27 of the Worst Scenes Witnessed by Emergency Responders

Despite the prevalence of true-crime series and podcasts, there’s nothing like hearing a harrowing tale from someone who’s actually witnessed such a gruesome scene. At family dinner, one Redditor’s uncle, who was an EMT in the ‘80s, told a story about the worst thing he’d seen on the job. A guy had gotten hit by a train near an old bridge. When the two EMTs arrived on the scene, they found the top half of the man 15 feet from the train, but couldn’t find his bottom half. As it turns out, the guy crawled for a bit before dying, and his lower half was discovered in a nearby body of water a few hours later. 

Understandably, that uncle is no longer allowed to speak at family dinners. 

Other Redditors who work as emergency responders have described the horrifying things they’ve seen at work, including a lot of stories that will encourage you to wear your seatbelt.