22-year-old YouTuber, Jimmy 'Jay' Swingler, of the YouTube channel TGFbro almost killed himself back in 2017, when attempting to cement his head inside a microwave. In the video, Jimmy is seen putting his head inside a bag and in a microwave filled with polyfilla.
The video was shot in the Fordhouses in Wolverhampton, UK. Early on in the experiment, Swingler is seen struggling to breath, when his co-hosts tried to break him free. The experiment nearly killed him.
The video can be watched below:
While being inside the microwave, Swingler had an air tube to assist him in breathing, but the expanding cement was blocking the airflow.
After failing to get him out of the microwave 90 minutes later, his friends decided to call for emergency assistance. The emergency services took an hour to be able to finally free him.
We're seriously unimpressed 😡.
— West Midlands Fire Service (@WestMidsFire) December 7, 2017
Five of our firefighters were tied up for an hour this afternoon, freeing a YouTube pranker whose head had been 'cemented' inside a microwave oven. Read more: https://t.co/6bZReGuKQX (Photos © West Midlands Fire Service) pic.twitter.com/2ch2UhszeH
Simon Woodward, the station commander for the West Midlands Fire Service, said in a statement:
"While our crews were in attendance to this incident, they were unable to attend any other incidents. If we're attending incidents that are YouTube videos where we have people that have been irresponsible, those crews are unable to attend those life-saving incidents. I'd like to remind everybody not to put their lives at risk for the sake of other people's entertainment."
West Midlands Fire Service has issued the following video statement regarding this incident. pic.twitter.com/hv0Cg1fbD1
— West Midlands Fire Service (@WestMidsFire) December 8, 2017
He noted that there is a fine of £650 ($830) that is usually applied in cases where the time of the fire and ambulance services is waisted on pranks similar to this one. Nevertheless, since the YouTuber's life was in real danger, they could not charge him.
[h/t: IFL Science]
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