Prom Picture Pandemonium: Deck Collapses Underneath Students During Photo Op!
- Posted on May 15, 2012 at 8:47am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Last week you may have seen video out of Wisconsin of a dock collapsing under a group of students taking pictures before their prom, leaving most of them very wet. And now it’s happened in Indiana, where an elevated deck gave way during a pre-prom photo op.
It happened in the town of Fort Wayne to students from Churubusco High School.
“We were waiting on our friend, she was running late, so we were waiting for the 13th person, and as we were all waiting up there, we saw her come, she went actually under the balcony first,” Tori Harris, one of the students, told WANE-TV. “And then as she was coming around the corner, we heard a really loud crack and then we basically all fell through.”
No one was hurt, save for a few scratches and a couple of bruises. But those involved now have quite the story to tell, especially since video of the incident has gone viral:
And just in case you didn’t see what happened last week in Oconomowoc, WI, here’s the report:
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Comments (66)
Curious Visitor
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 1:11pmFirst I would need to know if these students were mostly Liberal or mostly Conservative, and then I can decide whether I enjoyed watching them fall through the deck. That’s how it works, right?
Report Post »affinity
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 2:30pmRight.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 2:38pmAnd Moochelle will be saying “This is why our children need to eat more apples and carrots..”
Report Post »Obamammy
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 3:47pmWe know they are conservative because they were gracious. Also there are men taking women and women taking men to the prom….
….. not limp-wristed freaks and hags taking the same freaks to the prom and then suing when the deck collapsed.
That answer your question, salad-tossing child molester?
Report Post »db321
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 6:24pmThe camera man on the first video missed the best shot in history – never put the camera down when something unexpected happens – he did get a few nice shots of shoes!
Report Post »francesp44
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 7:31pm“Ditto” :~))
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:32pmCurious Visitor, yes, that’s the way it works. And good question.
Watching the video itself, you can’t tell whether these kids are conservative or liberal. The additional fact that these kids were high school kids also doesn’t give an a firm indication one way or another, as there are many conservative kids who graduate from high school, or at least are eligible to go to the senior prom.
Report Post »WiscAlum
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:46pmI am from Wisconsin and my younger brother is friends with the people who fell through the lake pier. Just to answer your question, these kids are probably mostly conservative because Oconomowoc, WI is located in the right leaning Waukesha County.
Report Post »jacks
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 1:09pmI think we need a study.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:13pmLet me guess, Obama did it.
Report Post »Persimmon Knob
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:36pmCould not have been ! The Bamster has done exactly NOTHING since “occupying ” the White House.
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:41pmNope, Bush. Obviously you haven’t been paying attention.
Report Post »PCsince1776
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:42pmThey asked him and he blamed Bush.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:57amDon’t recycle crap from Huffpo on this site please. Especially the videos that don’t allow you to shut them off. Love that. Make it like you step into a really crappy web site from 1995 that has some really bad tinny music that you can’t shut off. I also don’t think you should be giving Huffpo free hits by rebroadcasting their crap.
Report Post »AMENDMENT
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:23amThere faces was a corker… glad no one was hurt :)
Report Post »hallkbrdz
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:25pmProms must be banned – they cause dangerous congregations of people. We have proof!
Look – I’m kidding people, even though this has more merit that most things the Govt. bans. ;-)
Report Post »mjazzguitar
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:16amSo who built the deck?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:50amOr who approved the deck?
Report Post »Haze
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:02amThat video was pointless…you couldn‘t even see it collapse and then the idiot mother wouldn’t stop recording the grass. Pointless alert!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:16amHow about the several unwanted pregnancies after the dance.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:49amExactly. When you link a video it should actually show something other than how clueless the person holding the camera is.
Report Post »Gettin Betta
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:15pmIf everybody is going to have a video camera in their pocket, it should be mandatory to take a basic videography coarse!
