It was a “Hulk out” moment, when one man had to do the impossible to save someone else. Β But he did it. Β So what else are humans capable of?
Maybe it’s the adrenaline, or maybe it’s something else, but when one man driving along a Minnesota highway spotted trouble, he jumped into action. Β He saw a vehicle on fire and stopped to help. Β But the fire fried the electrical system, and the driver couldn’t unlock the door or open it. Β
That’s when 52-year-old Robert Renning bent the car door with his bare hands and pulled the driver out. Β “Impossible”, but true.
Many scientists believe there’s a lot left to be unlocked in human potential. Β That’s the idea behind things like stem cell research and other genetic or pharmaceutical testing. Β In fact, a movie about this exact idea is coming out later this month: “Lucy”, with Scarlett Johanssen, is about a woman who absorbs a drug that lets her use more of her mind. Β She gets stronger, faster, and smarter as part of it.
And while that’s science fiction, what happened in Minnesota was the reality that makes a movie like Lucy seem possible. Β Bending a car door off the frame seems to tap into a potential that we all might have.
So our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, set out to see if he could find it…
