450 People Fall When Bleachers Collapse at Circus


	450 People Fall When Bleachers Collapse at Circus

infidel70

8-17-2009 3:25 PM

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8-18-2009 8:50 PM

syncopath

they say: "art is a tough job, but someone's got 2 do it" - now, being an audience seems not less dangerous..))

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At the end of the St. Paul youth circus's final performance, half of the audience fell as the bleachers underneath them collapsed. About <A target="_blank" href="http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_13142234?source=rss">450 people fell and seven were sent immediately to the hospital</A> for their injuries. 
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<BLOCKQUOTE><DIV>Ambulances took seven people to Regions and United
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Clinics, said St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard. Rescuers used four
of the city's 11 ambulances for the incident, Zaccard said.
</DIV><BR />Witnesses said several sections of bleachers -- each about
eight rows deep -- collapsed sideways in a wave and caused people to
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