Wowowee Stampede 2006

In 2006, a crowd of 30,000 people gathered outside the PhilSports Arena in Manila, hoping to score tickets to the wildly popular Filipino game show Wowowee. Tensions flared when a staff member announced that only the first 300 in line would get tickets. The news triggered chaos as the massive crowd surged forward.

The crush turned deadly-73 people were killed and more than 400 injured in one of the worst stampedes in Philippine history. The tragedy sparked national outrage, led to investigations into crowd control failures, and forever tainted the show's reputation.

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