Video: World Cup Stadium's Stairs Wobble Under Weight of Fans

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A video taken at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium shows fans climbing a wobbling staircase on their way to the game between Argentina and Bosnia.

In the video, a flood of fans climb the staircase, which appears to be wobbling back and forth.

"When people walk on it the wood moves, so with thousands of people walking up there, there could be an accident," Jorge Martinez, a Mexican systems engineer who used the stairs on Sunday, tells the Associated Press.

Post by BBC News.

The World Cup organizing committee reportedly issued a statement that said, "Yesterday we had some information that they have worked on it to make it shake less.” Read more...

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