When the stampede happen around you

Don’t go to the Caraboa’s concert because you will die at there by a stampede. My mother often says that when I want to go to see a concert when I was young. Maybe, it is a way to prohibit me to go outside. At that time, she has a good reason and gives reasonable example to me. Many years ago, my neighbor have injured by stampede at festival. In a panic, people try to find way for safe even though they run on other’s body they do not care everyone except their life, my mom added. I believe her just a little bit and I doubted how people die by stampede because everyone has leg and brain for moving. But, I am wrong.

According to the article “Pilgrims killed in stampede at Indian festival”. At least 147 people have died at a religious festival in India turned into a horrific deadly crush as thousands of Hindu pilgrims stampeded at a temple shrine, piling into one another on a treacherous walkway slick with spilled coconut milk. Furthermore, in the article “Hundreds killed in Cambodian festival stampede”. 345 people have killed in a stampede during festival celebrations in the Cambodian capital. The stampede took place on a bridge when someone thought the bridge was collapsed. Interestedly, the Wikipedia website reported information about stampede around the world since 19th century; for example, in May 18, 1896: 1,389 people were killed and 1,300 injured in the Khodynka tragedy, a crush of those desiring to get presents during the coronation of Russain tsar Nicholas II. Besides, in June 27, 1992: more than 500 people were injured in Munich, Germany when the crowd at pop singer Michael Jackson's debut Dangerous concert became overwhelmed and began rushing at the barriers causing several to have to be lifted from the crowd. Moreover, August 31, 2005: 1000 people were killed in a Bagdad bridge stampede. As above, there are several situations which proof stampede may kill people easily when the chaos occurs.

After I read articles, I understand why people cannot flee from that area because they cannot move easily. For example, when you take a bus or sky train at rush hour in Bangkok that others and you seem to be a stackable of bread. Other cases are in a big concert or a main festival in each country, or somewhere that people have a massive gathered. So, if someone totter in that place that it is affected to others, too. Sometimes you can control your position but sometimes cannot. Therefore, it is easily to slide and fall down on the ground when people scurry. Logically, people always run away when someone shout a frighten topic such as fire, bomb, and murder in the crowed places. Deaths from human stampedes occur primarily from compressive asphyxiation, not trampling. This is referred to as crowd crush. The compressive force occurs from both horizontal pushing and vertical stacking. How we prevent our life when the stampede occurs? I think, the most important of prevention is a good conscious. Moreover, human stampedes can be prevented by organization and traffic control such as barriers. On the other hand, barriers in some cases may funnel the crowd towards an already packed area because barriers may attack their body. In addition, warning signs of a crowd crush include density of people which each person is being touched on four sides. Besides, in each festival should have police, organizers, or other observers who can survey the crowd and use loudspeakers to communicate directly with crowded. And human should avoid someplace that will be crowded even though that places make you happy.

In short, I think that the stampede will make you died is a good teaching for parent better than the darkness room always has a ghost. Hence, families must choose something true to protect their children more than something is unreasonable. However, the crowded places such as the festival, big concert, and football stadium can create the worth memory and valuable experience to our.


References

Hundreds killed in Cambodian festival stampede. (2010, November 22). BBC News. Retrieved January 15, 2011 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11814894.

Pilgrims killed in stampede at Indian festival. (2011, January 15). BBC News. Retrieved January 15, 2011 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12196178.