Shanghai NYE Stampede (1 Viewer)

[obliviousninja]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/shangha...na-state-news-agency-says-1420061659?mod=e2fb

 

[obliviousninja]

It wasn’t clear what triggered the movement of people in the crowded area shortly before midnight, the publications said. Eastday.com quoted a witness saying people moved between stages set up on the riverfront in the 20 minutes before midnight, possibly to grab fake paper money resembling U.S. $100 bills it said was being thrown from a stage.

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[Crobat]

I heard they cancelled the usual event due to crowd control issues but set up a smaller, exclusive event that people then tried to get into?

 

[isildurrrr1]

I heard they cancelled the usual event due to crowd control issues but set up a smaller, exclusive event that people then tried to get into?

someone was chucking fake 100 dollar USD bills that's what caused the stampede.

 

[Crobat]

someone was chucking fake 100 dollar USD bills that's what caused the stampede.

It's a shame so many people died over such a stupid and silly thing

 

[classicjimbo]

It wasn’t clear what triggered the movement of people in the crowded area shortly before midnight, the publications said. Eastday.com quoted a witness saying people moved between stages set up on the riverfront in the 20 minutes before midnight, possibly to grab fake paper money resembling U.S. $100 bills it said was being thrown from a stage.

I heard they cancelled the usual event due to crowd control issues but set up a smaller, exclusive event that people then tried to get into?

someone was chucking fake 100 dollar USD bills that's what caused the stampede.

that is the most quintessentially chinese way to die ever holy shit

 

[obliviousninja]

Mad band 6 english. I too used that word in my thesis