[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] crowd crush that kills people

[john rudy]

https://www.wired.com/story/how-peaceful-crowds-turn-into-a-deadly-crush/

 

Sophomore year in college we had a tug of war between the freshmen and the
sophomores.  Maybe 300-400 on each side.  Used a huge rope, like what is
used by barges to pull boats.  The rope broke in the middle and each side
thought they were winning.  The people near the ends couldn't see the middle
and they pulled harder.  People in the middle dropped the rope and so about
20' of rope on each side started swinging.  No one was killed but some were
injured by the flying rope.

This was one of the events of Field Day, not the most dangerous.  Some years
later MIT canceled Field Day.

 

John Rudy

781-861-0402

781-718-8334 (cell)

John.rudy at alum.mit.edu <mailto:John.rudy at alum.mit.edu>  

 

13 Hawthorne Lane

Bedford, MA  01730-1047



 

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