10 People were ready to sacrifice their arms to catch this kid.. thank god the ski patrol at least provided the mat.

I love how everyone was tryna yell up at him and then someone was like SHUT UP haha you guys are awesome

Its amazing how everyone can come together when there's a time of need, almost made me cry the teamwork you all had.

ONE... TWO... WAIT WAIT WAIT!... ok.. One.. TWO... NO STOP WAIT!

I swear to god if someone said do a flip i would have died laughing

When the kid lands and a bunch of the strangers pat him and say “good job”, that was some good shit. I’m sure the kid was still incredibly traumatized/embarrassed after landing so it was a nice gesture to try and ease the tension of the situation

this warms my heart. this stuff right here. it reminds me that people will come together still no matter what.

It's easy for the little guys to fall off. One, because they're uncoordinated little kids. Two, because they cannot sit all the way back in their seat with their knees bent. They have to keep their legs completely straight. The weight of their skis/boards makes their knees want to bend and move them forward.

"One, shut up! One, tw... Shut up! One, two... Everyone shut up!"

Camera misses the fall lol

the whole time I was thinking that those skis on the kid's feet could really fuck somebody up. I love how they cheered at the end having no idea about his condition. Kid could've broken his spine and they instantly scream "wooohoooo yeah buddy!"

WE NEEED MOOOOOORE ARRMMS

Came for the fall, stayed for seeing how total strangers will work together to save a kid. Beautiful.

That pad was a life saver, and whoever thought of the idea genius. That falling kid could have seriously injured someone if any part of him landed on someones head. I had a giant water balloon thrown on me from half that height and half that weight onto my head and had neck pains for two weeks.

Restoring faith in humanity !

Can everyone please remember that this right here is how a vast majority of human beings behave? Whenever you think there are so many terrible people or that people are going to destroy the world, you’re just listening to the loud minority… most people are good and will come together when push comes to shove

I'm so proud of you guys for helping because I saw lots of skiers and snowboarders pass a lot so I would like to thank you and did the kid have any injuries?

Great job to everyone who helped out with this rescue, couldn't have gone better than that.

everyone wanting to be a boss

very cool to see all these people work together to help someone out.... great video

You know, these kind of clips give me faith in humanity. Like, that’s what it’s all about. Coming together, no matter political standpoint/ race or anything, to safe a kid.

my friend and i were snowboarding and the same thing happend but noone exept me and him were on the lift at the time. after he fell he had to be on a wheel chairt for 4 years, and now being the 4th year i took him snowboarding and he started crying. i asked him why is he crying and he said that it brings him back good and bad memories.

this mad me smile, seeing all those guys try to help the kid

That one guy really wanted the kid to jump lol everyone else is thinking it through and hes just like ok go go go go the whole time lol

Hero's in my eyes

How the fuck does this even happen. And those people seriously couldn't pull the poor kid up?

Camera guy had one job, watch the kid fall. Misses it.

One of the greatest videos I have seen in a long time much respect

I witnessed a very similar scenario when a kid tried ( and failed ) to get off a midway unloading ramp at Donner back in the 90s, unfortunately he was by himself and let go pretty quick before enough people could get together and help, fell about 20 feet, as I recall he wasnt too badly hurt due to it being really slushy spring conditions

Holy shit... the kid didn't even look 6, that must have been traumatizing.

amazing how skiers and snowboarders come together

This kid is BRAVE!!! My name is Ethan and I am PETRIFIED of heights. I have no idea how he had the guts to do this!! Good job kid!!

DO A FLIP!! 😂😂 do it 4 the vine XD

great idea to use the post pad!!

This was at my local ski hill (mt rose) and its so amazing to see the people I ski around be so amazing!

Respect to all those Skiers!! True Heroes!!!

you sir, have increased my faith in humanity

Good to see working together

I love it how someone yelled SHUT UP!! At least there was TEAM WORK.

Honestly, wouldn’t be able to catch somebody falling on me specially with skis on. These people are amazing souls.

good to see that so many people have civil courage and are ready to help

how do u get into a position where ur hanging from a ski lift?

Wow that was crazy! Super happy everyone is OK and that this kid has his helmet on, this could have been much worse.

My 8 year old cousin fell off of a lift in Steamboat a couple seasons ago, luckily he wasn’t too high up (he had just passed the first stop) so he didn’t suffer any serious injuries,though he did bring the guy next to him down with him, who I believe broke his leg and wasn’t able to ski for the rest of the year..

2:58 guy in background : SHADAP!

The best thing to do in cases like this is to grab hold of kid as good as possible and keep going til they reach somewhere safer. I've always wondered why the resort don't have a fire net or bubble that can inflate to jump on. I'm afraid of heights and to be honest some lifts im scared of more than the runs.

