Powerlifter Lifts 2-Ton SUV Off Man Trapped Underneath
“I just lifted and started pushing the vehicle as hard as I could.”
“A powerlifter in Michigan is being hailed as a real life super hero after his quick actions helped save a man pinned under a rolled over vehicle. Ryan Belcher, 29, was preparing to leave work last Thursday when he heard a loud crash outside his workplace. He noticed an SUV flipped upside down, and he rushed outside toward the wreckage. Ryan said there was a man trapped under the vehicle begging for help. Belcher, who is 350 pounds and can deadlift over 800 pounds, recalled thinking at the time, ‘This is where I need to be. All the training I’ve been through… this is the time where it’s really going to pay off.’ But the Jeep Cherokee he was about to try and lift weighed roughly two tons…”
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