Sunday, February 05, 2006 (Philippines)

A man identifies his relative, one of 74 killed as a crowd scrambled to gain entry into the game show “Wowowee.” Many of the victims were middle-aged and elderly women who got crushed at the head of the line, as people behind shoved and pinned them against closed gates.(Ap photos) MANILA - Myrna Britania, 42, spent all night Friday lining up for a game show raffle ticket that she hoped would win her some quick cash or a furnished house. Instead, she spent most of yesterday in anguish, waiting for news of friends and relatives injured in a stampede that killed at least 74 people and injured more than 500 others. As the gates to the show were closed, “people at the back of the line kept pushing. They did not know there were already people dead, lying on the ground in front,” Britania said. [full story]