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A History of Tug-of-War Fatalities
| green passionate lettuce | 05/21/15 |
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Date: May 21st, 2015 10:43 PM Author: green passionate lettuce On June 13, 1978 in a Pennsylvania suburb, the entirety of Harrisburg middle school -- some 2,300 students -- lined up in a schoolyard and attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the largest tug of war game ever played. Instead, disaster ensued.
Twelve minutes into the match, the 2,000-foot-long braided nylon rope snapped, recoiling several thousand pounds of stored energy. “It sounded like someone pulled the string on a party cracker,” recalled 14-year-old participant Shannon Meloy. “I smelled something burning and I thought it was the rope...but it was hands. I looked down and saw...blood.” In the ensuing chaos, nearly 200 students lay wounded -- five with severed fingertips, and one missing a thumb. Hundreds more faced second-degree burns. “It was just a game,” another student told the Gadsden Times a day later. “We just wanted to see how many could do it.”
The rope, provided by Pennsylvania Power and Light Co., had been intended for use in heavy construction, and was rated to withstand 13,000 pounds of stress.
http://priceonomics.com/a-history-of-tug-of-war-fatalities/ |
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Date: May 20th, 2016 4:31 PM Author: Dull pervert office Lol! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#30521381) |
Date: May 21st, 2015 10:56 PM Author: green passionate lettuce in Frankfurt, Germany, one of the worst disasters in tug of war history occurred -- again, the result of trying to set a Guinness World Record. Several troops of Boy Scouts converged to attempt a 650-person match; minutes in, the “thumb-thick” nylon rope (which was nowhere near capable of withstanding the force of hundreds of people) snapped.
One end of the rope whipped back, instantly killing a 9-year-old boy on impact. In the aftermath, 102 others were severely injured; another boy passed away as a result of being crushed when everyone fell. |
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Date: May 21st, 2015 10:59 PM Author: vivacious background story war is hell (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27940556) |
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Date: May 21st, 2015 11:04 PM Author: big hairy legs locale Amsteel blue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27940585) |
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Date: May 21st, 2015 11:28 PM Author: green passionate lettuce Seems more reliable than the materials used by these folks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27940750) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 12:23 AM Author: cerebral cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27941101) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 12:26 AM Author: talented translucent jew holy shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27941125) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 12:29 AM Author: wine insanely creepy karate 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27941140) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 12:59 AM Author: titillating stain space 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27941269) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 1:04 AM Author: french coffee pot did they sue the NFL? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27941285) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 9:37 AM Author: green passionate lettuce ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27942128) |
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Date: May 22nd, 2015 10:56 AM Author: green passionate lettuce A man participating in a large tug of war game in Chattanooga, Tennessee had the rope wrapped around his hand (another no-no, according to USTOWA). When the other team suddenly exerted a tremendous pull, the loop tightened and tore off his hand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#27942423) |
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Date: June 17th, 2015 3:52 PM Author: green passionate lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#28142373) |
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Date: June 17th, 2015 4:14 PM Author: Dashing internal respiration community account This one made me LOL:
It was one of many incidents in the decade. In 2007, two 17-year-old boys participating in a tug of war game at a Colorado homecoming looped the rope around their hands and suffered amputations. “Hearing it was pretty gross,” a student at the scene later told NBC. “There was like a lot of people screaming and just all blood flying everywhere and just people running out of the room." Signs were later posted at the Christian high school that read, “Their hands are in His hands.” |
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Date: May 20th, 2016 4:35 PM Author: swashbuckling gaping Their hands are in His hands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#30521399) |
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Date: May 20th, 2016 4:30 PM Author: green passionate lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#30521377) |
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Date: May 20th, 2016 4:51 PM Author: supple ticket booth elastic band Chill, fratty tug of war bros: http://pix-media.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/726/ScreenShot2014-05-21at3.24.23PM.png (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2886351&forum_id=2#30521499) |