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The E2 nightclub stampede occurred on February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub above the Epitome restaurant at 2347 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in which 21 people died and more than 50 were injured when panic ensued from the use of pepper spray by a security guard to break up a fight. The club's ...
Est. Deaths Date Name Country Place Description 71: 4 March 2010: Pratapgarh stampede: India: Kunda Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh: Over 200 others injured at Ram Janki Temple in a crush after the gates of the temple collapsed. 21: 24 July 2010: Love Parade disaster: Germany: Duisburg: More than 500 others injured during crowd turbulences. [74] 347: ...
The Khodynka Tragedy (Russian: Ходынская трагедия) was a crowd crush that occurred on 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1896, on Khodynka Field in Moscow, Russia.The crush happened during the festivities after the coronation of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II.
The High Council of the Diaspora, a group of Guineans living abroad, released a statement claiming the incident had led to 300 deaths, with hundreds more injured. Due to varying reports on the scale of the tragedy, the Guinean government warned that anyone publishing “unverified or malicious information” about the incident would face arrest.
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.
CNN: "Iraq mourns 965 stampede victims" Reuters: "Iraq mourns as stampede loss overshadows war" The Times (London): Panicked pilgrims were crushed or leapt for their lives into Tigris; The Guardian (London): "A cry of suicide bomber, and 700 perish in Iraq stampede" "They were crying to be rescued. But there was no way to help them. It was ...
Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.
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