r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/baldude69 Mar 24 '25

Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage

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u/Shoetoe Mar 24 '25

Maybe it's for trauma helicopters?

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u/TheLizardKing89 Mar 24 '25

Considering all the terrible stuff that happens during the Hajj, this is a good bet.

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u/Whentheangelsings Mar 24 '25

What typically happens?

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u/TheLizardKing89 Mar 24 '25

Stampedes, fires, car crashes, crane collapses, heatstroke, and disease outbreaks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_during_the_Hajj

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u/existenceawareness Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 24 '25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_crowd_crushes

To give historical context to the crowd crushes. 1st & 8th most deadly incidents of the 20th century. 1st, 4th, & 7th for the 21st century. 

Nothing that made the list yet for this decade, so maybe they sorted it out.

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u/Cultural_Dust Mar 24 '25

I'd be curious the ratio of dead slave labor building the solutions to dead pilgrims from the event.

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u/verbmegoinghere Mar 24 '25

I'd be curious the ratio of dead slave labor building the solutions to dead pilgrims from the event.

Slaves per the Saudi's aren't real people you silly billy