Choir Risers Collapse

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1. Jay Dougherty says

   December 15, 2011 at 9:32 am

   Scary stuff… but here is the “dubstep” version of this riser collapse. You have to see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fm68me3P-8

   Jay

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2. David Topping says

   December 15, 2011 at 8:18 am

   The “full story” has expired (it’s been archived), so here’s a “happy ending” story from a local news channel, including an interview of the choir director:

    

   http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/55623/

    

   And here’s another YouTube clip of the incident, but it also includes the choir actually continuing their performance after the collapsed risers have been cleared away:

    

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7zWd5Ui9Zo

    

   It appears that those were the ubiquitous Wenger Tourmaster risers that obviously had not been properly secured. I’m sure that many of us realize that the cross braces must be slid all the way until they “click” into place, and then a safety mechanism must also be latched to prevent things like this. There was most likely nothing wrong at all with the risers, just with the way that they were improperly set up. The few stories I’ve seen all mention that “new risers” had been obtained–not one mention of the likely cause, but that’s probably asking too much. 🙂

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