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- From: plp1@Ra.MsState.Edu (pat parker)
- Subject: Re: MOTHER PICKS UP CAR
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:01:18 GMT
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- laws@ai.sri.com (Kenneth I. Laws) writes:
-
- >I have no knowledge of specific incidents, but can suggest
- >a relevant variable. People with Parkinson's Disease have
- >overactive muscles that "lock up" or otherwise interfere
- >with one another. Movement can be so difficult as to approach
- >life-long paralysis. Yet it is said that these same people
- >can exhibit extraordinary agility during emergencies. I infer
- >that they might also exhibit extraordinary strength, since
- >the muscles are kept in good shape by their excessive activity.
- >A old woman with Parkinson's might well be able to lift a
- >car, or rip off its door, or walk along power lines to carry
- >a baby out of a burning house.
-
- i just caught the tail end of this stream, having been out of town for a
- while. i assume that it concerns cases of extreme strength in instances
- of emergency. Well i heard on the radio yesterday that a man recently
- tore the security bars off of a window of a burning house to save a child.
- no details, the dj just tossed this tidbit out as general interest, so
- there it is.
-
- pat
-