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A pillow fight held at the United States Military Academy left 30 injured after cadets stuffed helmets and other hard objects into the pillow cases!
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Although the cadets were given helmets for safety reasons, it appears that these were just used to stuff the pillows!
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It’s reported some cadets suffered broken bones and one was even knocked unconscious!
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The event is part of a tradition for 1st year students at the prestigious NY Academy to build camaraderie and blow off steam after a summer of rigorous drills and exercises, and is said to date back to at least 1897.
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Although the matter is being investigated, it’s reported that no cadets were punished and there are no plans to cancel the tradition.
Read more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/us/at-west-point-annual-pillow-fight-becomes-weaponized.html
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/06/annual-pillow-fight-turns-bloody-military-academy
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