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12-04-2015, 11:51 AM
Students reaching for the high notes crashed down to the ground when a stage gave way beneath them in China.
Twenty-five choristers were hospitalized after a 10-foot-high wooden platform collapsed (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1886713/25-people-injured-chinese-stage-collapse-during-university-gala) at Beihang University in Beijing (http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/) on Saturday, reports the South China Morning Post.
An audience member captured footage on a cell phone that shows the 100-strong group sing "Happy Birthday" to mark the 30th anniversary of the college's aeronautical engineering school.
But dozens of them then suddenly disappear mid-song, sparking screams from the audience.
None of the hospitalized students suffered serious injury, according to The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12031622/Singing-students-disappear-as-stage-collapses-at-Beijing-concert-hall.html).
The university has canceled future events due to be held in the 880 capacity Chenxing Music Hall as it investigates the incident, reports Metro (http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/watch-moment-20-people-are-injured-when-stage-collapses-5542571/).
It's the second stage collapse to hit a Chinese college this year. The top three rows of a choir fell through the stage (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11721131/Stage-collapses-during-choral-performance-in-China.html) during a college concert in Sichuan Province in July.
In central Indiana, more than a dozen people were injured (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/04/23/stage-collapse-indiana-school_n_7132752.html) when the stage at Westfield High School collapsed during a student performance in April.
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Twenty-five choristers were hospitalized after a 10-foot-high wooden platform collapsed (http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1886713/25-people-injured-chinese-stage-collapse-during-university-gala) at Beihang University in Beijing (http://ev.buaa.edu.cn/) on Saturday, reports the South China Morning Post.
An audience member captured footage on a cell phone that shows the 100-strong group sing "Happy Birthday" to mark the 30th anniversary of the college's aeronautical engineering school.
But dozens of them then suddenly disappear mid-song, sparking screams from the audience.
None of the hospitalized students suffered serious injury, according to The Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12031622/Singing-students-disappear-as-stage-collapses-at-Beijing-concert-hall.html).
The university has canceled future events due to be held in the 880 capacity Chenxing Music Hall as it investigates the incident, reports Metro (http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/03/watch-moment-20-people-are-injured-when-stage-collapses-5542571/).
It's the second stage collapse to hit a Chinese college this year. The top three rows of a choir fell through the stage (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11721131/Stage-collapses-during-choral-performance-in-China.html) during a college concert in Sichuan Province in July.
In central Indiana, more than a dozen people were injured (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=2015/04/23/stage-collapse-indiana-school_n_7132752.html) when the stage at Westfield High School collapsed during a student performance in April.
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