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EARTHDATE: January 27, 2013

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REAL LIFE NEWS: BANK CROWDS COLLAPSE THE FLOOR

by Hazed

When tribal members of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation and the neighboring Crow Creek Tribe in Fort Thompson received checks as part of a government settlement, they rushed to the bank to cash them. Over 7,000 people were issued checks with a total of more than $6 million given out before Christmas, providing a lovely holiday bonus to the tribes people.

Naturally, the recipients were keen to cash those checks, so they hurried to the bank. Many of them headed to the same branch: the Lower Brule bank. Unfortunately the bank couldn’t take the strain of all those people - and the floor collapsed! It dropped two feet and trapped people inside the building. Thankfully, nobody was hurt.

I’ve heard of a run on a bank bringing the institution to its knees, but this is the first time that a large number of people wanting to withdraw money have literally brought down the building!

Source: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/rush-to-cash-checks-collapses-bank-floor/article_ef39705e-85e0-5644-9802-d879a81b9922.html

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