Experience the Jaws of Life | The List #0276

The List hosts Jessi Combs and Patrick McIntyre head to an LA County Fire Department Training Center to experience the jaws of life firsthand. Watch Jessi and Patrick rescue one another from crashed and crumpled cars using this special set of powerful hydraulic tools.

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Serious automotive accidents can mash and mangle cars to the point where opening the doors is no longer an option for first responders. Thankfully, thatā€™s where the brave women and men of the Los Angeles County Fire Department come in. Using a special set of hydraulic tools known as the jaws of life, firefighters can clamp, claw, and saw their way into crumpled cars.

ā€œYouā€™ll actually see them take a car apart. We can take a car away from anyone,ā€ said LACFD captain Brian Jordan. ā€œ[If] thereā€™s one thing in our job, [it ā€˜s that] thereā€™s nothing thatā€™s firefighter proof.ā€

The List hosts Jessi Combs and Patrick McIntyre head to an LA County Fire Department Training Center to experience the jaws of life firsthand.

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