BREAKING: Two dancers collapse in tent
Dance Marathon has resumed after coming to a stop when two people collapsed in Club DM, the heated tent next to Norris University Center.
The tent fell silent as word spread, and an area was cleared to give the collapsed dancers and emergency personnel space.
The Evanston Fire Department and Northwestern police responded at about 12:20 a.m. to Norris, and brought two stretchers to the tent. One dancer was put in a stretcher and taken to an ambulance. Another was walked out of the tent by fire personnel.
NU police said they were unavailable to discuss the incident until Monday. The Evanston Fire Department was unavailable for comment.
DM committee members rushed cases of water to the remaining dancers.
Some participants left the tent to gather belongings or sit near the Norris Starbucks. The tent remained largely full, with many students still energized and vocal, and emcees Todd Johnson and Adam Welton pumping up the crowd.
DM released a statement early Sunday morning that said, in part, “After tonight’s situation at the very end of Dance Marathon, the Dance Marathon Executive Board as well as the Norris University Center staff followed the standard procedures that are in place in case of such situations.”


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