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What an idiot

This is hilarious! The Darwin Awards were invented for idiots like this.

Interesting that cause of death was recorded as accidental - would have thought misadventure would have been more accurate.

AP has some pretty graphic footage m.ruclips.net/video/T1trHj8coaQ/видео.html&pp=ygUNc3RlcGhlbiBsYWRkIA%3D%3D

Why censor the photos?

Moral of this story: quit while you’re ahead.

I went to school with a guy who was an absolute genius auto mechsnic and a gifted driver as well. He knew little of physics or math beyond the basics, though. My generation grew up watching Evel Knievel, Burt Reynolds movies, and the "Dukes of Hazzard." Inspired by those he decided that he was going to jump his '70 Chevy Nova off of a 25' (7.6 m) sheer dropoff to see how far he could go through the air. Many of us warned him that he'd almost certainly nose in and possibly endo flip, but he insisted that he knew far more about cars and driving than we ever would. He was doing about 60 mph (96.5 kph) when he left the edge. The Nova is a notoriously nose-heavy unibody car and somewhat fragile for its day. The front dropped immediately, dug in hard, and the car flipped tail over nose at an angle. It bent, dtopping the roof to the doorsills in front, the driver's door buckled and jammed, the passenger door and trunklid sprang open. He was unconscious, bleeding a lot, and was thoroughly trapped. There was no fire but gasoline was leaking copiously. This was before cellphones and in a somewhat remote lication so it took about an hour for EMS to arrive. They cut him out fairly quickly, but he'd suffered badly frim the crash and the long wait. He ended up with brain damage, some permanent paralasis, internal njjuries, and broken bones. This story very much reminded me of him, though my schoolmate did live through his overconfidence.

Terrible childhood: ✅ Extream trauma at a young age: ✅ Unchecked mental health: ✅ Lack of proper education: ✅ Sick bastard had no chance in life.

When you say 'for every Evel Knievel or Eddie Kidd there was somebody who didn't make it...' like Eddie Kidd when he had his accident. Love the line about pre stunt preparation being to 'down a couple of cans'... often these were the inspiration for the stunt "Yer' know lads *hic* I reckon I could jump the gap between these two multistory carparks on my little brothers Chopper *hic* if I strapped... eh *hic* ehhh *Hic* ...a couple o' hundred firework rockets to th' frame."

Even failing the first pass would have been deadly with that kind of set up.

Breathing superheated air just turns your lungs to mush. Too young to die. Thanks for your efforts, Mr Raven.

Eddie Kid did not have a happy ending either he was badly injured in his last jump.

It's the usual story. When disaster strikes, the rich get running.

Got to wonder about the mentality. Was he really doing it all for the attention, or was there part of him that wanted to die? Such a brash decision you have to question it.

There's another Titan II that you can visit, not just the one at the Titan II museum. The National Museum of the United States Air Force has both a Titan I and a Titan II in the Missile Gallery.

If there was ever a definition of the phrase “quit while you’re ahead”. Madd Ladd.

A dry field and dry straw and the firefighters didn't even have their hoses rolled out and prepped? Darwin awards all around 😢

I had that wind up Evel Knieval toy. And my best friend broke his collarbone trying to ramp off a loading dock.

This reminds me of the fool who wanted to "prove the earth wasnt round" and Darwined himself with his own "rocket ship" in the process. FAFO!

Horrifically Eddie Kidd also paid a horrendous price for his efforts.

Why were the firefighters just lounging around and not in a position to help? If only they'd been ready, they might have saved Stephen Ladd's life

I was at a "Moose" lodge X-mas party some year in the 70's and received a "girly" type of Santa gift. So I started crying and they replaced it with that Evel Knievel crank up toy. Sometimes it pays to shed a tear, or two.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to work or live in that building after the tragedy of that fire, even if the building were renovated to meet new fire safety codes! The high population density in some of Brasil's largest cities make high rises an inevitability, just as in other areas of the world, where there are high population densities. :/

Yeah. He would have been saved if he had been wearing a high visibility vest. Right.

Anyone think the bike made it out, okay? 🔥🚲

Seems like a great candidate for a Darwin award, if you ask me.

at least Evel Kneviel studied scientifically his stunts ahead of time and prepared usually for the worst outcomes and wore some protective gear and had proper rescue and emergency services prepared. My neighbor destroyed his face by trying the plank and board jumps on his mini banana seat bike and had serious reconstructive surgery for broken facial bones and jaw wired shut for months as a result. He was five or six.

"He was a global superstar and not just in the States." Get a proofreader.

One of the things i like about your videos is that its often a disaster/accident I've never heard of instead of the same old stuff everyone else does. Plus your accent is cool.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Don't feel sorry about this at all. Stupid Ladd.

Resuscitation really? For someone who was on fire? I can't seem to wrap my head around that one.

This is one of my favorite channels. Your narrations are flawless with just the right blend of humanity and objectivity. Keep going sir!

1972 Darwin award winner

Most people have never heard about this because it doesn't fit the mainstream media narrative. He never used the tool that that they like to bash.

Darwin award.

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The fire brigade was pretty casual about the whole thing but even if they had had hoses charged and ready, running right into an enclosed space with 1000C temperatures was going to be quickly fatal no matter what they did. The flames themselves were not what was so lethal, and the real danger Stephen Ladd did not count on. It was the hot gasses they released. 1000C gasses will burn lungs like tissue paper soaked in petrol. Even if the outside of his body had been completely unburnt, his lungs would have been fatally injured. Smoke and hot gasses, not the fire itself, are what kills most of the time, and almost certainly are what killed Stephen Ladd. His first run, those hot gasses hadn't had a chance to accumulate, so he just ran through full speed. Second time, he crashed... and the first breath in that inferno would have been fatal. He really had not the faintest idea what he was doing. Aluminum baking pans to protect his crankcase? No fire-resistant suit? And most of all, no *idea* of the physics of fire and the source of its dangers, other than "fire hot, durrr?" He died because of ignorance and foolishness, simple as that.

He died as he lived. As an idiot.

His helmet visor was made of plastic and would have melted almost immediately turning opaque instantly. His bike would have instantly been starved for air and would have stalled right about where he died. Stupid and tragic at the same time.

I had the stunt cycle and the steam rocket.

Where is this uncensored

play stupid games.... But it wasn't just his fault.. the fact the fire brigade hadn't even unfurled their hoses speaks volumes.

Drinking, motorcycles, and side burns what could go wrong

Horrific. 😮

I had a Tomahawk bicycle and then a Grifter

Was Eddie Tom Cruise's dad?😂

Mostly forgotten, thank you❤

He shouldn't have turned around for the second run, he just accepted that first run as it was a new world record. RIP Stephen Ladd.