Wednesday, March 19, 2014
High School Stage Collapse Injures Two Dozen Students
PLSN: A portion of the stage at Servite High School here collapsed March 8 when some 250 visiting students from Rosary High School in Fullerton, CA were onstage as part of their annual “Red and Gold” musical theatre challenge. Two dozen were injured.
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This is terrible to read but at least none of the students were seriously injured. I am curious as to what caused the stage to break however. If this was the newer part of the stage it seems like this should have been more sturdy and been able to support weight. I wonder if it was under too much pressure of it the stage extension itself was not structural stable. In the end I am glad to hear that the students are okay and they are looking into the situation.
This sort of accident is really upsetting, but thankfully no one was seriously injured. I think that someone somewhere should have said that having that many people jumping up and down on the stage would be problematic, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. I also find it interesting that the new part of the stage was what broke, while the old part was fine. At least everyone is reasonably okay, and because of that I think it's okay to be amused by this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNtySlaZq2w
and not be a bad person.
It's great that everyone involved is fine. I am not really surprised that it was the newer part of the stage that fell. In a lot of instances it seems that the older fixtures in theaters are the most sturdy. I wonder if the fact that it was an extension and not an entirely new stage had anything to do with its lack of security.
It's great that everyone involved is fine. I am not really surprised that it was the newer part of the stage that fell. In a lot of instances it seems that the older fixtures in theaters are the most sturdy. I wonder if the fact that it was an extension and not an entirely new stage had anything to do with its lack of security.
I question who was in charge of building the "stage extension". I would not be surprised if it was a "non permanent" structure built by a school employee and not a part of the actual architecture of the venue. I would like to think that an installation from an architectural firm would list max occupancy and that the floor would actually live up to that rating!
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