OK, so I'm back from the 2009 Penn Relayz at iLLadelphia, Penn$ylvania. It was surely a hectic day for me (during the event). Now, event-wise it was cool. Almost 85% of the crowd were rooting for all of Jamaica's track teams (J.A. ALL DAY! - I'm part Jamaican myself, on my pops' side) We sometimes cheered for the U.S. of A along with J.A. in like the last few 4X400 races. The food was good, but the weather was pretty hot (85° F). Now comes the first hectic part:
My family and I brought my little cousin (13 yrs old) to the event. While we were looking for new seats across the Franklin Field, we had to go all the way up the stadium and cross the balcony-ish side. While we were heading back to the interior of the field, BONG! My cousin went missing. ......
1/2 of the family were worried for his safety (myself included). The other half of the family went searching for nearly 20 minutes. Thankfully, my cuz was smart by asking for someone's cell phone to call us (he forgot his Sidekick). We found him safe and sound. I was so happy, 'cause if anything happened to him, I don't know what I'll do because he's one of my only cousins that I keep in touch with a lot.
So we all got back together and found better seats. We stayed watching the Relayz until like 6:45. We head back to the parking lot to get our cars. Now comes the second hectic part:
Me, my mom, my cousin, my uncle, and my uncle's friend got into an elevator with 8 other people. The elevator got stuck when it was trying to go to the 2nd floor of the University's parking lot, then the elevator was on the ground floor. Some of the peeps there were panicking like hell. It was very humid, and people needed some fresh air. We were all trapped for nearly 15 minutes sweating our asses off. We did manage to get help from the University security. One of the security guards smashed the glass open with a brick (opposite the elevator). Then we got some fresh air. Minutes later, the rest of the Campus security pried the elevator doors open. We were free and we could finally go home. (Praise the Lord)
Now I'm back in my house in good ol' NYC. Man, what a day.
Any thoughts?