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Jason Dunn
12-18-2010, 01:00 AM
<p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFdGKeQph-Q&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gFdGKeQph-Q&amp;ap=%26fmt=18" /></object></p><p>Three words: balls of steel. The guy nearly gets killed in what would have been a massively ugly accident, and a second later, he's snapping a picture. Clang clang!</p>
Sven Johannsen
12-20-2010, 05:00 AM
So, do you think he will get more kudos for his calmness, or more flack for stopping to take a few shots before running to see if the driver was OK?
Jason Dunn
12-20-2010, 06:03 PM
So, do you think he will get more kudos for his calmness, or more flack for stopping to take a few shots before running to see if the driver was OK?

Good question. The clip hasn't gone viral - only about 3K views on YouTube - so the opinionated horde hasn't descended yet. My take? The guy is a photographer, and him snapping pictures for 1-2 seconds before going to help isn't a big deal - 1-2 seconds is not live/die time for the driver. Well, unless the car exploded next... :eek:
marlof
12-22-2010, 06:28 PM
914085 views enough to determine viral? This is the link to the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFdGKeQph-Q , you linked to a copy that is removed now.
Jason Dunn
12-22-2010, 06:57 PM
914085 views enough to determine viral? This is the link to the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFdGKeQph-Q , you linked to a copy that is removed now.

Ah, would you look at that! :) Thanks, I've updated the link. It's awful when people steal videos. I just had my first instance of that yesterday actually.

Kind of lame though that the original poster doesn't allow embedding on other sites though. :rolleyes: