Many videos go viral on social media every month. But the really special ones that go viral, resurface, and go viral again even after many years. One such video featured a man whose sporting skills came in handy while he was riding a roller coaster at a theme park in Barcelona. The video, uploaded on YouTube, shows Samuel Kempf catching a dropped iPhone mid-air while moving through the air at 134 kmh. Kempf, who is from New Zealand, turned into a hero after he caught a stranger’s phone mid-air.
Video Of the man Catching Dropped Iphone
The video of the incident, which was shared back in September 2019, currently has over 6 million views on YouTube. It has also been widely shared on Twitter and Instagram. Kempf’s viral moment happened when he was in Europe representing his country in the Fistballing World Championships. He took the roller-coaster ride, known as Shambala, with his family at PortAventura theme park. “The guy two rows ahead of me, as the ride started doing its ascent before it drops, he had his phone out and he dropped it and it just landed at the bottom of his cart,” Kempf told the website in 2019.
Ha ha! Lucky catch! 😂😎
Man catches stranger’s phone on roller coaster in viral video
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“The ride started and I totally forgot about it; because I was just in the moment, cause it was such a good ride and then after the first drop we rose up and I just saw the phone drift across; my view so I reached out and managed to catch it,” he added. Kempf received a big hug from the stranger after he returned his phone. Needless to say, his catching skills left thousands of netizens impressed. A user wrote, “I love how happy he is that he caught the phone, I’d be too! Knowing that he just totally made the owner’s day and mid-ride on a roller coaster? Awesome double thrill.” “Legend! Blessings to you and yours for that deed. Truly seizing the moment like a champ, and to help a stranger,” wrote another.