Mr. Ballin
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And he just has this huge wave of anxiety come over him that like, oh my goodness, is this it?
Are we going to die in here?
And so as like this crushing reality is coming down on him, James has this adrenaline surge and he leans back in his seat and he starts kicking as hard as he can against the glass with his feet to try to break open the windshield or kick open the driver's side window.
But amazingly, despite all of his energy going into this,
he didn't crack the window at all.
Like it felt like he was kicking a concrete wall.
There was no budge, nothing.
And so again, after exerting even more energy and now sweating even more and it's getting harder and harder to breathe, James took those pliers and he's like, he's really gassed.
He can barely breathe.
And he starts smashing the head of the pliers into the window.
That didn't do anything.
So it's like, I can't do anything.
get out of this vehicle and so james he sort of just like lays back in the driver's seat which he had reclined at this point and he's just he's panting he can barely breathe he's opened up his shirt a little bit and he's looking back at his dog and she's really struggling and he's just like i can't believe this is happening and as he's laying there he sort of looks towards the front of the car and his eyes land on the glove box in front of the passenger seat
It was like, oh my goodness, how could I forget?
There's a manual inside of there.
There has got to be instructions for what to do if your car dies.
There's got to be a way to get out.
Like, it's got to be in that manual.
And so suddenly, having all this energy, James sat up, he opened up the glove box, and he pulled out this manual that he had never read before.
I mean, he had no reason to, but...