{"id":689,"date":"2008-05-09T05:47:06","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T05:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2008\/05\/2008_05_09_1347.php"},"modified":"2017-02-08T03:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T03:44:18","slug":"this-is-what-true-heartbreak-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/09\/this-is-what-true-heartbreak-is","title":{"rendered":"This is what true heartbreak is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;d think this post was about love and romance eh? Well, let me tell you that love\/romance issues pale in comparison to what this man experienced.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"370\" height=\"277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mz3ZzSXyWM\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Fuck,<\/em> this is soooo hard to watch!<\/p>\n<p>My utmost respect to you, Mr. Purley &#8211; you tried like a champ.<\/p>\n<!-- \/\/ --><!--more--><!-- \/\/ -->\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of debate whether the other people didn&#8217;t do anything because of cowardice or the law of physics; only the drivers had enough protection from the flames, <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_689_1('footnote_plugin_reference_689_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_689_1('footnote_plugin_reference_689_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_689_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_689_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">In fact, Williamson didn&#8217;t die of burning; he died of asphyxiation.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_689_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_689_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> and just being near flames is no joke as well.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I think:<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Mr. Purley was able to do everything he did because of his protection, and any other normal person (Marshalls, etc.) would most probably get injured trying to save the person. 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