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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm here at the Great American State Fair and just spoke with a few EMTs that people are "dropping like flies" in the he
They must be coming for the fireworks??? actually, I have no idea.
This is the scene here at one of the cordoned off medical area inside a main tent.
They keep having to make more space as more people are brought in.
There is no AC.
Im here at the Great American State Fair and just spoke with a few EMTs that people are dropping like flies in the heat.
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ZDU
(1,614 posts)Deuxcents
(28,402 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,702 posts)It's like the damage or death on Everest
Ya chose to be there
2naSalit
(105,112 posts)Went out of their way to be there.
SWBTATTReg
(26,555 posts)MerryBlooms
(12,637 posts)Hard pass
durablend
(9,476 posts)Not gonna be pwning any libs lying in some medical tent.
ALBliberal
(3,470 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(184,463 posts)Heat can kill fast. trump did no planning for heat and medical emergencies
A reporter braving a blistering heat wave at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair described chaos at the event as paramedics raced to save attendees, with seven said to be on "advanced life support" in the hospital.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-07-04T00:35:36.928Z
https://www.rawstory.com/great-american-state-fair-2677157060
Julian Andreone of Drop Site News was on the ground Friday at the fair detailing what he called a "hectic" scene.
"It really is hectic. It's chaotic. It's a total disaster," Andreone said. "They haven't planned for this at all."
As Andreone recorded the conditions, multiple people ran past carrying cold water to help their loved ones who had fainted. During one 71-second clip, Andreone recorded two people racing past him and an ambulance arriving separately with a siren blaring.
"People are profusely sweating and need water," he said.
Andreone reported in an X update that "7 people are on advanced life support in the hospital."
In another clip from the event, Andreone points to another person lying down in the back of an EMS truck making its way across the lawn. The event had already been temporarily shut down earlier in the day as the record heat gripped Washington, with organizers planning to reopen at 5 p.m.
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PCB66
(221 posts)we have learned a long time ago to not got outside when it is really, really hot.