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Chicago club stampede kills at least 21
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| DJ PíO |
This is a really sad tragedy. I just don't get it. Maybe the Midwest TAs could let us know more about this.
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/...club/index.html
Chicago club stampede kills at least 21
Monday, February 17, 2003 Posted: 9:36 AM EST (1436 GMT)
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- At least 21 people were killed and 19 others critically injured when hundreds of panicked nightclub patrons rushed down a stairwell and were crushed early Monday, police said.
"There was a disturbance or altercation in the bar in which pepper spray or Mace may have been used -- some sort of stampede occurred," said Police Officer Ozzie Rodriguez.
At least 11 people were being treated for less serious injuries.
There were between 500 and 1,000 people inside the Epitome Nightclub, according to Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Will Knight.
Many of the victims were trampled or crushed as they rushed to the club's exits.
"They were all coming out the front door," Knight told CNN Radio. "Our firefighters had to cut the door open from the rear of the building."
Knight said the area was being treated as a crime scene.
Survivors told horror stories. "Everybody smashed; people crying, couldn't breathe," patron Reggie Clark told The Associated Press. "Two ladies next to me died. A guy under me passed out."
Cory Thomas, 33, said he was waiting outside the club with friends when the stampede occurred, according to the AP.
"You could see a mound of people," Thomas told the AP. "People were stacking on top of each other, screaming and gagging, I guess from the pepper spray. The door got blocked because there were too many people stacked up against it.
"I saw them taking out a pregnant woman," Thomas said. "She was in bad shape. I saw at least 10 lifeless bodies."
Some club patrons opened doors and went into broom closets. Apparently there was only one way down from the second level to the first, contributing to the problem.
Firefighters had to pull trampled bodies out of stairwells.
"They're stuck in the hallway. They literally can't move," a panicked patron told police.
"She's not breathing. She's not breathing," a man called to medics as he helped load the limp body of a woman into the back of an ambulance.
The incident began around 3 a.m. CST (4 a.m. EST). The nightclub is at 24th Street and South Michigan Avenue. |
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| Phaze Shifter |
| I live in Jersey and my boy DJ Punch from staten island NY said he was talking to a guy that promotes around there and the guys said that it was because of shady security!!! The word on the street is that the security for the clubs, were strongarming people and a small altercation broke out. The security guards the litterally unloaded full cans of pepper spray onto the 2-3 guys involved with the fight. Obviously using much more then needed to get the point across. Well, a bunch of cans of pepperspray clogged up the air and caused people to gag.....causing them to run....causing the stampeed. another example of how security at clubs and parties are always shady |
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| Maaz |
Sad :sadgreen:
Who the hell brought pepper spray anyway!? :mad:
edit: Stupid security guard :whip: |
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| Jocker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Maaz
Sad :sadgreen:
Who the hell brought pepper spray anyway!? :mad:
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they say, the security guard sprayed it. |
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| LiquidX |
| How stupid can this SECURITY GUARD GET ! ING STUPID !~ ! |
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| DJ PíO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vesa
R.I.P. :( :(
Hopefully pepper spray will be banned from the club security guards in the future. |
I'm more worried of U.S. Congress and/or state governments that will probably use this tragedy as an excuse to impose further restrictions against clubbing. I expect them to pass laws everywhere similar to the one in Boston where clubs have to close at 2am :mad: |
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| LiquidX |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ PíO
I'm more worried of U.S. Congress and/or state governments that will probably use this tragedy as an excuse to impose further restrictions against clubbing. I expect them to pass laws everywhere similar to the one in Boston where clubs have to close at 2am :mad: |
That'll be a big money loss... |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ PíO
I'm more worried of U.S. Congress and/or state governments that will probably use this tragedy as an excuse to impose further restrictions against clubbing. I expect them to pass laws everywhere similar to the one in Boston where clubs have to close at 2am :mad: |
They close at 2?! Damn. The "regular" clubs here close at 2:30/3am latest (the clubs that play top 40/commercial radio music etc). The trance clubs stay open until 7am or so. We better not get clubs closing down...I will be very sad/angry if that happens.:( It sucks that this had to happen at a club all because of some IDIOT of a security guard/guards. |
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| DJ PíO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Endlesswave
They close at 2?! Damn. The "regular" clubs here close at 2:30/3am latest (the clubs that play top 40/commercial radio music etc). The trance clubs stay open until 7am or so. We better not get clubs closing down...I will be very sad/angry if that happens.:( It sucks that this had to happen at a club all because of some IDIOT of a security guard/guards. |
In Boston and some other cities clubs close at 2am and it sucks :whip:
Not in NYC though, not yet. :sadgreen: |
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| DaveSaenz |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ PíO
I'm more worried of U.S. Congress and/or state governments that will probably use this tragedy as an excuse to impose further restrictions against clubbing. I expect them to pass laws everywhere similar to the one in Boston where clubs have to close at 2am :mad: |
Yeah...that's always the RXn. :whip: :mad: :whip:
They had something in holland too where there was a fire and many people there died...
I don't think they had a problem with clubs closing cuz of that though....:mad: |
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