really sad news from manila today.
"OVER 70 people were killed and as many as 201 others were injured Saturday when a stampede broke out at a stadium in Pasig City..."
the rest of the story can be found here.
stampede riots/tragedies have occurred around the world before, and in the past, this sort of tragedy usually occured during major sporting events such as big soccer matches. the heysel and hillsborough stadium tragedies of 1985 & 1989 respectively come to mind. (both involved the english soccer club liverpool fc.)
but this wasn't the case here. this tragedy didn't occur during a major sporting event, even though it was in a sports stadium.
people were stampeding into the stadium to attend a live broadcast of the variety show "wowowee", which was celebrating it's 1st anniversary.
they were going to give away big prizes, such as a million pesos, a house/lot, and a car. and to the poor that comprised the majority of those attending the show, that is a fortune.
obviously the show was cancelled for the day.
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