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A densely packed group exert pressure on each other, but are kept in place by pressure from the other side. A shockwave through the crowd or a slip can cause a fall
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The fall of one person creates a sudden gap in the crowd and removes the opposing force that kept the crowd in equilibrium
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Others fall into the new space, and more follow them until the pressure eases. That process can create a ripple effect of similar holes elsewhere
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A densely packed group exert pressure on each other, but are kept in place by pressure from the other side. A shockwave through the crowd or a slip can cause a fall.
Others fall into the new space, and more follow them until the pressure eases. That process can create a ripple effect of similar holes elsewhere.
The fall of one person
creates a sudden gap in
the crowd and removes
the opposing force that
kept the crowd in
equilibrium.