"You see, people are smart. But a crowd is stupid."

So people got litterally crushed to death by the crowd, a horrible way to die.

Brutally reminded of this from what happened last night. RIP to all the innocents.

Astroworld brought me here. I had totally forgotten about this incident being from the States.

This is one of the main reasons I HATE crowded places...

No football match is worth a man's life. Not one bit.

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I was at church when I was 7 when a "famous" dancer came to give high fives. Me and this other girl were first to get to the front of the stage to get one. Around 50 other kids came running and trampled us. We were screaming in tears but nobody cared. The teachers had to push the kids off us. I had a lot of bruises and I sprained my wrist but I was more fortunate than the other girl who was rushed to hospital.

Humans are the craziest animal on earth. And most self-destructive one.

“Claustrophobia? That’s silly, what do you have to fear?” *A h e m .*

My dad was at this game. He went everywhere away with Liverpool in the 80s/90s as a young adult. Beardsley hitting the bar and the crowd all pushed forward. He seen this from above. He said he remembered everyone in a panic. Especially when he started to see coats being placed over the deceased’s faces. He also helped for a good amount of time. Pulling people up onto the second tier with his mate. The main thing people should know about that day was the Liverpool fans saved so many lives and helped more than the police. Especially with all the lies being told afterwards about the Liverpool fans. My dad also remembered the Sheffield locals being amazing and allowing people to use their house phones to ring beloved family members back home. That was very special from them.

I say places should implement big signs that light up “crowd surge, back up” or “warning! crowd surge back up now!” on stages and stadiums. And stop the event. A warning should be said by artists or announcers at the start, that if the crowd surge starts, and not resolved in 30 second (or something) then the event is ended.

I can’t breath just by looking the crowd

Basically People were suffocating, crushed, or both. 😔

was reminded of this after what happened at astroworld last night. truly heartbreaking

my mum was invited by her two friends to watch that game but she decided to stay home and study, both of her best friends were crushed and she had to identify both of them. They are in the top row 4th and 5th girls. She still cries every anniversary....

My uncle was lucky to survive that, when the crowd started rushing in he was immediately hit to the ground. A lot of people were falling onto his body and crushing him. He got out but someone knee hit his neck and was bruised. He had very trouble breathing and had to stay in the hospital for 11 days. When he got out his vocal cords were hurt very bad that the loudest he could talk was just a faint whisper. He is ok today but i’m trying to say that no mans life equals a sports game, none.

If you look at the back of any Liverpool jersey there’s a 96 at the top, which is for the 96 people who died.

I remember going to an event and the crowd was walking toward the exit. It was so crowded and packed that at one point I couldn't control my movements. You had to move with the crowd and there was no way to resist. I can just imagine everyone entering just pushing forward and forward until the people in front started getting crushed.

Times like these being an introvert is pretty darn cool

I mean no disrespect but im angry by just waching how people die for stupid reasons! Its just a game people!

I have no idea what happened! All this says is that people died!

Travis Scott’s disaster made me watch this

My dad went to Sheffield University in 1987 (2 years before the disaster) and was lucky enough to go to 2 games at Hillsborough in his time there. He told me that both occasions he went the crowds were massive and there was little breathing space when all fans were in the ground, given that he was 19 at the time and was surrounded mostly by grown adults. He told me that on his way out of the stadium for one of the games, he and his friend walked with such a big packed crowd that he literally got carried through the crowd pressing against him with his feet off the ground all the way. The foreshadowing and demonstrations that Hillsborough was a dangerously compact and oversold stadium at the time was all there. And I’m so glad he didn’t go to that fateful game on 15th April 1989. He had left uni by that point.

Video title : "how it happened" ... Don't mention at all how it happened

one of my mums classmates died in the crush, still so heartbreaking to watch

The incident at the Astroworld concert by Travis Scott brought me here - what a tragic precedent experience this was 😰

And today, a 97th fan died from brain damage from this game. Rip 🕊️

Basically a claustrophobic's worst nightmare.

