Morphine Prince 109,654 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 (Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed and 42 were injured in a stampede during a New Year’s celebration on the Bund, the famed waterfront tourist area in central Shanghai, official Chinese media reported. Government television CCTV America quoted online media company Sina News as saying that large crowds in Chen Yi Square on the Bund led to the stampede. It said authorities were working to rescue and aid the wounded. The official Xinhua news service reported that the stampede began at 11:35 pm. It was not immediately clear what triggered the stampede, the news reports said. Photographs posted online showed densely packed crowds of revelers along the Bund, one of the most famed tourist areas in Shanghai that runs along the bank of the Huangpu River. In some photographs, rescue workers were seen trying to resuscitate victims lying on the pavement while ambulances waited nearby. Authorities had canceled an annual 3D laser show on the Bund that last year attracted as many as 300,000 people. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/least-35-dead-42-injured-shanghai-years-stampede-212956687.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyliesChild 16,907 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 :OMG: Poor people Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koreku 2,387 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 New Years events get crazy all around the world :air: waiting for that one rude shanghai song reference You don't deserve a point of view if the only thing you see is you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenART 429 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 they don't even celebrate new year now do they Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo cupcakke 4,781 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Well, then. May those people rest in peace but how strange this occurance is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel 12,525 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I was there literally last month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrosia 3,775 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Oh no! I hate to hear about stampedes - it's so awful and scary. I used to not comprehend how you could walk on another person, but I guess with a mass crowd pushing you, it's go forward or be one who falls. :( It's just a terrible, terrible thing and rotten way to start the new year. God bless them all. Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. -Socrates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropico 4,145 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 That'sa terrible way to end and start 2014/2015 respectively for those poor famalies. RIP :EMO: ♢ Social Justice Enthusiast ♢ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyQueen 2,409 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByeBye49 161 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 What a start to the year, RIP. :emo: Hopefully everyone who is injured recovers without any problems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TempleGod 0 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 rip :cry: Is that you're attempt of being funny? People died and if you put your location on you might be next ;) nice avi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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