How did the Meron tragedy unfold?

[Euclid]

https://streamable.com/bkq7ng

Well then. Open and shut.

[yuneeq]

Wish they released this footage earlier

[Euclid]

Wish they released this footage earlier

They couldn't - tHe wIReS wERe cUt.

[flyingace]

Well then. Open and shut.

Can you summarize for those who can't watch the link?

[ExGingi]

Can you summarize for those who can't watch the link?

3 cops showed up about 3 minutes from initial crowd crush/collapse trying to help people who fell in the front. Serious police force only shows up about 11 minutes after the initial collapse.

[LNS]

clearer https://streamable.com/kp801k

why is the build up not being released
it goes from empty to crowded in such a short time
did everyone just suddenly decide to leave all at once?

[yuneeq]

did everyone just suddenly decide to leave all at once?

Most people left the hadlaka at the same time

[TimT]

did everyone just suddenly decide to leave all at once?

For some reason many decided to leave at the same time while it’s still going strong & the Rebbe is still there dancing.

[Happyguy]

For some reason many decided to leave at the same time while it’s still going strong & the Rebbe is still there dancing.

He had just finished the actual lighting

[TimT]

He had just finished the actual lighting

Does that exit lead to Toldos Avrohom Yitzchak ?

[Euclid]

For some reason many decided to leave at the same time while it’s still going strong & the Rebbe is still there dancing.

Are you implying that all those people weren't really leaving?

[TimT]

Are you implying that all those people weren't really leaving?

Only a fraction exited. Most of the oilam was still there dancing.

[Happyguy]

Only a fraction exited. Most of the oilam was still there dancing.

Which is why there was only one Toldos Aharon victim, his chassidim would have stayrd until the end.

[Happyguy]

Does that exit lead to Toldos Avrohom Yitzchak ?

General direction, yes. Toldos Avrohom Yitzchak had long finished, they started at 9:30.

[LNS]

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i didn't know until seeing this video that there was a hand rail down the middle of the steps
which i imagine made things much more difficult for everyone involved
i guess it was completely broken or removed because i haven't seen it in any photos or videos from after the incident
 

[PlatinumGuy]

i didn't know until seeing this video that there was a hand rail down the middle of the steps
which i imagine made things much more difficult for everyone involved
i guess it was completely broken or removed because i haven't seen it in any photos or videos from after the incident

It was crushed and uprooted that night and removed in the morning.

The hand rail was there for good reason - the whole story snowballed from somebody who slipped down the steps...

[Abebee]

i didn't know until seeing this video that there was a hand rail down the middle of the steps
which i imagine made things much more difficult for everyone involved
i guess it was completely broken or removed because i haven't seen it in any photos or videos from after the incident

This is what the hand rail on the ramp looked liked the next morning.

[Euclid]

This is what the hand rail on the ramp looked liked the next morning.

Is this handrail on the steps?

[Abebee]

Is this handrail on the steps?

No, this is on the ramp leading to the steps.

[Euclid]

No, this is on the ramp leading to the steps.

Doh, missed that