“Can you imagine when the man fell that people next to him saw it and still walked right over him.”
I can imagine that there was such a wave of people that no one could stop even if they wanted to.
I was in a crowd like this. Scary. Once it gets moving, you are powerless. It is impossible to do anything but keep your feet moving and try not to fall. You can't move your arms. They are pinned to your sides. If someone falls, you can't even bend down to help them. Even if you could, you would be knocked over and become another fatality. Advice? Don't get in a crowd like this.
Yes, I imagine that is true. The crush from behind. But if someone was screaming, you’d think the people would all get the message.
Oh and one more thing.... people should not be pushing to begin with.
A way to stop these tragedies would be to give out numbers to people waiting in the lines and make them come in one at a time. Ridiculous I know, but what price is a life?