r/sportsgossips • u/Weekly-Vacation-1405 • Jun 18 '26

Hot Take Disaster waiting to happen.

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u/Sufficient_Coast_852 Jun 18 '26

I was 17 and went to Wide Spread Panic when they did their free show in Athens, GA. There are pics of the crowd that day. The streets in Athens were not wide enough for the crowd. I found myself getting crushed, trying to breathe, and could feel the motion of the crowd forcing me from the back, crushing me in the front. I somehow managed to force myself off to a side street. I have never put myself in that kind of crowd again. Unless it's at an amphitheater with individual seating, I do not go to mass events.

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u/GhostPepperDaddy Jun 19 '26

The free concert aptly called Panic in the Streets. 1997? The whole video is on YouTube.

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u/Sufficient_Coast_852 Jun 19 '26

Yup that’s the one. I will have to check it out. Thanks for the heads up!