So sad all those people died due to overcrowding. This is why venues have a capacity limit for a reason, coz if you don't, innocent lives can easily be lost.

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Imagine dying because you really wanted to watch some people kicking a ball...

imagine how quick a zombie virus would spread in that crowd.

I am claustrophobic and I would never have gone in if I saw the crowds, it's hard to watch all the crowds of people being crushed against the fences and people trying to escape. I can just imagine the terror of being suffocated to death, I think I would have a panic attack.

Huge praise to all those who helped the injured, and the dying that day. Sending shock waves round the country that such a disaster had happened. Spine tingling watching that a living nightmare. JUSTICE FOR THE 96.

Giant masses of people is one of the most horrifying things to exist

This happens at a lot of places. I was primary 2 when i was trampled at my primary school when a famous comic artist came to give autographs. I had bruises all over my thighs and calves and I couldn't get up because people are stepping on my legs and it was too crowded. Then a teacher spotted me and I was saved. Thank goodness.

I can't imagine how guilty the footballers might be feeling

as a liverpool fan it's hard watching fans lose their lives just to see their favorite players . rip to all of them

People lifting them up to the higher levels to save them, made me cry harder.. it lifted some sadness to see how people came together to help those escape

Isn't there maximum opacity rules in case of emergency?

This is why we should stay at home and watch live on TV.

This should be referenced to the Astroworld case :/

Interesting this pops up after the Travis Scott concert 🤔

First time hearing about this, cannot believe this even took place. Sad.

For those of you wondering what happened, the cause of all those deaths was human crush. Beginning at densities of about six or seven persons per square meter, individuals are pressed so closely against each other they are unable to move as individuals, and shockwaves can travel through a crowd which, at such densities, behaves somewhat like a fluid. If a single person falls, or other people reach down to help, waves of bodies can be involuntarily precipitated forward into the open space. One such shockwave can create other openings in the crowd nearby, precipitating further crushing. Unable to draw breath, individuals in a crowd can also be crushed while standing.

This would make me claustrophic. Nothing can make me want to be around so many people so packed together.

watched live on tv and its still send a shiver down my spine im 58 now.

Imagine if corona virus was spreading at this time

Seems like the stadiums fault for letting so many people in

When i was a kid i remember in the middle of the packed people inside the bus and trying hard to breath but couldnt so i got off midway of my destination it felt so overwhelming

I came here cause same thing just happened in Indonesia's football, it takes about 180 people's life (and still going on). RIP 🥀

My father was almost there. I am very glad he wasn’t. When I visited Anfield I saw the memorial and asked my father about it. He told me about it, and I was heartbroken.

*_This is what introverts see when they go to hell_* To whoever is reading this comment. This is just a joke. My apologies.

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Astroworld brought me here

my dad was at this game he was in the forest stand with a friend he's a Liverpool fan but he swapped tickets with a forest fan I hope that forest fan was ok JUSTICE FOR THE 96!!!

I remember watching this as it happened on tv. I remember screaming at the screen - I could see what was happening and so many couldn't - and there was nothing I could do except watch it unfold. It was terrifying. There must have been hundreds of thousands watching from their homes, as neutered as I was...... bloody awful.

I thought that the stadium fell down on the people and they got crushed by it, but actually, people died crushed by the crowd? Damn, thats actually worse than the stadium falling down on your head.

JFT 97♥️ You will never be forgotten.

Imagine having to go to the bathroom in that situation crazy

This honestly shows how pathetic we humans are. Literally can’t contain ourselves over a game😒

34 years on from today, 97 Liverpool fans gone but never forgotten. YNWA Hillsborough Disaster 15/04/1989

My friend lost her dad in this tragic event. We were 8 years old at the time, she’s done so much campaigning, and I’m so proud of her ❤️

You see a child get pulled out before the deaths he was alive. Then on the photos of the people dead you see him. Tragic. Edit: this was at 0:51

It is really frustrating to read these comments from people that don't know the whole story and are blaming the fans here. People were sent into those areas by police and stewards and the management of the area was completely wrong. Police originally pushed people back into the packed pens despite them throwing themselves over half conscious and dying. Police then lied and said that fans urinated on them as they gave CPR to try and make it look like the fans were to blame but really they were defacating themselves because of the sheer pressure on their bodies. The police and management were at fault here. It was absolutely horrible and has wounded the Sheffield and beyond community forever. Please do your research before you start saying things like "not worth it for a football match" or "it is their fault". You aren't seeing the full picture at all...

