30 West Point Military Academy cadets injured after annual pillow fight turns violent - TomoNews
WEST POINT,
NEW YORK — On August 20, thirty future-Army-officers were injured during
West Point's annual pillow fight, held to celebrate the completion of their first semester at the
US Military Academy. The annual pillow fight has been a West Point's tradition since 1897.
How does one get hurt in a pillow fight? Well, this is no average slumber party pillow fight amongst 13-year-old girls. These guys just finished basic
Army training. The first summer at West Point is notoriously tough, so the pillow fight tradition is meant to let the cadets blow off some steam.
The rules are simple: Wear a helmet, wallop your classmates, and try not to get injured. You'd think these supposedly disciplined grown men could follow basic instructions. But, the merriment took a turn for the worse when the cadets stuffed their pillows with various blunt objects. The result? Concussions and broken bones.
West Point said in a statement that they regret the violent outcome of the pillow fight, and that they are investigating the cause of the injuries. So, this is boys being boys? Though West Point insists that all the injured cadets are now back on duty, there is one who is still recovering as of
September 6.
This isn't the first time the pillow fight went awry. The
2013 West Point pillow fight was cancelled after a cadet stuffed his pillow with a lockbox during the
2012 pillow fight.
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