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- From: robear@access.digex.com (Robear)
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- Subject: Re: A western scientific look at Ki
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- Date: 22 Dec 1992 16:50:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.043458.9486@reed.edu> mnoell@reed.edu (I'm done dammit!!!) writes:
- >
- >
- > Please pardon my ignorance and skepticism, but can anyone document
- >these episodes in which a mother lifts a car to save her child? I too have
- >heard these stories, but it has never happened to me. In fact it has never even
- >happened to anyone I know. I'm not saying it cannot happen, rather I am
- >asking for first hand evidence. This is the sort of story we would all like
- >to believe, but I have never encountered anything more substanitive than
- >rumor. Thanks for any help.
- >
- >
- >Max
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- Check the newpapers for a reasonably large city; it'll happen a few times a year.
- the last I remember in this area was last Spring in No. Va. A mother was able
- to stop her station wagon when it rolled down a mildly sloped drivewy
- towards her child, then called for help while holding the car in place.
- She ended up in the hospital for a bit, probably with back problems.
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- Since I could, when training for cross country, lift the rear wheels of
- a small or medium sized car off the ground for a few seconds, I assume
- that it is possible for most people if adrenalinized. It is mostly leg
- and lower back strength.
-
- David "OOO...plastic bumpers" Pipes
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