{"id":211207,"date":"2026-03-30T02:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211207\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:18:23","slug":"florida-man-uses-his-body-as-shield-against-hailstorm-in-wild-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211207\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man uses his body as shield against hailstorm in wild video"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida man threw himself onto his own car in a desperate bid<\/a> to fend off a punishing hailstorm \u2014 and the wild moment, caught on video, has since exploded online.<\/p>\n

Manny Rosado, a resident of Palm Bay, was filmed scrambling<\/a> onto the roof of his vehicle as heavy hail pelted down, using his body to hold a makeshift cover in place over his sunroof.<\/p>\n

The chaotic clip, which quickly went viral on TikTok, shows Rosado sprawled across the car, legs kicking and arms bracing as chunks of ice slam into him and the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Manny Rosado sprawls across his car roof as hail pounds down in Palm Bay, Fla., using his body to hold a cover over his sunroof. tooshway_miles42\/TikTok<\/p>\n

What looks like slapstick at first glance was anything but.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it hurt,\u201d Rosado said in a TikTok post, confirming the obvious physical toll of the barrage.<\/p>\n

Rosado later explained that he had rushed outside as the storm intensified, trying to prevent costly damage to his car before it was too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cHail was coming down as I was putting a tent over my sunroof in an attempt to protect it from breaking,\u201d he told Storyful, describing the frantic moments leading up to the now-viral footage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was caught on top of the car stuck while getting hit by the hail,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Florida man is seen flailing atop his vehicle while chunks of hail slam into him during the sudden storm. tooshway_miles42\/TikTok<\/p>\n

The video captures that exact moment \u2014 Rosado pinned in place, gripping the cover while ice pounds down around him, his body effectively acting as a human shield.<\/p>\n

Despite the absurd visuals, Rosado made clear there was a serious financial motivation behind the stunt.<\/p>\n

Rosado braces himself against heavy hail as he tries to secure a makeshift cover over his sunroof. tooshway_miles42\/TikTok<\/p>\n

In the comment section of the clip, he addressed viewers questioning why he didn\u2019t simply let the storm take its course.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore y\u2019all ask why I ain\u2019t let it happen, the hail can get bad and grow big, so I ain\u2019t trying to see my insurance hurt,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

He pointed to past storms in the area as proof that the threat was real \u2014 and expensive.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo years ago, it was so bad most of the people I knew had serious damage costing damn near $3,000-$5,000. I\u2019d rather go down trying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The footage has since racked up massive engagement online, with viewers split between laughing at the over-the-top scene and sympathizing with the lengths Rosado went to protect his property.<\/p>\n

Video shows Rosado pinned on top of his car as ice pelts down during a chaotic hail burst. tooshway_miles42\/TikTok<\/p>\n

For Rosado, the split-second decision to climb onto his car may have looked ridiculous \u2014 but it was rooted in experience and a desire to avoid a hefty repair bill.<\/p>\n

Whether the gamble ultimately saved his sunroof remains unclear.<\/p>\n

And while many viewers see humor in the spectacle, Rosado\u2019s own words make clear the stakes were anything but funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather go down trying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida man threw himself onto his own car in a desperate bid to fend off a punishing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,1272,4278],"class_list":["post-211207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-storms","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}