Anyone going to Loveparade, Duisburg, Germany 24. July

Photo story here

Some pictures I didn't know. Interesting is #5. In the lower left corner a man is taking photos and smiling. It seems that panic was not evenly "distributed" among the people.

I left early because the area around the entrance was so full you couldn't get anywhere. I was astonished later when I saw some aerial photos where parts of the area were empty. So lots of people stopped and didn't move on what cause the blocking in the entrance and tunnel. When one of the music trucks came along the entrance area I was so stuck between people that I couldn't open the flip cover of my small messenger bag and get my earplugs out. That happened because there was really not enough room for a 24m truck + 1m safety space on every side to move through a dense crowd. The safety personell pushed people hard to the side to make room for the truck. That was a situation where we almost got pushed from our feet. After the truck went by and the situation relaxed a little, I decided to leave.

I only put one photo in my flickr stream - nothing spectacular - but I noticed a lot of image views yesterday. A lot of searching for photos is going on right now.
 
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