Girl falls through the sidewalk in China : Othor Games

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:56 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17827983

Um.. lol?

I mean, it's not funny really. It probably hurt like a ...
But, seeing as she's more or less OK, I think it's safe to say... that was kinda funny to watch.

Strange, though, isn't it? You can tell from the video clip that the sidewalk was just totally paved over... nothing. Nothing underneath to support it. What the heck? Maybe the original surface underneath collapsed, leaving the sidewalk to hold itself up.

» Thu May 03, 2012 5:38 am

that's a weird pavement

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:44 pm

They built a 30 story hotel in 15 days, they probably spent about 10 seconds on that sidewalk. Not surprised by this at all.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:50 pm

i'm curious about their claim about water causing that hole to form

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:58 pm

Yea, I watched it without sound. I don't know if the sound offered any explanation or not.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:31 am

Since no one got injured, I'd say that was rather funny.

Out of all the unexpected things that could happen that day, she probably didn't imagine falling through the pavement.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:08 am

Thats how it is for some cities in the US too....

Well they said a sinkhole formed underneath

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:40 pm

topic made me go what the crap -click-

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:45 pm

Yikes. I've always had a secret fear of walking over things like manholes and storm drains because I think they'll give way underneath me and send me falling into a dark pit. Seeing it actually happen to somebody, and on seemingly intact pavement, freaks me the hell out.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:36 am

It's good to see people ran over and stopped their cars to try to help. If this happened in New York people would probably just think it was a prank for YouTube.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:33 am

topic made me go what the crap -click-

With your username I'd expect you to love something like this

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:04 pm

They built a 30 story hotel in 15 days, they probably spent about 10 seconds on that sidewalk. Not surprised by this at all.

Ninja'd.

Atleast people bothered to help this time, maybe they felt the need too, after how bad the last incident made them look.
Still, good job on the taxi driver.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:53 am

It's good to see people ran over and stopped their cars to try to help. If this happened in New York people would probably just think it was a prank for YouTube.

Or they wouldn't even notice the girl falling in the first place.

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:19 am

It's good to see people ran over and stopped their cars to try to help. If this happened in New York people would probably just think it was a prank for YouTube.

Seems you're lucky enough to have not seen the footage of the Chinese girl being repeatedly run over.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:36 pm

Seems you're lucky enough to have not seen the footage of the Chinese girl being repeatedly run over.

Aw, must you remind me of that? My heart breaks just remembering it.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:58 am

Seems you're lucky enough to have not seen the footage of the Chinese girl being repeatedly run over.

What?

Don't bother linking me, but is that seriously what it sounds like? Is there an article about it that doesn't have any video or images? That sound deplorable. I hope there was some fallout.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:51 pm

What?

Don't bother linking me, but is that seriously what it sounds like? Is there an article about it that doesn't have any video or images? That sound deplorable. I hope there was some fallout.

It gets worse: She was a small child.

» Thu May 03, 2012 5:43 am

Seems you're lucky enough to have not seen the footage of the Chinese girl being repeatedly run over.

Did she survive? It's not unheard of that people have been trampled to death by masses of people.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:37 pm

Did she survive? It's not unheard of that people have been trampled to death by masses of people.

No she died.

What?

Don't bother linking me, but is that seriously what it sounds like? Is there an article about it that doesn't have any video or images? That sound deplorable. I hope there was some fallout.

I will save you time, a girl got run over. People just walked past her, another eichle went over her after that iirc. Eventually a woman helped her.
But lots of people jsut ignored her. Like I already said, she died.
She was a very yong girl too.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:19 am

Don't bother linking me, but is that seriously what it sounds like? Is there an article about it that doesn't have any video or images? That sound deplorable. I hope there was some fallout.

It's worse than what it sounds like. She was run over by one car, then another, then a bunch of passerbys that saw her lying there bleeding did nothing. It was about 10 minutes before someone helped her. Not sure what happened to the drivers that ran her over.

Did she survive? It's not unheard of that people have been trampled to death by masses of people.

I know she made it to the hospital alive but I think she was brain dead. Don't know what happened after that.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:08 pm

Did she survive? It's not unheard of that people have been trampled to death by masses of people.

No, the driver made sure of it. When he ran over her twice, and then a motorcyclist ran over here. This wasn't a busy street. Those were the only two vehicles that went down it, save for a few bikers and pedestrians who ignored her.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:29 pm

I don't know which is more amazing, the fact there was an underground cavern of sorts under the pavement, or how thin the pavement was.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:01 pm

It's worse than what it sounds like. She was run over by one car, then another, then a bunch of passerbys that saw her lying there bleeding did nothing. It was about 10 minutes before someone helped her. Not sure what happened to the drivers that ran her over.

I know she made it to the hospital alive but I think she was brain dead. Don't know what happened after that.

Drivers were arrested.
Just checked becuase I couldnt remember her age (she was 2) im guessing they will be executed or something. Mainly becuase it made the entire country look bad.

It made them consider http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/30/china-good-samaritan-rules-shenzhen Maybe her case made people more willing to help others, still it shouldnt have happened.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:17 pm

Also, I'm sorry for making this thread depressing.

http://www.innocentenglish.com/cute-pictures/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cute-kitten-marshmellows.jpg Falling through the marshmallow floor.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:02 pm

She died. I just looked it up. Atrocious.

However, I'm going to hold judgement on this one. I wasn't there, I'm not Chinese, I have no idea what went through those peoples' minds. Maybe they wanted to help but were afraid of getting in trouble for it.
We've been no better many times in our own past. I know about the Kitty Genovese case, and it's just as tragic. There are other, less famous examples.

It's terrible, but no-one can judge.

Back to the sidewalk story. It's quite a bit more light-hearted.