A man who was involved in a horrific accident while working as a labourer in Montana shared a photo that revealed how brutal it was.
Loren Schauers was just 18-years-old in September 2019 when he was going about his work on a remote site, before the forklift he was operating fell off a bridge, falling 50ft to the ground below.
The American teenager found himself pinned underneath the forklift, and faced life-changing injuries, giving permission for everything below his waist to be amputated in a matter of life or death.
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Despite this decision, he has decided to make the most of his situation.
Now known for his releasing content about his life on YouTube, Loren has become an inspiring figure in the social media space.
Uploading videos with his wife Sabia on their channel Sabia and Loren, the pair have amassed over 663,000 subscribers in their time on the site.
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But in a video uploaded back in 2021, where the couple were interviewed by Sabia's father, they opened up about a number of details to do with the injury.
For the first time, they open up and reveal how big the forklift was that crushed Loren, even stating its exact dimensions.
Sabia's father wanted to clarify how big the forklift was, after comments from the public showed that they were surprised at something so 'tiny' causing such damage, evoking an angry response from Loren.
But the couple highlighted that while some forklifts are small, the machine they were talking about was anything but that.
Loren explained: "What the machine really was, was a 10K Gradall forklift, it had full movement of left or right, had a tilt system, it was a pretty big forklift," he recalled.
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Unsure about its exact dimensions, Sabia said she would edit a photo into the video, revealing how big it was.
Featuring an extended boom that could grab things, the father said that it's 'not clear to a lot of people' how big the machine was.
The machine's operating weight was 30,000lbs (13,600kg), its transport length was 27ft (8.2m), while it's transport height was 12ft (3.7m), and its transport width was 8.5ft (2.6m).
It's anything but a small machine.
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The dad highlighted: "Everybody thinks about the warehouse little drive around (forklift) that just scraps balance here and there."
But the couple highlighted that it was a 10k Gradall, a massive, heavy bit of machinery.
"It's massive, like half a semi coming down on you," the dad said.
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Sabia then pointed out: "The only machinery on the jobsite that was strong enough to even lift it was their excavator."
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Joshua Nair