While cleaning his basement boiler, Jon gets his arm trapped inside and spends 72 agonizing hours alone, forcing him to consider an unimaginable decision in order to survive, in this clip from Season 6, Episode 6.
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Just happens to have all this stuff nearby? But hes stuck? Can tie a torniquet?
Probably would have lost arm below elbow anyway due to loss of circulation
He was already in a semi sittin position. Would closing ur eyes, taking a deep breath and dropping your full body weight to the floor to snap you arm and work it out be a little easier then cutting it off with a crappy saw blade?
There are a whole lot of people with 65 IQ in these comments hahaha.
Gnarly😮
Young man, if you see this, ignore the ignorance of others. 72 hours is a long time in that situation, with no idea when help would arrive and worried about your dog. You are brave. I’m glad you survived. 🙏🏻
At least it was his arm and not his
This boy is the definition of what were you thinking 💀
His voice 😢😢
If doing to much! “ had a face and saw” 😂😂😂
Wow that one was mind blowing
“Reticulating saw blade I had handy” 😅 🤣 I wanna see the design of his utility room.
It's like the real life first saw movie wheere dude had to cut his foot off to live
He had a hack saw and decided to cut his arm instead of the boiler?
I think I'm going to pass out
This dude just wanted to cut his arm off. Some people are like that its a legit mental illness
This is quite incredible… yea the story, but the fact that YouTube actually gave me a new video
I remember getting my finger stuck in the radiator in grade school and it was hot!!! Jesus
Definition of you doing too much bruh.
What a dummy! Couldn't even finish the job. I would never have done that. That's dumb. OVERREACTED! It's not like he was in a remote canyon somewhere without a soul around. He did NOT have to do that at all !
Poor doggie! I hope she was okay!
His vocal fry is annoying AF!
The story isn't disturbing, it is the guys voice in full vocal fry mode that is troubling. Near impossible to listen to.
Bro just had to wait a little longer 🤣
Based on what he said "It was like a claw", my thought is that the rusted out cast iron inners was starting to peel off. He got his hand in there but as he tried taking it out some part of the inner shielding started tilting outwards, basically trapping his arm up to his elbow in there.
While the people here bashing him for not waiting longer seem to have zero idea that a human can merely survive above 72 hours without water, I think given he had access to a bunch of workshop tools, such as a saw, etc. He could have more than likely used those to tilt the metal back and free his arm.
Definitely overly drastic if you ask me, but we are all just assuming what the circumstances were. I still think what he did is more intelligent than just waiting and hoping that people notices you're missing, while dying of dehydration.
Why not start sawing on the boiler instead?
What a complete moron. Who would cut their arm off that fast?
Stupidity.
This guy makes me sick! He's such a cry baby! Cutting off your own arm in your own house when people have survived worse predicaments out in the wild. He ain't no hero, he's a fool and he doesn't deserve to have his arm. 😮
Should've spit on that thang.
No offense but this made me think of the SAW movies 😮 and also why god didn't helped??
BRAVE YOUNG MAN
Coulda banged the vents with those tools?
I need a visual as I don't understand the mechanism of the furnace
So stupid to start cutting your arm, obviously people are going to notice you’re missing. I would have waited.
Seems like he may have jumped the gun on cutting his arm off lol.
Poor guy 🙏
chimney brushes saved my arm i realize now how close i was
Yeah the fiance situation is a little odd. However, it maybe simply a case of bad timing. They had a big fight, she had her own emergency and couldn't call, etc! I feel life tricks us sometimes just for the heck of it!
Maybe call an HVAC tech to clean your boiler next time
I would absolutely cut my arm off to save my cat. She would absolutely feast on my cold dead corpse to save herself.
Oh lawd have mercy. He became the real life Saw movie 😢😫
Such a brave and knowledgeable person. Such a lovely person ❤
Imagine cutting off your arm for nothing!! Wtf…
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Myy
Lord…
Anything can happen to anyone in just 10 seconds, life is so precious.
YOU HAVE ANGEL'S watching over you…
Congratulations to be here..
🇨🇦🌹🙏🌹🇨🇦
Thank you for the upload during my September 2026 birthday month!
Good video ❤