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STEPHANIE ELAM HAS MORE ON THIS
NEAR CATASTROPHE.
>> Reporter: A PACKED STAGE
PERFORMING FOR A FULL HOUSE.
IT'S A SCENE THAT PLAYS OUT AT
HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS AMERICA, BUT
THIS ONE HAS A SUDDEN SCARY
TWIST.
THIS GIRLS OF ROSARY HIGH SCHOOL
WERE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL RED
AND GOLD PERFORMANCE AT THEIR
SISTER SCHOOL IN ANAHEIM,
CALIFORNIA.
WHEN IN AN INSTANT CHEERS TURNED
TO SCREAMS AS THE FRONT SECTION
OF THE STAGE COLLAPSED, DROPPING
SOME OF THE GIRLS IN GOLD INTO A
PIT SEVERAL FEET BELOW.
>> IT WAS ALREADY AT THE END OF
THE SHOW AND WE'RE GETTING READY
TO JUDGE THE CONTESTANTS AND
EVERYTHING CAME TO A SCREECHING
HALT.
>> LEADING TO SOME DENSE
MOMENTS.
>> THERE WERE WELL OVER 200
STUDENTS ON STAGE WHEN IT
COLLAPSED.
>> MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WERE
LOADED ON TO GURNEYS AND INTO
AMBULANCES, THE INJURIES
DESCRIBED AS MINOR TO MODERATE,
INCLUDING SOME BROKEN BONES.
>> SHE SEEMS TO BE OKAY, OTHER
THAN THE ANKLE IS BROKEN BUT I