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:31pm@GETTIN
I don’t really have a problem with the person taking a bad video. She obviously had something more important on her mind than making sure she was getting good video. It just shouldn’t be linked to in the story, because it doesn’t actually show anything.
Report Post »HYPNOTOAD
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:58amIt sounds like the home owner was trying to minimize the damage and potential lawsuit by saying “ you all fell so gracefully”.
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 3:54pmThe prom today and then court tomorrow.
Report Post »Hoosier
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:57amJust get up and move on. ;)
Report Post »gooeylewie
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:49amif it is bad and it happened in WI, it must be Scott Walker’s fault!
Scott Walker rules!
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:43amThis is a metaphor for what this generation is facing. They‘re lookin’ good… supported in everything provided,, but eventually the weight of the ones eating and not paying, overloads those who are paying and paying and paying… it will collapse.
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:37ami landed on your girlfriend bro, and she is topless. i swear i didn’t do it. my face is planted in her boobs. i can’t seem to remove myself due to this 2×4 that has wedged me in her. no no. i’ll get my self out of this. just give me a minute. oh man what a tradjedy. this is the worst prom ever, brah. no no. my pants came off on the way down.
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:03amnooooo. i’m thrusting to get out of the wedge. no. no. she is encouraging me…..come on brahskie, we both want to get off, i mean out. we both want to get out.
Report Post »Ed_Kel
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:31amWhy is it so difficult for someone to shoot decent video?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:13pmGood question……. did you ever see a UFO video that wasn’t blurry?
Report Post »teddyc73
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 4:18pmMost normal people with any degree of compassion will stop recording or put their camera down when people are injured so they may attend to them. That’s how it ought to be. Unfortunately most people with fancy phones dont do that.
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 10:16amCould be a termite problem. The fattest one in the bunch will get blamed …
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:55amNominated for “Worst Vidographer Ever”.
Report Post »Second?
Haze
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:03amsecond
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:05pmThird! I understand helping out, . . . but at least film it. It wasn’t like there was no one else to help them. I wasted a good 3 minutes on this story.
Glad no one was hurt.
Report Post »teddyc73
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 4:19pmUnreal, more of you saying the person should have continued recording. How did we get to a point there its ok to keep recording and not stop to help?
Report Post »Baja
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:39amProbably built by union workers. Glad no one was hurt.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:37amThis must be a franchise. Prom Deck collapsing
Report Post »BigDaddyTex
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:36amLess time planning for the prom and more time remembering what you learned (?) in physics……?
Report Post »GrumpyCat
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:34amThis Is Horrible! What Is Obama Doing To Save Us? Why Has Not The Deck Tsar Saved Us From Ourselves?
Clearly its Obama’s fault, it happened on his watch. He said everything was Bush‘s fault so now everything is Obama’s fault.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:26amJust when you think journalism can’t get any worse…first video, frustrating and exasperating. Second video…by the time your eyes focus, the picture you want to see is gone; then you get to watch the teleprompter reader.
Glad the kids are okay.
Report Post »TWO BITS
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:17amSaturday was prom night for a special beauty in our family, and I cringed when I saw her group’s photo on a bridge. All went well, and it was a beautiful setting, but a collapse could have put a damper on the evening. I’m glad all these young people were uninjured!
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:16amSomebody might need to call Jenny Craig.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:13amA good reminder of what obama has done to their future.
Report Post »Ih8Taxes
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 9:05amOK, 3 seconds of useful video and 3 minutes of camera footage of the ground. I’m not sure why this was even news but good thing no one was hurt.
Report Post »pauliehlenz
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:02amAt least they helped instead of recording other people’s misery.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 11:52amThis is what happens when people that have no clue what they’re doing try to save some money by doing things themselves.
Report Post »Ih8Taxes
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 12:12pmTrue, and god point.
Report Post »deerjerkydave
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 5:51pmEven the three seconds of useful video makes me sea sick.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on May 15, 2012 at 8:49amHave some coffee before you type the story headers : )
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