if you go like this, everyone knows this means move back or stop. the answer is, c, signal people to back up as your next move should be option b. cover up. if you re at the bottom of the pile, you cover yourself, you cover your head, you cover your extremities. you keep your self tight. you want to give your self room to breathe. don t wiggle, don t scream. as the crush intensifies, the scene at the festival is now frantic. i was fortunate not to be in this pile. i was fortunate enough to be hurt. it definitely showed me how wrong things can go. one person falls, the other person falls after and then it becomes a whole pyramid of people on top of each other. it got gruesome, there s blood, there s people passed out. true or false? if you re watching a crowd crush, your most helpful action is to pull people from the bottom of the pile, the people who are being crushed the hardest. the answer is false. it s better to pull people from the perimeter, not the bottom of