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Its a short horror movie capturing something that must happen, but still seems like a terrifying one-in-a-million shot. The is that 21-year-old Zach McWhorter, a Brigham Young University pole vaulter, was practicing his craft, shirtless and in a pair of cross-country shorts. In the video, the young athlete, with his entire life in front of him, starts on his approach run, trusty pole in hand. He plants it, everything going as expected, and propels himself up and over the bar.
As he comes down, though, the unthinkable happens, with the pole lancing him right in the testicles. Theres just enough time to see him react in shock and pain before the video stops, freezing him in mid-air.
Anyone with a pair is probably wincing along with McWhorter, but in a he seems surprisingly sanguine about the whole thing. It might be because his coachwhos both his father and a urologistacted quickly, getting him to the hospital and sewing up his damaged package. "I could see right into my scrotum," he told BuzzFeed, sharing a picture of his torn and bloodied shorts. Luckily hes okay, and now able to enjoy his newfound viral fame: His TikTok has almost four million views.
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