Let`s hope so for his sake! 
A bench press 'near death experience' like his while lifting in my basement was a real eye opener for me. Fortunately, I was benching a lot less weight compared to what he was trying to, and I was intentionally not using collars. The dropped plates made such a racket on the basement concrete floor that my wife called down to me in a concerned voice, "Are you okay." To which I replied, "I am fine - nothing to worry about." Right!
