Shanghai Stampede Families

Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked after 36 people died in a New Year's Eve crush on the city's famous waterfront, the city government said Wednesday, as compensation was announced for victims' families.

Three days after his sister and 35 others were killed in a New Year's Eve stampede, Wang Jianhua went to Shanghai's waterfront to take pictures and measurements of the scene, hoping to piece together for himself how the disaster unfolded.

Like hundreds of thousands of other revelers, 24-year-old Pan Haiqin decided to ring in the new year on Shanghai's famed riverfront as the skyscrapers flashed and sparkled. But as the crowd grew and then turned into an out-of-control crush of bodies, the real estate professional never made it up steps to a viewing platform to see the dazzling light...

Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked after 36 people died in a New Year's Eve crush on the city's famous waterfront, the city government said Wednesday, as compensation was announced for victims' families.

Three days after his sister and 35 others were killed in a New Year's Eve stampede, Wang Jianhua went to Shanghai's waterfront to take pictures and measurements of the scene, hoping to piece together for himself how the disaster unfolded.

Like hundreds of thousands of other revelers, 24-year-old Pan Haiqin decided to ring in the new year on Shanghai's famed riverfront as the skyscrapers flashed and sparkled. But as the crowd grew and then turned into an out-of-control crush of bodies, the real estate professional never made it up steps to a viewing platform to see the dazzling light...