@shantelgoggins6443 you're welcome.
That is scary though. I had a dream about kidnapped, and put into a trunk.
That camera quality is better than
All UFO photos combined together
Lmao
They would have got the Box Brownie out to take the photo if the hand had have been green with extra long fingers.
I wonder why people in the times of Ben Franklin or Christopher Columbus never saw UFOs
they have to be low quality or else they wouldn’t unidentified objects
*Look up 'hazing' effect*
I've lived in Alabama all of my life...I'm 40 years old...and I have never heard about this until today. Amazing. Glad they were able to save him.
“I didn’t think maybe they could be dangerous, I thought they WERE dangerous. Otherwise, why would they have this person in the car? Something was not right.”
*Intelligence 100*
Clearly 1,000*
I read this comment right as he said it .
Steven Garrett same
Steven Garrett same
@@stevengarrett8647 it's the average time to get to this comment, which is sorta creepy, it happened to me
I wish journalists these days still had that kind of integrity.
That's how the journalist suppose to be.Go out and bring the real news.Not today's fake news.This guys should recieved an awards.
Elijah Schaffer can point you toward still-active journalists. He had to take a pause but he went to about a dozen of the 2020 riots and caught a lot of the footage we all saw
Twitter made everyone a journalist; minus the costly degrees.
@@anonymouscity8083 bro you seriously think the election was stolen fuck you just for that and don’t even get me started on all the other shit you said
That's exactly what I came on to say! How this is what the news used to be. No political agenda, no Left/Right, just pure, truthful reporting.
Asking for a cigarette after being stabbed and stuck in a trunk for 14 hours
is the most seventies badass shit you could have ever asked for.
Arnaud Ir's not "bad***" it is survival.
@@BudandBloomWithBlossom It’s badass
@@bokgaming6645 No, a "bada**" interpretation is juvenile and a ridiculous fictional movie interpretation.
As someone who had a smoking habit, you smoke because you have a habit, and also when you're under stress to relieve stress, and contemplate. 100%.
This guy was not being a Eastwood, B. Willis, or Bond character. He was stabbed(!!!), locked in a trunk(!!), was desperately trying to get help the only way he could, and was saved miraculously. Everything isn't "cool" or a joke.
Cigarettes are used to calm nerves. My father never smoked except when he got anxious.
It was to calm him down
The retelling of this is even fantastic, feel that nervous energy of knowing you're on the trail of something stranger than fiction. Great news hounds and citizens, everyone but the criminals involved.
I wish more people were this proactive in helping to catch an abducted person
I know, right. Everyone I know would completely ignore a hand with moving fingers sticking out of a trunk.
Did you see the illegal street racer who chased a dude who had possibly abducted a girl?
It's not easy....it's putting other lives in danger too sometimes if we try to help. You dont know who has a weapon and who will react. I think most of us want to help and be good citizens but we are afraid for this reason. The safest thing is to do what they did though....follow at a distance or get a license plate number or any type of info to ID them secretly and call the cops.
@@sheena9p90 to an extent yeah but if there's immediate danger to an abductee and you can follow them, it's good to do if you don't mind the danger. I personally would risk my life for someone else if it were possible
@@AEM-le7uy why is everyone you know a horrible person?
The black and white makes it more scarier...
GhOsT_ Z007
It had to be in black and white lol
This happened a while ago
More scarier = bad grammar
@@CaleenKnow no one really cares..
Forget the more and you might actually speak English. Observe.
“The black and white makes it scarier” Or
“The back and while makes it more creepy”
And colors didn't make your basic English grammar any better.
today everybody would think its just a prank and drive by
Ok boomer
PLUTO KUN doesn’t even know how to use a dead meme right
@@narinsimon9745 lmao right
@@narinsimon9745
ok boomer
Narin Simon, weak penis
The kidnapped man sounds like an amazing guy.
When you’ve been stabbed, beaten, and stuffed in a trunk for 14 hours but you chill as heck
-“I need a cigarette!”
Probably needed it to calm his nerves.. He hadn't had a cigarette in 14 hours.. If you're an addict then that's the only way you gonna calm yourself down
Armmmyyyy
Copied comment 😑😒
@Olga Martin He's
@Olga Martin Why would he want to watch a cartoon?
"So what did you do when you were freed?"
