(eerie music)
But there were ambulance
and there were people crying
and all these people were just with each other,
holding each other, hugging each other, and just crying.
And then I just keep hearing people
like people were just saying that someone's died.
I just couldn't even believe it.
(eerie music)
When I was in second year,
it was like an unspoken but open policy about
if you have a flat party, it's pretty much an open party.
If you do throw a party, you need to be aware
that people are just gonna come in.
It was going to be the last ever Manor party ever
and that's why there was a lot more people there
than usually.
And when we drove there, it was mad.
We saw Campus Watch on like every corner of the streets
and then just students everywhere on the street.
But never have I ever seen it,
The Manor, so busy in my life.
I just knew right away that the atmosphere
was much larger
and very different.
I couldn't even see the grounds
because everyone was standing, just standing around
because no one could really fit and go inside
unless you really wanted to push through.
And there's only one doorway to get outside
which is the front door.
I couldn't hear anything but my friend
who was trying to lead us away said that someone yelled,
"Don't, keep going forward.
"Like move back, spread the word, move back.
"There are two girls lying on the ground."
People were clueless.
At this point my friends and I still didn't really know
what was going and I didn't think much of it at all.
I just wanted to get out
and I didn't really understand what was going on
because we weren't at the front.
There's like a line like you can't even move at this stage.
And people were just standing.
And while we're waiting, the stairs is packed,
the staircase, and there I see a girl
on the very top of the staircase.
Instead of waiting for the line to go down,
she just decides to drop and fall down,
just to get past the queue.
There was a bathroom next to us.
People were starting to get really angry.
There was someone being like,
"If you're going to be in this bathroom,
"you're going to have to get out the window."
So people were lining up to head dive out of the window
just to get out of the house because no one could go
through the doorway.
So we just kind of stood in the shower
and we were just like,
Okay, let's just wait for it to die down.
And at this point, we were clueless as to what has happened.
Obviously the police came and we just thought
they're shutting the house down as normal.
As soon as we walk outside, there are all the people
that were inside the party on the streets
and it was flooded and then I just keep hearing people.
People were just saying that someone's died.
And I was like--
I just couldn't even believe it.
(sombre piano music)