'Superman' Lifts Car To Save Girl

[The Straight Story]

'Superman' Lifts Car To Save Girl


OTTAWA, kan. -- A young girl is calling a neighbor a superhero because of what he did when she was trapped beneath a car.

Nick Harris said he doesn't know where he found the strength, but somehow he managed to lift a car off the 6-year-old girl last week, earning himself the title of Superman.

"I just think it's a Christmas miracle," Harris said.

Harris said he has tried time and again to recreate the surprising show of strength that he said surfaced when sheer instinct sent him running to the 6-year-old's aid.

"I just ran over there, I looked, I seen the tire on her, and I lifted the car up to get her out from underneath the car," Harris said. "I don't know how I did it. I've tried three or four times since then."

http://www.kctv5.com/news/22003146/detail.html

[CBGLuthier]

1. adrenaline tis a mighty thing

[MiniMe]

2. Adrenaline does wonders in those situations

[walldude]

3. I've heard of people doing this in the past..

Incredible feats of superhuman strength at times of crisis...

[lapfog_1]

4. It's a MIRACLE!!!

performed all the time by adrenaline.

[damntexdem]

5. So what? Superman's always doing that.

Actually, such occurrences have been reported before -- who knows what one can do in an emergency?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Villians every where are outraged.

[Blue-Jay]

7. The real Superman would've flown backwards around the earth to turn back time.

(And after posting that, I've got a shitty Cher song stuck in my head. - Dammit!)

[DailyGrind51]

8. Does he want to run for President in 2012?

[proteus_lives]

9. Good for him and I'm glad she's safe.

Faster then a speeding bullet! More powerful then a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!

[MissDeeds]

10. Great story

Thanks so much for bringing it to our attention, Straight Story. Nice to know there are real super heroes among us!

[MineralMan]

11. What kind of car was it? I didn't that in the story or at the link.

I've picked up a front corner of a VW bug (60s), a Fiat front corner (rear wheel drive) and the rear corner of a Mini (60s). I weighed 150 lb. back then, and it wasn't that hard.

If this was the non-engine end of a smaller car, and it was one corner, then it's not all that miraculous. Most men can do that if they really want or need to.

Without knowing what kind of car it was and what was picked up, it may or may not be some miracle.

[applegrove]

12. I'm allergic to my own adrenaline. It causes me so much pain when it turns on. So

I don't do things that I used to love to do like jumping off a cliff into the lake. I wonder if I'll ever find out exactly why my adrenaline attacks me so.