# Father's fast response saves his children from injury

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099 "2020-08-14T16:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099/1 "2020-08-14T16:00:37Z")

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I wish my reflexes were that good. 😲 Those kids could have been badly cut by the mirror.

He dives towards the ground to catch the mirror. Reminds me of a football player going for a low pass.

> **['Superman' father stops a falling mirror from smashing into toddler](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8626901/Superman-father-leaps-stop-falling-body-mirror-smashing-toddler-daughter.html)**
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> CCTV footage has captured the heart-stopping moment the full-body glass mirror suddenly tipped over before being stopped in mid-air by the parent who leapt across the living room in China.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099/2 "2020-08-14T16:07:04Z")

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Pretty amazing though he came close to squashing the kid himself.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099/3 "2020-08-14T16:34:47Z")

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That mirror should have been hung on the wall. It looks like it was just leaning against it. A accident waiting to happen.

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099/4 "2020-08-14T18:04:11Z")

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There’s a subreddit for that!

> **[r/DadReflexes](https://old.reddit.com/r/DadReflexes/)**
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> r/DadReflexes: A place to post about Dads reflexing/reacting to stuff, good or bad.

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-fast-response-saves-his-children-from-injury/918099/5 "2020-08-14T23:19:12Z")

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Of course there is! 🤣

I’ve seen compliation videos of this kind of thing floating round on the net for a few years. Reflexes like a frickin bat. Respect!