Aftermath of deadly stampede, cleanup

(5 Feb 2006) 5 February 2006 1. Wide of the site of stampede being hosed down 2. Various of street sweepers cleaning site 3. Onlookers 4. Newspaper with headline of stampede 5. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Flor Millares, survivor: "I told myself I'll try to go to Wowowee (title of television programme) that's why I insisted on going alone even. (Why) I wanted to try my luck? Times are hard." File: 4 February 2006 6. Wide of bodies strewn on the ground after stampede 7. Various of relatives grieving over lost loved ones 5 February 2006 8. Wide of gated entrance were stampede happened 9. Various of flowers 10. Wide of mass in the television studio belonging to the company that produces the show, ABS-CBN Network 11. Wide of candles 12. Programme host during candle offering 13. Wide of priest and crowd with candles 14. SOUNDBITE: (English/Tagalog) Willie Revillame, host of the show: "Nobody wants this to happen, nobody wants something like this to occur. Who would have thought... what we always have in mind is to make them happy and to help them. Probably they were desperate to be happy, to win some cash." 15. Wide of colleagues consoling Willie Revillame STORYLINE: Investigators summoned the host of a Philippines TV programme for questioning on Sunday following a stampede that killed at least 74 people. More than 500 other people were injured when a massive crowd turned up to watch a game show at a suburban Manila stadium. Willie Revillame, host of the the noontime game show "Wowowee," will appear before a government fact-finding panel along with executives of ABS-CBN network, which produces the show, and security officers and guards, presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye said. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered a rapid investigation into the stampede which happened on Saturday at the Philsports Arena in suburban Pasig city where the crowd surged towards a gate in a frenzy to get raffle tickets and seats for the show. About 30,000 mostly impoverished people, some from faraway provinces who had camped out for days outside the stadium, turned up to watch the show, which raffles off huge cash prizes, said Pasig Mayor Vicente Eusebio. The melee erupted as the crowd pushed and surged toward the gates, thinking they were open, trampling those in front, witnesses said. Survivors said some people became rowdy when they could not get in. Most of the 524 injured had been sent home, but more than a dozen remained in hospital with serious injuries such as fractures, severe cuts and contusions, and mental shock, he said. On Sunday, passers-by laid flowers and lit candles on the road where a day earlier corpses had lain side-by-side amid a litter of personal debris. Some onlookers prayed silently as janitors hosed down the area with water. The President wants an investigation report completed within 72 hours, aides said Saturday. ABS-CBN, one of the country's largest TV networks, has pledged to fully cooperate with the investigation. The tragedy gripped the country because many of the dead had apparently sought quick relief from poverty by aspiring to win cash prizes and goodies in the show. Wowowee is hugely popular in the Philippines. Entry is free, but for Saturday's first anniversary show only the first 300 were eligible to play games in which they could win up to 1 million pesos (US$19,230; euro15,300) in cash or a fully furnished house. Keyword-disaster - stampede Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/74bd7723d567097050acaa16d898fead