*smoked a cigg*
Lexi Jones 🐑
Hell give me a cigarette and joint after all that!
Just thought I would point out my name is Aiden and I cube
The 2 rarest things you could come across yet...
He said "Smokes, Let's go"
AidenThat1Cuber 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
this is when reporters and journalists actually made a difference and werent complete puppets.
Totally agree with you on that.
The people you’re talking about aren’t reporters, journalist or anything that resemble that
They are politicians just haven’t run for office
If you want good journalism, you need to support it.
@Jonathan Devereaux they are practicing good journalism, you just aren't paying for it so you don't get access.
@Jonathan Devereaux you think there are no journalists out there who are worth your attention? So ignorant. Don’t act like you care about truth if you don’t care enough to seek it out
I was at Edgewater Park in Cleveland with some friends one summer afternoon in 1973. We were walking the trail by the parking lot and heard knocking and a muffled cry coming from somewhere. We took time to search for the sound, and narrowed it down to one car. We knew someone was in the trunk. While one person went to get a park policeman, we kept reassuring the man that help was coming. When the police came and broke the trunk open, we found a man in his early twenties, with duct tape all around his head, wrists, and ankles. He could do nothing to help himself. The police freed him and he was able to stand and walk until the ambulance arrived. I will never forget the terror on his face as long as I live. To this day I am so glad we looked for that sound. Take a minute. You might just be the one to save a life one day. If you ever end up in a trunk, there is usually a latch under the hood lining that will open it up. Rip the lining and pull the latch if possible, Kick the lights out. Use anything you can find to pry at the hood, but try. Do anything you can to bring attention to the car. Do what you can to help your heroes find you, and thank God everyday for the heroes that are out there to help us.
4k exists in 1970... Not only I could see the number plate. I could see the small words around it too. Alabama...
WHY DO I SEE UR CHANNEL EVERYWHERE
@@space8456 ya same
It's because of youtube recommendation.
NO IN THE COMMENTS
Bro
Can’t imagine how terrifying that had to be riding in a trunk to your death
Im thinking more about how good it would be to be saved.
In GTA V Devin's death is riding in a cars trunk and then pushing it off an cliff to the ocean
He's probably thinking about getting a cigarette.
yeah. the cigarette thing is definitely funny but in reality it was probably because he was very shaken up and needed something to calm him down.
This explains it: www.watchdominion.com
It was wiggling
My dumb self: stared at the picture intently to check if it's wiggling
😧
Hahaha I did, too 😂😂😂😂😂
Me too lol
Lmao same here
😂
Hahahahah me too
God bless everyone. You both were at the right place at the right time. Thank God the man in the trunk had enough space to put his fingers out the trunk. 🙏 God is Good
And yet God does not save all the kidnap victims not discovered.
That’s sad and all but..... why was this recommended to me on Christmas Day?
KGC same
This happened to me too
KGC yup.
Christmas is a pagan holiday.
The timing is immaculate.
Because RUclips is heartless.
“He was beaten, robbed, and stabbed, but, basically ok” … dude in trunk was tough 😳
It's amazing how much thin people can endure, REAL yogis are all thin and boney
@@Ash-do2pv Shoot, I’m 5’11” and 155lbs 😀
@@jerfacekilla What has your height & weight got to do with it. There is difference between body mass & weight, and ability to withstand pressures without giving up. This is not a GAME stuck in dark cramped oily boot of criminals car with potential death hanging on your head
@@Ash-do2pv Torture me, I dare you 😈
@@jerfacekilla why would i want to torture you, why not ask the criminals to torture you.
My statement was a generalised observation about thin people being more able to ride the waves. But if you want to be thick and stay locked up in a car boot to prove yourself its upto you. But remember its not a game that you play on computers
Guy: "Christ man, you alright?"
Guy in the trunk: "Yeah, Yeah.. any of you got a cig?"
Lol ikr thats what I thought!😂
I’d so ask for 1
Huh, he got stabbed and robbed the night before, and all hes worried about is a cigarette not being in his hand, legend.
I left a comment, but it disappeared??? Wtf?? Anyhow, what I said was, (in essence), hey, I would ask for a cigarette, a tranq and a beer after being so traumatized, so ya, give the guy a PACK of cigs!!! As Frankiewild99 says, LEGEND!!!
I'd need one for sure.