Always looks further from looking down than it does looking up. Good job!

Our recommendations have reunited all of us here 8 years later

Im still tryna figure out how them other 2 in the lift wasnt able to pull the kid back up

how in the hell do you let your kid fall off the ski lift in the first place and arent able to pull a small child back up on the lift... da fa

This was so chaotic in the most caring way

Nice to see that people help each other

Faith in humanity restored

"Shush, SHUSH, sh!! SHUSH , SHUT UP" XD

im glad there were good people to help him

Good job Mt. Rose! Amazing, quick thinking! Awesome team work!

I hope that guys beard isn't fake

I don't understand, how the heck did that happen?! How did that kid get in a hanging position like that?

Well done to all those people that helped :) made my day

kid went full send.

I once heard of this really neat invention called a ladder.

PLEASE SOMEONE explain to me how the 2 adults sitting in the ski lift couldn't just pull him back up?

The power of teamwork

A couple of years ago this happened but it was on the old lakeview chair with a snowboarder. Similar type of old lift, not a highspeed chair.

3:06 shows you the shadow of what happened!! Please like 😁

I thought they were going to try to catch him with there arms with his skis on.

THANK YOU!!! thank you to those who said not to move him!!!! From a first responder please NEVER MOVE SOMEONE WHO HAS FALLEN FROM A HIGHT OR COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ANY INJURY TO THEIR BACK/SPINE only move them if they are an immediate danger. If you move them with a spinal/back injury, you’re risking paralyzing them. If you do not need to touch them then DONT, wait for someone has proper medical experience. If you want to help, keep their head immobilized, and even if they say they feel fine they could have an injury. They don’t feel yet and moving can make it worse. My best friend broke her back surfing and had no idea for two days Thankfully she’s OK.

I’m so happy to see team work

That kid has major balls to do that

DO NOT MOVE THE KID ---- those guys need to calm the fuck down. I bet they lined up in reception after that for a medal or purple heart or something like they rescued hostages in a battlefield. This made me laugh

Nice teamwork. I love it! Now I'm sure that true humanity isn't all lost; some people still care for others.

"Just drop" "we are NOT going to let you fall" 😂😂

Was it really not an option to reverse the lift? The were so close to the drive station.

Brothers in Snow !!!!

Using the protective pad was genius.

In situations like this, there needs to be ONE designated speaker. Regardless, great teamwork.

Check 1:50. See how close they are to the base? Do they not have a reverse feature on chair lift? The kid is holding pretty tight. Think he woulda kept holding on as they back him into the launch house

cant lil kiddos just stay in their damn seats?

While watching this, I got an ad for a ski lift place. Wrong place, wrong time. 😂

Kid was probably like i don’t want to be here anymore

I Like The Guy With The White Helmet's Beard

Or they could move the ski lift backwards 10 feet and he could climb down the ladder

The fact that a small kid was able to hold thierselves up for a little more then 3 minutes is more shocking then the kid almost falling of in the start

Great job. That video is perfect example of everything

Good job buddy? You're kidding.

Why the heck wouldn't the parents pull the kid back up?!

That was good communication and good hero work

How did he get himself into that situation?

how does one Fuck up that badly

Nice job! Way to really help out to save that kid!

he should had dropped his skis first

Why the hell did he have to be dropped? Its the most stupidest thing Ive seen on youtube today.

i love it how they were all argueing

Hopefully in current day there are procedures in place for this exact scenario.

That beard

That was the dumbest solution I think they could have come up with. First of all, the way they locked their arms together at the beginning, the kid would have gone right through, hit the ground anyway, and broken a bunch of their arms in the process. Second, with the amount of time it took them to get him down, they could have just left the lift going and stopped just short of the platform where his feet would probably just touch the ground anyway. It's nice that people came together to help but people really need some training in common sense.

More ski lifts should have the bar that comes over the laps but some lifts are so rick rackety and narrow and old school. I have anxiety from childhood skiing in Mammoth every time I had to time the distance and the jump I had to do with my butt, scoot onto it as the chair came, and hold on for dear life. The most anxiety I had was if I was in the middle and literally had no bar to grab on to as leverage or security! If we were going on (my aunt and I) as a pair, there was a single that got on with us and I was in the middle, so it was tough as a little kid with those heavy ski’s and boots feeling like you would slide off, especially when sometimes the lift vibrated like crazy or hit a kink. My aunt luckily always held me close.

I love that style how he cries❤️❤️

what a noob! who puts their lift ticket on their main jacket zipper? he was just asking for it

#win