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5 Killed By Collapsing Stage at Ind. State Fair


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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44133994/ns/us_news-life/

The footage is freaky, it almost looks like a prop in an old fashioned movie or something. Every time I see it and it's about to topple over, my heart gets that unpleasant sinking feeling.

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gives new meaning to the term deathmetal.I know bad joke..sad story...

ROFL. I felt dirty for laughing just now :no:.

Damn. This is exactly why I don't like to get on fair rides that flip fast, or go hi. Very sad.

What's ironic is that NONE of the other rides or anything on the fairground collapsed, there was hardly any damage dealt to any of the other structures. Experts believe it was a random 70-90 mph that blew in and hit JUST the stage, knocking it over.

It would have been ironic if it was deathmetal, but it was a country concert.

I figured havoc meant it was "death metal" because the stage was made out of metal scaffolding, which then killed people.

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This is why Detroit claims they shut down Theatre Bizarre, because the structures were not inspected by building and fire inspectors to see if they were up to code, and the city feared an accident like this happening. Which, I'm willing to bet the state fair structure was up to code and just failed in high winds. I'm guessing TB structures were probably sturdier than code and may have actually stood up to that. *shrug* I guess we'll never know.

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