Justice for the 96 🙏 You'll Never Walk Alone

A West Londoner with Indian heritage, I was born and raised in England. The devastating event unfolded when I was just 10 years old, too young to grasp its magnitude. Unlike many British-born children, I found myself having to pick a side, and without hesitation, I chose the team in red. End of story. Even at that tender age, I sensed the gravity of the situation. What disturbs me the most about this is how the reality of that fateful day was distorted to the point where the media ended up spreading lies. Though time has passed, the revelation that this tragedy was the biggest cover-up in British Police History shattered my faith in humanity. JUSTICE FOR THE 96 FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS -|- YNWA -|- As a part of Liverpool, the pride of Merseyside, we've moved forward, but the scars of that day remain etched in our collective memory. # All round the fields of ANFIELD ROAD Where once we watched the KING Kenny Play and could he play! we had heighway on the wing we had DREAMS and SONGS to sing of the GLORY round the FIELDS OF ANFIELD ROAAAAAAAAAAAD # # LIVER - POOL LI - VER - POOL LIVER - POOL LI - VER - POOL # cmon you red men MAKE US DREAM 😀

How was that possible?

Don't forget the victims and dont forget the truth. The truth has been proven, it was not the fans fault. YNWA!

Spurs fan here, brother is a diehard Liverpool Fan who converted many football fans to becoming Liverpool fans. I could see the passion in him which differentiate him from other Football fans. Liverpool fans are truly special. RIP to all the Hillsborough Victims which are angels in heaven bringing strength and passion to the newer/current generations, to Liverpool and graces whomever who walk on Anfield road. Your souls will never be forgotten. I hope in the near future, I could visit Liverpool and Anfield with my brother to witness the passion, the support and the energy that he will expose to his dear Club. I would truly love witnessing that. You'll Never walk Alone.

My uncle died in this terrible disaster he was 14 when it happened 😢 and I was looking for him and then I found him his brother works for Liverpool now

This and the Sewol ferry accident are two things that break my heart💔 RIP to the combined 300+ people who died in those accidents ❤

saw a lot of comments talking about irresponsibility of the crowd so im gonna paste this comment made by user george fisher "I don't know how much, if anything, you know about the Hillsborough Disaster, but you should be aware of the following... This incident was a failure of crowd control measures by the police that day, rather than the fans misbehaving. There was excitement amongst fans obviously as it was a cup semi final, but no violence whatsoever. "Over exuberance" was not a factor. The problem was too many fans were trying to gain access to the stadium through a small number of turnstiles, far less than there should have been for the number of fans that day. This caused a crush to develop outside the ground. The Police chief, seeing this crush develop, made the fateful decision to open a perimeter gate, to allow the fans outside to rush into the stadium. The police later tried to claim this gate was "forced open" by fans, but that was a lie. These fans then had nowhere else to go, other than be funnelled into two already overcrowded sections on the Leppings Lane End, which led to people at the front of these sections being crushed against the perimeter fencing around the pitch. There was plenty of hooliganism in English football in the 80s but that was certainly not the cause of this tragedy. It was a failure of crowd control, caused by the unfortunately regrettable and terrible decisions made by senior police officers at Hillsborough stadium that day. A terrible and avoidable incident. The incident was exacerbated by the police lying about the decisions they made that day and trying to smear the blame on the fans instead Fact is, the fans were not to blame at Hillsborough. It was a tragedy waiting to happen in that era in English football. Stadiums were outdated, crowd control tactics were ineffective. Necessary changes came too late."

