Local powerlifter lifts vehicle off man trapped underneath after accident
By: Alan Campbell
YPSILANTI, Mich. (WXYZ) — A local power lifter is being hailed as a real life super hero, after his quick actions helped save a man pinned under a rolled over vehicle.
Ryan Belcher, works out and trains at the gym 5 days a week. It’s his life, and a place he credits for giving him extra strength on a day he needed it the most.
“I just lifted and started pushing the vehicle as hard as I could,” Belcher said.
Belcher isn’t your normal power lifter.
“What’s weird is it’s easier for me to not know the weight,” he said.
It was around 4:30 Thursday afternoon when Belcher heard something outside his workplace on the 2600 block of Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti.
“I just hear a big smash and, as I look out, a crowd of people are coming and this vehicle is flipped upside down and my first instinct was to just take off out there,” he said.