MetaFilter posts tagged with stampede

Hundreds dead in Saudi hajj

OpinioNate — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:09:38 -0800

NewsFlashFilter: Hundreds killed in Hajj stampede in what is known as the Stoning of the Devil ritual earlier today. Sadly, this type of tragedy at a Muslim hajj is quite common given the huge crowds.

"People, PLEASE take one step back!"

Kibbutz — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:05:53 -0800

Would you step on a teenage girl to see B5? No, not that B5, this one ( warning: you'll be greeted by the compelling sounds of a Radio Disney ad).

For many of us of a certain age, The Who in Cincinnati was the defining moment in uncontrolled concert crowds. Those a little younger may only know of this tragedy.

Don't bother creating a helpful site to log crowd complaints--these guys have already done it (complete with cartoonish graphics). If you like your crowd control info framed, try this site.

Al-Aaimmah bridge catastrophe

grrarrgh00 — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:43:58 -0800

More than 600 people have died in a stampede on a bridge over the Tigris River in Iraq. Set off by rumors of a suicide bomber, hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims taking a memorial pilgrimage to a Baghdad shrine panicked, leaping over the bridge and trampling others to escape.