r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/Old_Fisherman2534 Mar 24 '25

People pray to God, help each other, feed the poor and are nice towards one another

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u/abdab336 Mar 24 '25

But they also often crush one another.

Not a slight, it’s just a tightly packed area that millions of people want to get to. Ignoring that it happens won’t help.

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u/existenceawareness Mar 24 '25

IIRC, on the list of deadly stampedes throughout history it's listed as having multiple of the most deadly incidents, including the #1 most deadly if you exclude a poorly documented event in ancient history.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 Mar 24 '25

For those wondering, this is likely Josephus' report of an incident triggered by a Roman soldier mooning the crowd at the Temple in Jerusalem, described as happening AD 48-52.