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To: MythMan who wrote (53118)	7/26/1999 1:12:00 PM
From: John Pitera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

And I thought it was a big deal when Hendrix poured lighter fluid on his guitar and burned it up at the Monterray Pop Festival -vbg- Maybe Next year PAX can pass out flamethrowers to the crowd. 'Not the real Woodstock; they messed up' Fires burn through trailers and debris at Woodstock '99 early Monday morning Fiery, destructive finale for upstate N.Y. concert cnn.com (CNN) -- Woodstock '99 -- intended as a weekend of peace and music, like its 1969 namesake -- ended instead with a fiery and destructive finale overnight. But there were no reports of serious injuries from looting and scattered bonfires that were extinguished early Monday. By sunrise, most concertgoers had left the festival grounds. Tents and booths were destroyed, concert light stands and a speaker tower were toppled and a mob tried to destroy a radio station truck during several chaotic hours beginning late Sunday. "This is not the real Woodstock," said a disgusted Mike Long, 31, of Detroit as police moved in. "They messed up. They messed up the whole name of Woodstock." "It's a great shame that this happened because in so many ways it was so uplifting," said concert promoter John Scher. "It puts a permanent blemish on what happened here. I think the kids made a mistake. They did not intend for this to happen." One arrest was confirmed, along with some minor injuries. Candles, handed to audience, used to set fires State troopers in riot gear and firefighters swarmed onto the blazing field, after hundreds of concertgoers began setting fires and looting. Scher said he left the situation for police to handle after it got out of control. The promoter said a decision was made not to utilize the 1,250-person internal security force because they were not properly trained to handle a riot. A New York state police officer directs concertgoers away from the festival grounds The violence that erupted at the end of the three-day Woodstock '99 came as the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in the midst of their festival-closing set and a group named Pax handed out candles to the audience. What began as scattered bonfires toward the end of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' performance escalated into several major infernos. About a quarter mile from the main stage, several people set fire to 12 parked tractor trailers, pulling cases of soda and merchandise from the trucks even as they fed the flames with debris. County deputies and city police rushed to protect other areas of the former Griffiss Air Force Base, where Woodstock '99 was held, as the festival became a scene of blazing chaos. Even as the fires burned, dozens of Woodstock attendees danced around and through the flames, while others beat on drums. The disorder spread to the campgrounds, where tents were vandalized, and more fires were set. Four refrigeration trucks were reported burning, while sound towers were torn down by fans who jumped on top of them. 'Where are the police?' The rioters, who used pieces of the plywood wall surrounding the site to fuel the fires, also pulled down a large T-shirt stand, looted a trailer full of hardware and tipped over a car and burned it. All around, tents and booths were destroyed. Response by fire and police units was not immediate as officials seemed to be caught off-guard. Eventually, fire trucks managed to enter the crowded site and fight the fires. "Where are the police? Where are the firemen? Where are the people in control?" asked Ruth Mahorn, 36, of Binghamton, New York, as she walked quickly away from the disturbance with her friends. "These kids are animals. It should never have gotten this far." Even before the melee, many campers were already pulling up stakes and stashing gear in their cars in hopes of making a quick getaway once their favorite band finished up. "We all have got to work in the morning," said Mara Kugler of Baldwin, New York, a sleeping bag tucked under her arm. "It's been a long week, but worth it." State police said that by late afternoon Sunday more than 70,000 people had departed with few delays. The exodus was expected to take up to a day since more than 225,000 packed the site.