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Death trap of an away end, Tottenham v Wolves semi final 1981 had people getting on the pitch to avoid the crush, problems at Coventry v Leeds semi final 1987, Leeds fans were packed in like sardines. Accident waiting to happen.

I GOOGLE IT : The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush at Hillsborough football stadium in Sheffield, England on 15 April 1989, during the 1988-89 FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest

i barely understood that...my brain just be like “nah, this is too dumb to be real”

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One of the problems in those days you would simply have a ticket for a certain stand rather than a specific pen. So as behind the goal was considered more desirable you’d never get roughly 25 percent in each of the four pens. It was a disaster waiting to happen. It shocked everyone but surprised nobody.

Thats why never give free tickets. If thats not free not so many people will come .

2:53 R.I.P.

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Yet all these fans trying to storm into Wembley without out tickets today learned nothing. Rip to the Hillsborough victims. We never learn.

I learnt about this in college and now it’s like my worse nightmare. Being packed so tightly that you physically don’t have room to breathe. No thank you.

Indians :- "First time in this much crowd???"

Since loads of people were confused. It's really useful to understand what happened and the dangers of being in a too tight crowd 😢. you can't breathe in spaces that are too small they got crushed by other people 😢

Same thing happen in south korea now in 2022 in holloween festival 156 young people died 😭😭😭😭

My friend told me the story of how his grandfather was in Liverpool in 1989, and when it all went downhill, his grandfather and his group of friends tried to leave as fast as the can, it was so scary over there, since people tried to climb out to safety. Good thing they left when they opened the exitdoor.

I’ve had this happen to me at lollapalooza in Chicago in 2016. Everyone was leaving the 21 savage concert. 1000s of people all shoving and punching just trying to get out. Big crowds are very scary. If you lose your footing it can become dangerous

This is crushing...

My aunt was lucky to survive that, when the crowd started rushing in she was immediately hit to the ground. A lot of people were falling onto her body and crushing her. She got out but someone knee hit her neck and was bruised. She had very trouble breathing and had to stay in the hospital for 11 days. When she got out her vocal cords were hurt very bad that the loudest she could talk was just a faint whisper. She is ok today but i’m trying to say that no person's life equals a sports game, none.

Soccer: The only sport where it's more dangerous to be in the stands than on the field on play

my dad told me about going to concerts and stuff ‘back in the day’ and how him and his friends had to stand around their girlfriends as a sort of barrier and block people away so they could breath and have even a foot of room..

Not even a single second of this video tells what happened.

That day was my first day in Liverpool , I went over working there for the weekend back in 89 . We got into a local snooker club for the afternoon , and as this was long before Sky Tv , and bars having multiple screens all over the walls , there was just a small TV on the end of the bar in another room separate from the main hall . One of the guys , returning from the bar , announced that the game had been stopped , giving no real reason , and we just carried on playing snooker , unaware of the terrible tragedy unfolding . 10 minutes later some one came into the hall and told everyone to come to the bar as it was now clear that this event was turning into a rescue mission . I am not a Liverpool fan , but I was born in Nottingham . Standing there , in that club , the unfolding story on that small screen , will never leave me . My emotions that day will never compare with those who were there , those who waited , and waited for loved ones and friends to return home after the match , only to find out they never will . To the people of Merseyside who fought for justice , for friends and family of those who lost their lives , those who were hurt both physically and mentally , the bravery and dignity through the whole process of fighting for what is right afterwards ..... I raise my glass !!!!

For New Years my buddies and I went to Tokyo and it was exactly like this, everyone was making contact with each other and it was like a wave of tug of war, there was a lady that was hyperventilating because she was so small and couldn’t get out of the crowd, it was nuts.

Hillsborough: we had an immense amount of crowd Mumbai locals : *hold my falling passengers*

I’m a Man United fan, and honestly, let me just say how horrible this was. The police were 100% responsible for this, and the subsequent victim blaming, especially by the S*n, was absolutely despicable and disgusting. May the 97 people who died as a result of this disaster rest in peace.

People need to learn the ways of ants to avoid crowd crushes.