That's what real journalism used to be BRAVO !!!
_Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year_
RUclips: *WANNA SEE A HAND HANGING OUT OF A TRUNK?*
unicorn bri you put asterisks (*) around the word. Like this:
* hi *
Don't put spaces andddd
*hi*
To make it slanted, put a underscore (_) around the word.
_ hi _
Remove the spaces andddd
_hi_
If you want it bold and slanted, first put the asterisk, then the underscore.
* _ hi _ *
*_hi_*
To make it crossed out, out dashes (-) around the word.
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@@joshirabin -this is so friggin amazing-
*iwilltry*
Who else never watched something like this before and got recommended this out of absolutely nowhere in January 2020 ?
Edit : still March ?? And who knows till april ?
i didnt watch nothing before this except how to pull off heists, car chase scenes, drug addiction paranoia, and TRUNK LIFE
U r not alone
Yep 🤔
First you 2019 and now 2020 u say
I watched something like this before 1 January to today
Somebody needs to give those reporters a hand for diligence.
pun intended?
@@preciousjoiner2447 xD
Heh "a hand"
CNN is so far from this lmao
After forty years.
"I need a cigarette"
Man this guy's been through so much bs to the point where he's just accepted whatever life handed to him
Wait so Netflix made a movie literally about a tall girl but nothing about this?
I think this would be more suitable if it was a duel esque short.
It would be more suitable if it was about a gay man in a trunk
@@za4ria yea. Cant make a netflix original without the character being gay. Its bad if it isnt of course. /s
they should make this a movie and collect it with other stories and then yamehaha into us
@@lamasu8060 netflix can pop out any character to be gay after 3 season of banging opposing sexes.
Stabbed, robbed, beaten but he was basically ok 👍
Because he could stand and talk that's why
Yeah not traumatized at all
No he wasn't ...
kaboom u sure ?
this man some badass
Thats an incredible story, those guys were so Brave, i bet the victim has NEVER forgotten them, they saved his life!
💯
They was discussing Where to finish him off!!
@@kristashelby6622 the people who had him in their trunk were.
not the reporters the reporters were the people following the car
@@a50ftfall6 I know that. Who doesn't know that?
@@kristashelby6622 well the way you said it makes it sound like you were talking about the reporters
I have no words. Wow. History is truly something.
Who agrees they should make a Netflix series because this is such a good story
No one
What off this one ep or others because if just this it wouldn’t make a series lol
@@flexl9214 🤣🤣🤣
@@flexl9214 then you agree...
@@almogvine6223 pretty intelligent.
To those people saying that the quality is somehow surprising: it's a camera, a real camera. That's always the best, if the lens and silver emulsion on the film roll are decent. Nature without pixels.
People don't really understand the difference between shooting on film or video, so :/
Its a joke....
Oh hush, film isn’t any more natural than electric cameras
@@fsmith45 Natural, I cannot attest to, but definitely much smoother. If you watch any old over the air TV shows you'll notice it never seems like there's any stutters that an old video camera would have.
We've evolved, just backwards
“You don’t have hands sticking out of trunks everyday”
I read this the as he said it lol
Maybe you don't
@@Otero561 same!!
Local Dips lol me too
@@Otero561 me too strange.. It also happens to me with other videos
God Bless you MEN. I'm so proud of you all. Leaves me happy theirs still people like you out there looking out for others even if risking your own lives.
People back in the day treated cigarette like water lol
Exactly! When company came over you offered them a cigarette!😄😂
LOL yes they most certainly did! I remember it well 😂
Yes, cigarette smoke and cigarette butts were EVERYWHERE. Good riddance.
I still do .
Good times .
@@hannahbg1852
now I'm classy with emphysema.
Damn He Was Stabbed Robbed And Almost Buried
*THEN ASKED FOR A CIG*
*But he was mostly okay*
That's the most hardcore thing i heard
Hey weaboo
If you're a smoker you know he was craving a cig the whole 14 hours.
@@shivanshlolayekar9668 I'm not oh f*cking KAY!!!!
Let's be honest, you didn't search for this...
We*
Yep
I searched kid kidnapping compilation and found this
frhn May I ask why ?
Nope, I was watching alien abductions...
Moral of the story : if you ever get kidnapped , get out of your hand in the trunk of the car and wave as much as you can.