CNN: Manila game show stampede kills 73

[corporatemedia]

Manila game show stampede kills 73

Thousands lined up to see 'Wowowee," which offers big prizes

Saturday, February 4, 2006; Posted: 2:37 a.m. EST (07:37 GMT)
Philippines

MANILA, Philippines -- A crowd of people awaiting entrance to a stadium in Manila stampeded Saturday, killing at least 73 people and injuring 322, an official said.

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"Someone shouted and and screamed that there was a bomb," Jaworski said.

"It was just a prank by one of those irresponsible people who wanted to get in first. Sadly, it caused a panic. It was a down-slope road and they started running down the hill ... they just started trampling each other."

Most of the casualties were women, he said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/manila.stampede/index.html

[wookie294]

1. American soldiers died for similarly false claims of imminent threat

2,200 soldiers got killed because Bush yelled "bomb!"

[greekspeak]

2. Did they run out of missing WASP teen girls?

?

[boobooday]

3. This is tragic

and heinous. And sad.

:cry:

[Voltaire99]

4. Ghastly.

It's enough to die mentally and spiritually from watching TV, without it trampling the breath from you, too.

Have we arrived at the hour when...the box wants more?