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Now 30 years old, the Portuguese canine has broken two world records—though he nearly didn’t survive infancy

French language coverage of how a relatively obscure superhero was revitalized by a grand master of the comic book medium.

Cue people in the comments pointing out that 1) the machine was hardly unique, and 2) conventional firefighting methods were often just as effective. As if that could diminish the sheer awesomeness of this thing. It even inspired a Romanian action movie back in the day.