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Originally posted by onodrim
Why don't cool things like that ever happen at my school?
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Shit like that can be scary.
In first grade (1970-1971), I was in a small school. It was an older building than most on the base.
One day during class, one of the suspended long lighting fixtures detached from the ceiling and went to the floor. It hit in a space between desks and the wall. No one was hurt, but on another day some would have been.
I'd never seen adults move that fast: they evacuated the building and, I expect, inspected the hell out of it. By the time they let us back in, the light was back on the ceiling.
As this was on an Air Force base, it struck me that they can MOVE when they need to.
I seriously doubt that building is still standing, since the base was turned into a major airport a few years ago, outside of Austin.