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| By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:24 EST, 31 July 2012 | UPDATED: 17:24 EST, 31 July 2012 Comments (5) Share ![]() A fast acting 22-year-old has been hailed a hero after she lifted up a car weighing a ton and a half to save her father, who became crushed under his BMW 525i.Lauren Kornacki swept in to save her father, Alec, when a jack slipped as he worked under the car on July 29, at the family’s home in Glen Allen, Virginia. Lauren, a recent University of Mary Washington grad, happened to be on her way out the door when she saw her father pinned under his luxury car. Family hero: Alec Kornacki narrowly escaped [rip] when his daughter, Lauren, lifted up the BMW that had fallen on him It's all in the wrist: The recent Virginia college grad shows how with all her might she lifted up the weighty vehicleFinding her father unconscious, the terrified daughter let out a primal scream and yelled to her mother, Liz, to call 911. It flashed like, 'I'm going to lose my dad. His eyes were open; he wasn't responding to me. I knew I had to get his heart beating again, and I had to get him breathing,’ Lauren, who was trained in CPR from her job as a lifeguard, told local TV news station, WWBT.Safety first: Lauren Kornacki credits her CPR training as a lifeguard with knowing how to revive her father Desperate to keep her father alive, she performed CPR. 'You can't leave me,' Lauren said she told him, 'Just stay with me. Keep breathing.' 'If it weren't for Lauren I would not be alive today' Alec Kornacki was without oxygen and a heartbeat for less than five minutes during the harrowing incident. He was hospitalized and remains in ICU, with injuries that include several broken ribs, some numbness and other fractures but is expected to recover.'I'm just so lucky and proud that I have daughters that can perform CPR and have the knowledge to save lives,' the proud father said in a statement. Day by day: Alec Kornacki (captured in a home video) is slowly regaining his strength after his brush with [rip] 'I think it's an important skill for everyone to know and if it weren't for Lauren I would not be alive today,' he added. The Kornackis have three daughters, all of whom have been trained in CPR. Read more: Daughter hailed a hero for lifting up BMW to free her father pinned under the luxury sedan | Mail Online |
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| 08-01-2012, 08:05 AM | away - #2 |
| It said she screamed for her mom so did the mom drag him out while she held it? [pic] | |
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| 08-01-2012, 08:08 AM | away - #3 | |||
| She was on that !!
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| 08-01-2012, 08:16 AM | away - #4 |
| [pic] damn I've heard of mothers getting momentary superhuman strength to save their children from the same stuff but I thought it was somewhat exaggeration. wont take long before the gov't tries to extract that ish | |
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| 08-01-2012, 08:29 AM | away - #5 |
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| 08-01-2012, 09:29 AM | away - #6 | |
[pic] Can't find that anywhere else | ||
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| 08-01-2012, 09:32 AM | away - #7 |
| Shes a boss! Bless them both, real talk. | |
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| 08-01-2012, 10:07 AM | away - #8 |
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| 08-01-2012, 10:12 AM | away - #9 |
| She-Hulk | |
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| 08-01-2012, 11:59 AM | away - #10 |
| cmon now where's the gif....somebody post the gif | |
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| 08-01-2012, 12:02 PM | away - #11 |
| #Feelgoodstory | |
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| 08-01-2012, 12:44 PM | away - #12 | |
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| 08-01-2012, 12:46 PM | away - #13 |
| The human body does some amazing !! b | |
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| 08-01-2012, 03:33 PM | away - #14 |
| I own a 2010 BMW 535i and I just went outside and tried to dead lift that sh!t......... [pic] <------------That's me | |
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| 08-01-2012, 03:36 PM | away - #15 |
| God Gotta be | |
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| 08-01-2012, 03:38 PM | online - #16 |
| Getting saved by your seed [pic] | |
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| 08-01-2012, 03:40 PM | online - #17 | |
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| 08-01-2012, 03:41 PM | away - #18 |
| great story, but in need more detials. did she just lift to where the two of the wheels were off the ground, or just so that the car wasnt crushing him but still all the heels were on the ground?? i mean this is jut a poorly written up article. | |
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| 08-01-2012, 03:57 PM | away - #19 |
| [pic] proof we're capable of much more than we are lead to believe.. | |
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| 08-01-2012, 04:15 PM | online - #20 |
| Bet that !! is k!ller [pic] | |
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