ANTM DISASTER

55th and Seventh ave

I arrived at 8 am excited and not knowing what to expect. Me and my friends got on the line on 55th and Seventh Ave.

As time progress the line began to move around the building. Over 4000 people were out there.


56th and Seventh ave

After 1130 the line began to move in significance we were on 56th and 7th side of the building where we assumed the entrance was but by the time we got to the entrance we were mistake, we had to go around the building for a third time.

By 2pm we realized time was getting close to the end, casting was scheduled to commence at 3pm. Hoping for a time extension we continue to wait on line. We were more than half way around the building so far located on 56th and Broadway. By that time I was hungry and exhausted so I banded my crew together and we moved through the line cutting at least 300 people and found a spot on closer to the entrance on 55th and Broadway. Minutes later the line began to move like raging waves and people were pressed so tightly against one another you could barely breathe.

Half way down 55th St, so close to the entrance people's agitation started to show. Hundreds of people, some who clearly didnt belong on line, were squished together between and wall and street barricades and whenever the line moved people ran in frenzy praying not to fall or get trampled on. Clearly it seemed out of control and an accident waiting to happen.


The cops breaking up the riot 55th st

A girl was on line where she was accompanied by her family, two men and a woman. The family was extremely hood, unkempt and rowdy. They obviously looked like they didnt belong and I was worried because they seemed like trouble. Another woman who was animated and cheerful throughout the entire adventure was annoyed at the fact the family was there as started to cause a commotion. Words were exchanged and threats were made against the woman by the family and the police removed the family from the scene. The woman who then began laughing and started to roll a blunt and smoke on line.

At around 4:50 pm a car started to smoke and make a loud ticking noise. Thinking it was either a fire or bomb, people began to panic while running in all directions pushing and knocking down one another. One of the men from the family ran back in the crowd to attack the women whom he had exchanged words with chasing her starting a riot because someone yelled that the man had a weapon.



In midst of it all people were injured. It was so scary that a girl had a seizure on site from being it all the commotion. More people were injured but not as seriously.

Footage taken by a spectator in The Dream Hotel. At the end of the video you see the man who was wearing white and the girl in red being arrested. They were the family on the line who helped contribute to the chaos.




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