Wowowee Game Show 1st Year AnniversaryToday, as of February 4, 2006 8:00pm, 73 people died and over 350 were injured in the Philippines. The cause: a human stampede.
This death toll would rival that of an actual typhoon disaster or an earthquake. But early this morning at 7am where thousands of people flocked at the ULTRA stadium in Pasig City, senior citizens, women and children lay dead on the ground as hundreds more trample their bodies just to get a chance to enter the track oval (where the show was to be taped) to participate in the game show.
Stories from victims say that someone claimed there was a bomb, others simply believe that the Filipino mentality claimed the innocent lives of the poor victims. It's sad how the lack of discipline, organization and decency to actually be patient resulted in this violent rampage of unwanted death and injury. I was under the impression that only animals were involved in stampedes. I guess I was wrong.
73 people lost their lives today in the hope to win some money and prizes to make their lives a little better. How ironic. How tragic.
Once again my country hits the international headlines. I truly wait for the day when I can actually be proud that this happens.
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2 comments:
It was really sad what happened. No matter how people analyze it, it will always be blamed on the organizers when sometimes it is actually the crowd's mentality to blame. I may not have all the facts and I admit that I am not in the position to give a conclusion to this tragedy but it's just how I see it for now. I may be loyal to abs-cbn but this has nothing to do with my thoughts on what happened. It's just very bothering how people actually rose up with all the greed in the world just to get in the show. And a friend once made a remark on this tragedy: "they make up the bulk of society... and they are THE FILIPINOS come to think of it." And sadly, this is TRUE.
A sad sad day indeed. Personally, I would be very happy if Wowowee never ever aired again. That way their millions of fans and viewers can actually get jobs and work for their money. No point in watching tv if you're not going to win anything right?
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