Posted on 03/15/2009 6:08:20 AM PDT by Reeses
And you thought the onscreen catfights on America's Next Top Model were good...
New York police arrested three people following a massive stampede that erupted during a casting call for the new season of the Tyra Banks-powered reality contest—a melee that involved hundreds of people outside a Central Park hotel.
At least six people were injured, two of whom were hospitalized, in a scene that left the surrounding vicinity looking like Fashion Week meets Thunderdome and shut down the auditions.
Police said they did not immediately know what triggered the crush of bodies, but according to the New York Daily News, the combination of would-be catwalkers (all under 5-foot-7 this cycle) waiting on line for hours and a broken-down BMW proved combustible.
A fight had broken out among some of the bystanders; then, moments later, the car appeared, spewing smoke, and reportedly led to shouts that a bomb had gone off.
"The girls were running like it was 9/11 part two," 27-year-old Jennifer Brown of, Brooklyn told the Daily News. "I feared for my life."
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My grandfather’s grandfather was a police captain during the 1863 New York draft riots. It was worse than anything in NYC since.
99.9% of them voted for Obama.
You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think. ; >)
You have it all wrong. These people are not looking for a job. They're looking to hit it big on a television show.
Or the 1892 Homestead Strike with 10 dead and hundreds injured.
This so going to be an episode of one of those “Law and Order” shows.....
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