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 Sequence of events at a film shoot

 

Cargo van gets stuck in the mud.

 

Much rocking and pushing fails to move it.

 

Fortunately, the 14-passenger van has a trailer hitch

 

14-passenger van gets stuck in the mud

 

Call a tow truck? Eventually, after a great amount of (risky) effort by 18 person crew proves repeatedly unsuccessful. Fortunately, we only called a tow-truck, not at ambulance.

 

Tow truck arrives, winches passenger van from mud. 

 

Tow truck goes to winch cargo van from the mud.

 

Tow truck gets stuck in the mud.

 

Fortunately, you can winch yourself out of mud! Why is he attaching the winch to a tree on the driver side of the truck. Surely, pulling to the *side* is less effective than-

 

[loud snapping sound]

 

I have never seen a steel cable *snap* before. Fortunately no-one was standing in its path.

 

Crew attempts to dislodge tow-truck. Unsuccessful.

 

Passenger van pulls broken tow-truck from the mud. Cargo van still stuck.

 

Suffice it to say, it was a late night.