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An injured Grade 6 student is taken to hospital on a stretcher after an escalator at the CN Tower went out of control yesterday. Students were bunchin(...)
An injured Grade 6 student is taken to hospital on a stretcher after an escalator at the CN Tower went out of control yesterday. Students were bunchin(...)

An injured Grade 6 student is taken to hospital on a stretcher after an escalator at the CN Tower went out of control yesterday. Students were bunchin(...)

Date6/7/1988
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  • An injured Grade 6 student is taken to hospital on a stretcher after an escalator at the CN Tower went out of control yesterday. Students were bunchin(...)
  • An injured Grade 6 student is taken to hospital on a stretcher after an escalator at the CN Tower went out of control yesterday. Students were bunching up on the moving staircase; teachers said. But when an emergency stop button was pressed; the escalator speeded up and sent people flying.
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Original Toronto Star caption: An injured Grade 6 student is taken to hospital on a stretcher after an escalator at the CN Tower went out of control yesterday. Students were bunching up on the moving staircase; teachers said. But when an emergency stop button was pressed; the escalator speeded up and sent people flying.
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