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Firefighters are tough guys!

 
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Not that sure about the hoses, though.



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The text in the article where that photo is from says it's a joke done by the fireman, so he wasn't as stupid as it looks.
 
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Thanks! I should have bothered to feed the page through Google translate. Still makes me wonder how would a hose protection that trains could ride over look like

On a similar note (though I guess everyone has already seen this):



(http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/mishapsdisasters/ig/Tow-Truck-Comedy-of-Errors/Tow-Truck-Comedy-of-Errors--1.htm)

A video widely circulated in my country shows the second crane falling into the bay too, though the last page of the above gallery debunks that as a myth.
 
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