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it's up to 21 dead now. 
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Tribune staff reports
Published February 17, 2003, 8:17 AM CST
At least 21 people were killed and dozens injured after a fight in a crowded South Side Chicago nightclub early this morning turned into a stampede, authorities said.
"Everybody smashed; people crying, couldn’t breathe,’’ said club goer Reggie Clark. "Two ladies next to me died. A guy under me passed out.’’
A fight broke out between three women about 2 a.m. at E2, a dance club on the second floor of the Epitome restaurant building at 2347 S. Michigan Ave., officials said. About 1,500 people were gathered there at the time.
Someone used mace and pepper spray on the combatants, and in the ensuing melee, club goers rushed down a staircase leading to the front door, authorities said. The back door reportedly was locked.
People started falling, and the crowd poured over them, witnesses said.
Amishoov Blackwell, 30, of Gary, Ind., had just gotten inside the club and was trying to check his coat on the second floor when people started rushing past him. The flow of the crowd pushed him back down the stairs, he said.
People started tripping halfway down the stairwell, and he fell on top of several. Blackwell said he was trapped in the stairwell on top of the bodies for about 30 minutes, until fire fighters rescued him.
Cory Thomas, 33, of Chicago went to the club about 3 a.m. to pick up two friends. As he waited outside, he saw people inside the club start to back up against the glass front door.
"You could see a mound of people," Thomas said. "People were stacking on top of each other, screaming and gagging, I guess from the pepper spray. The door got blocked because there were too many people stacked up against it.’’
"I saw them taking out a pregnant woman,’’ he said. "She was in bad shape. I saw at least 10 lifeless bodies.’’
Kristy Mitchell, 22, of Gary, Ind., was one of the people trampled on the stairway.
"People were stomping my legs,’’ she said. "When they pulled me up, I was dizzy and I couldn’t breathe.’’
Will Knight, spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, said four people were confirmed dead at the scene and 19 people were taken to area hospitals in cardiac arrest.
“Paramedics did an extraordinary job,” Knight said. “We know fire crews had to cut locks off the back doors to get people out of the building….Everybody was trying to get out of the front exits and were trampled over.”
Medical teams were called from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and University of Chicago Hospitals to set up a treatment area at the site, Knight said. A hazardous materials team also was summoned to check for the presence of mace and pepper spray, he said.
As of 7 a.m., 20 people were confirmed dead at the following locations: Four at Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center; three each at the Cook County medical examiner's office, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, University of Chicago Hospitals and Stroger Hospital of Cook Count; two at Mercy Hospital, and one each at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital, officials said.
The site where the 21st fatality was confirmed was not immediately available. Additionally, at least 49 people were injured, including two firefighters. Five to 10 victims were believed to be critically hurt.
Investigators remained at the scene at daybreak. Michigan Avenue and 24th Street in the immediate vicinity of the nightclub were blocked, and CTA buses were being re-routed.
WGN-Ch. 9 and the Associated Press contributed to this story.
Copyright © 2003, Chicago Tribune
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catullus, give me a link to where you saw that the US is planning on spreading chemical agents over Iraq.
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Originally posted by MrFun
I wonder how many drug users were in that crowd?
Oh but remember -- illegal drugs are HARMLESS.
No matter how this tragedy unfolded it's a senseless waste of lives. |
I imagine 90% of those who died were just using alcohol, but remember - legal drugs are HARMLESS. In your supposed suggestion, interesting there's an mdma or coke + pepper spray death cocktail no one knows about that's to blame?
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Economic World Center
Jul 2002
time: 06:26
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Its the Media's fault.
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Zylka
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How about that 1990 Mecca Stampede where over 1,400 pilgrims died? I hear heroin is dirt cheap over there, looks like we have a reason for that tragedy!
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Zylka
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quote:
Originally posted by Boris Godunov
And it wasn't a troll, it was a stated opinion that your post was thoughtless and judgmental. |
...and seemingly lacking of any defense or apology. Run, run!
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Ah, we're on 2 wrongs don't make a right now? Well... According to my code of ethics, THAT RULE IS FOR F*CKING LOSERS
Anyway, I usually only play the ignorance back when one party is obviously running away from the needed apology and/or explanation. That is one of the more cowardly things I can't stand for - so it's seen as a responsibility to drag them out with like poison, if needed!
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