Comments on: Disaster Festival – Broken Bones at Wonder Festival http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/ Anime, manga and games, observed from Japan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:17:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Artefact http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/#comment-1094 Artefact Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:25:55 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=892#comment-1094 It has to be said, that is an absolutely mortifying story. I'm surprised they aren't more mindful of the possibility of litigation... It has to be said, that is an absolutely mortifying story. I’m surprised they aren’t more mindful of the possibility of litigation…

]]> By: lord chair http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/#comment-1093 lord chair Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=892#comment-1093 In San Antonio, Texas, the youth have a rip-roarin' time hitting the Emergency Stop button on the escalators when they are completely full. I had heard they did that, and then I was on one when it happened... a lady holding a baby in her arms almost dropped the poor thing right over the side. People fell down all over each other. A man and a woman helped the lady with her baby, sort of grabbing onto her from below as she fell forward. I was above them by a few feet, right in the middle of the span, and by sheer luck I was holding my hands on the rubber rail on either side. When the thing jerked to a very immediate stop, I instinctively clamped down with my hands and watched in horror as the baby below me got juggled around... and then I realized that several hundred pounds of people were pushing against me from above. I just sort of held my grip for a few more moments and the weight let off, and when I could finally turn around and look I saw people just flopped on top of the ones in front of them. Like dominoes. Meanwhile, the teenagers who did it just ran about twenty feet away from the escalator and laughed. Then they walked out an exit and disappeared. I went to the security desk straightaway and complained. Their answer: "Yeah, that happens all the time. It's awfully hard to stop them." In San Antonio, Texas, the youth have a rip-roarin’ time hitting the Emergency Stop button on the escalators when they are completely full. I had heard they did that, and then I was on one when it happened… a lady holding a baby in her arms almost dropped the poor thing right over the side. People fell down all over each other. A man and a woman helped the lady with her baby, sort of grabbing onto her from below as she fell forward. I was above them by a few feet, right in the middle of the span, and by sheer luck I was holding my hands on the rubber rail on either side. When the thing jerked to a very immediate stop, I instinctively clamped down with my hands and watched in horror as the baby below me got juggled around… and then I realized that several hundred pounds of people were pushing against me from above. I just sort of held my grip for a few more moments and the weight let off, and when I could finally turn around and look I saw people just flopped on top of the ones in front of them. Like dominoes.

Meanwhile, the teenagers who did it just ran about twenty feet away from the escalator and laughed. Then they walked out an exit and disappeared. I went to the security desk straightaway and complained. Their answer: “Yeah, that happens all the time. It’s awfully hard to stop them.”

]]> By: Hikaru http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/#comment-1076 Hikaru Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:27:39 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=892#comment-1076 I didn't see the accident, but afterwards, they pretty much turned off all the other escalators and people had to walk up/down them or use the stairs. I didn’t see the accident, but afterwards, they pretty much turned off all the other escalators and people had to walk up/down them or use the stairs.

]]> By: Pyoro http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/#comment-1073 Pyoro Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:58:18 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=892#comment-1073 oh my, i can't make out the incident from those videos but from the look of things, the progression was well-organised and orderly with staff at hand restricting the number of ppl on the escalator at any one point. i agree with tony, but what were ya expecting, it's natural to be overwhelmed by the spectacle oh my, i can’t make out the incident from those videos but from the look of things, the progression was well-organised and orderly with staff at hand restricting the number of ppl on the escalator at any one point.

i agree with tony, but what were ya expecting, it’s natural to be overwhelmed by the spectacle

]]> By: Panther http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/#comment-1072 Panther Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:53:24 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=892#comment-1072 Yeah an overload of the escalator probably caused it, I had the same experience once but it was only two floors and no one was injured. Hope the injured recover soon. Yeah an overload of the escalator probably caused it, I had the same experience once but it was only two floors and no one was injured. Hope the injured recover soon.

]]> By: Tony http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/08/03/disaster-festival-%e2%80%93-broken-bones-at-wonder-festival/#comment-1071 Tony Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:05:15 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=892#comment-1071 Probably caused by the habit of stopping at the end of the escalator to look around, oblivious to the hundreds of people behind them... good ol' Japanese complete lack of spatial awareness! Probably caused by the habit of stopping at the end of the escalator to look around, oblivious to the hundreds of people behind them… good ol’ Japanese complete lack of spatial awareness!

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