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"associated press" photographer hang sinif gets word of the perilous situation and heads to the bridge to take pictures, but he is not prepared for what he is about to see. >> they asked and tried to call, please give me water. i'm thirsty, or please help me. and i really shocked. the people under, i really thought they must be dying. >> rescue workers desperately try to dislodge people one by one from the crush. it is pinning them down with incredible combined forces. >> think of it like dominos. and as you start to knock them over, they gain momentum, but it's the momentum of the entire mass...

>> this island that was an entertainment center that was newly opened. there were people on the island who wanted to leave and go home, and there were people who were on the mainland who wanted to get on the island to come and have a good time. >> it had gotten tighter and tighter and tighter, and there was no outlet. >> people started leaving the island, and they got caught in the middle. >> a massive crush of people forms on the bridge. each person desperately reaching for pockets of air and the cooling relief of water in the stifling heat. >> it's like a boa constrictor. you can breathe out...

Entertainment center that was newly opened. there were people on the island who wanted to leave and go home, and there were people who were on the mainland who wanted to get on the island to come and have a good time. >> it had gotten tighter and tighter and tighter, and there was no outlet. >> people started leaving the island and they got caught in the middle. >> a massive crush of people forms on the bridge. each person desperately reaching for pockets of air and the cooling relief of water in the stifling heat. >> it's like a boa constrictor. you can breathe out, so your lungs would collap...