Dr. Dean Silas, gastroenterologist advocate Lutheran General Hospital, was last weekend at the Indiana State fair and witnessed the stage collapse. He spoke to the media about his experience is. | Al Podgórski ~ Chicago Sun-times
Updated: August 15, 2011 20: 04
"The three-story stage to develop crumpled on the crowd at the Indiana State Fair within seconds is a mighty wind gust of wind, but the disaster that killed beat a Chicago woman and four other people seemed"almost in slow motion", said doctor Monday suburban."She could see the stage, to reduce the almost in slow motion. You knew that it fall on people, because there so many people it was wanted, "Dr. Dean Silas of the accident said Saturday night that he from the arena stands to experience." "It was absolutely incredible."After the stage collapsed wrestled to try its way through the amount of infield Silas, dozens of people injured by falling metal scaffolding, speakers, and other parts of the tree to help."When he came in the infield four or five minutes after the break found Silas encrypted"pure chaos"as viewers and volunteer to help the injured."It was a mass of metal and humongous speakers, which had fallen to these people, "said Silas, gastroenterologist advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.The 52-year-old Deerfield resident quickly worked with other volunteers - mostly doctors, nurses and paramedics, which the public expect the beginning of a concert has been to try those who injured helped Beihilfen.Er in the collapse to carry at least four injured people from infield to a makeshift triage area under the stands." "The voluntary folding stretchers used, as to help to the injured from the stage away bear, the parts of which still standing precarious on infield were, he said.""Much of the effort was trying to help people out", he said.Silas treated three or four other patients for injuries caused by falling debris. Some people were no longer to help when he came, Silas said, recalling how he saw at least two bodies with plastic sheets already covered, when it reaches the infield."He and others tried some great music speakers to reach those need medical help help lift, but prevented were, by their sheer size."The speakers were too large, "he said.""Silas and other volunteers worked for at least 10 to 15 minutes before he saw any organized medical response by emergency crews."It seemed to me that it took a long time "for medical emergency assistance, which is said to reach injured, Silas.Er debt not fair organizers for not planned concert of the Group Sugarland are, before the mishap, ominous, to say the weather the gust of wind that hidden enabled the stage"came from absolutely nothing.""He felt sure sit up in the covered grandstand with his wife, daughter and her boyfriend as the sky darkened. He said "I nervously, feel its about in this area"."But he said that he within reduced still can feel the stage structure of 10 or 15 seconds with gust of wind."That should never happen would be, "Silas said. © 2011 Sun-Times Media, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may be not copied or distributed without permission. More information on reprint and permissions, see http://www.suntimesreprints.com/. Order a reprint of this article to order, click here.
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