Here is the video if you don't believe the article:
https://youtu.be/iY8gvu6h2Hc
A British YouTube prankster cemented his head inside a microwave, but the
stunt backfired so badly that he almost died, and had to be rescued by the
fire brigade.
Jay Swingler originally planned to fill a store-bought microwave with
quick-dry cement, bury his head in it, and wait for it to harden.
He hoped to stay alive in the meantime by using a
breathing tube in his mouth.
The 22-year-old and his co-star, Romell Henry, jointly run
the TGFbro YouTube channel, where they post videos of themselves performing
pranks such as setting themselves in jelly overnight and bathing in fake
tan.
But halfway through the stunt, his breathing tube got
blocked.
Swingler's friends attempted to get him out by breaking the cement and
dismantling the microwave — but the cement kept expanding, which kept
Swingler stuck inside.
After a futile hour and a half, they called 999 for help.
Five firefighters and at least two paramedics attended the scene and
wrangled with the microwave for another hour before getting it off Swingler.
"We're seriously unimpressed," West Midlands Fire Service
tweeted. "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."
Shaun Dakin, the fire service's watch commander, also told
the BBC: "All of the group involved were very apologetic, but this was
clearly a call-out which might have prevented us from helping someone else
in genuine, accidental need."
"I've never appreciated life so much, ever," Swingler said
after the incident.
"Please don't try this yourself. Like, please don't try
this."
Swingler's near-death experience has made good TV, however — his video has
been watched more than 824,000 times since it was published on Thursday
afternoon.
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