Damn man everything just went wrong. Security guards holding people in because they haven't paid their tabs. I can't imagine the panic, anger, and utter pandemonium that caused.
Damn. Guards not letting them out of a burning building because of bar tabs? Reminds me of the Saudi girl school that caught on fire, and they weren't let out by the religious police.
Awful tragedy. Read that the club was over capacity... Some pictures and videos. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ndoor-fireworks-display-band-performance.html
read online that they dont really have those exit sign like they do here in the US...we take that for granted..but something as simple as that couldve saved more lives..
Damn that **** is ****ed up. Looks like, from one of the videos many of the victims died from smoke inhalation...hopefully they didn't feel any pain.
Adding to this: My wife is from Brazil. She says exit signs are a rarity there, let alone emergency exits. The boate (boh-wATCH-ee), nightclub, in question has ONE exit. A place filled with 3,000 people having a blowout party to end the Brazilian summer before going back to school. The smoke in the club was pitch-black. People couldn't see. Many were trampled. To give you an idea how jacked-up safety measures are there, my wife went home, visited her family. She got into a cab outside the mall with her sister, brother, nephew. My wife asked, "Where are the seatbelts?" (She's lived in the States now, she's used to wearing her seatbelt.) The driver said he'd had the seatbelts taken out of the car. My wife complained. Her family called her "chata" (a pain), "metida" (stuckup), for complaining about such a thing. I don't find my country perfect, but by God, I'm down with enforced safety laws. I love Brazil, I loved Italy when I was there, but goodness, sometimes it's a time warp when you're there.
Funny, similar thing happened to me in Saudi about 2 weeks ago. we hopped in and out of 3 taxis before we found one with seat belts. First guy said he couldn't take us because he didn't have papers to drive (saudi aramco will check for it).....and the others didn't have belts. (these were local city taxis...ones from the compound are sooooo much better).
Yeah for sure; I still couldn't decide if drivers in Italy were the best in the world or the worst...no one follows traffic "laws" and pretty much drive wherever they want at whatever speed they want (which is pretty much the same case across Europe). But you would rarely see an accident. Always amazes me how most people don't bother putting on a seat belt in cabs or on buses which are typically some of the most erratic driving experiences.
China's the same way. I think the lack of major accident is cause people just pay that much more attention. You also don't run into people when walking, driving might be that too.
If you ever read Freakonomics there's a whole chapter on seatbelts and if they actually make cars safer. Point of the story is: when nobody has seatbealts, everyone drivers slower and pays more attention else they will fly through the windshield if they crash. Although seatbelts save lives, they also cause people to drive faster and more carelessly causing more accidents and more severe accidents. One suggestion (not serious but emphasizing a point) is to put knives sticking out of every steering wheel. You would have less accidents and people would drive slower for sure.
Very sad situation but it again shows the importance of building codes and following them. About the security blocking the exit I am wondering if they could see the fire or at least the smoke. If they were aware of the fire or that something dangerous was going on I would charge them with manslaughter.
I've had similar experiences in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. When I was in Sri Lanka I had a private driver and he was chuckling at me when I put the seat belt on but considering how they drive there I had no regrets about it.
