We're forming a human chain around the Capitol to protest #Trumpcare.
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As people inevitably slipped, others frequently stepped in, sometimes forming a human chain to help them up.
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One clip showed rescuers forming a human chain to reach a stranded car, and one man nearly getting swept away.
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One Facebook video in particular showed several people forming a human chain while trying to rescue a woman in her car.
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Video on Indian television showed local residents, police officers and soldiers forming a human chain to pull injured pilgrims out of the gorge.
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In January, a group of students drew attention to their cause by forming a human chain and shutting down part of a busy expressway.
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Since they didn't have a rope or line to throw to the endangered people, bystanders began forming a human chain starting on the shore.
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"I saw a group of people, a few at first, and then more and more, start forming a human chain," witness Rosalind Beckton told CNN.
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Miners occupied their time playing cornhole on the train tracks; other times, they took turns forming a human chain to make sure the train could not move.
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As an example, Smerconish pointed to a viral video of people forming a human chain to save an elderly man trapped in his car on an interstate in Houston.
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Video from WTVO shows dozens of beachgoers forming a human chain to rescue a swimmer who got caught in a rip current in Panama City Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
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The event aimed to raise money to fight poverty and hunger by literally uniting millions of Americans in a single cause: forming a human chain spanning the continental United States.
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A woman in Houston posted a video of neighbors forming a human chain through floodwater so a woman who went into labor could make it to a fire department truck.
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In Dresden, a far-right stronghold where resentment over what neo-Nazis call the "bombing holocaust" lingers, Steinmeier addressed a somber ceremony that included forming a human chain to remember victims.
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At one point, onstage at a theater, she tries to reproduce a game she played as a child called One Big Blob, with everyone in the audience forming a human chain.
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But when ISIS announced just days later that the al-Nuri mosque was next on the list for demolition, Mosul's residents fought back, reportedly forming a human chain around the site.
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That's when a few men standing along the embankment sprang into action, descending the side of the hill—hand in hand—and forming a human chain down to the first responders.
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By midafternoon Monday in Tahrir Square, the police had decided that they had enough and, forming a human chain, they gently cleared the square by calling out in Arabic "Yalla" — "Let's go."
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Hands Across America was meant to raise awareness and money for the homeless by getting people across the contiguous United States to hold hands for 15 minutes by forming a human chain.
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Demonstrations on Friday were calm, with protesters forming a human chain along the city's metro network and many donning cartoon character masks in defiance of a ban on covering faces at public rallies.
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Demonstrations on Friday were calm, with protesters forming a human chain along the city's metro network and many donning cartoon character masks in defiance of a ban on covering faces at public rallies.
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Video from WTVO shows the moment dozens of beachgoers banded together and waded out into the Gulf of Mexico, forming a human chain to save a swimmer who got caught in a rip current.
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Mr. Zoido said the police had intervened only to withdraw election-related equipment, but had been confronted by major obstacles, including voters forming a human chain to stop police officers from leaving polling stations.
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A robot assigned to patrol the outside of a library would be swarmed with kids that would try to play with the robot, blocking its path and even forming a human chain surrounding it.
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Four years ago, in October 2015, Little, Hollis, and nine other students interrupted the homecoming parade, forming a human chain that blocked then–university president Tim Wolfe's car, demanding that he address a series of racist incidents on campus.
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Video via the Palm Bay Police and Fire Departments' Facebook page A woman captured the hectic moments following a car accident on Sunday when a few bystanders helped police rescue a man from his burning vehicle by forming a human chain, a local CBS affiliate reports.
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And while it included celebrations of corporations and police, it was also disrupted: A group under the banner of No Justice No Pride interrupted the parade, at one point forming a human chain in front of parade attendees from Lockheed Martin, the multibillion-dollar corporation that manufactures weapons for the US government.
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Read more:Video shows dozens of Florida beachgoers forming a human chain to rescue a swimmer from a rip currentA new 'whale trail' in Scotland lets visitors spot dolphins and whales from 33 different sites along the country's coastThe song of one of the rarest whales in the world has been recorded by scientists for the first time
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Protests in Dhaka were joined by thousands of school children from different schools, urging world leaders to take action and forming a human chain.
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The protestors made headlines around the world for their activities aimed at increasing awareness, such as forming a human chain around Birmingham City Centre, passing out petitions, and holding workshops.
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However, residents of Mosul, incensed with the destruction of their cultural sites, protected the mosque by forming a human chain and forming a resistance against ISIL.Kariml, Ammar; Mojon, Jean-Marc. 'In Mosul, resistance against ISIS rises from city’s rubble'. 31 July 2014.
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Several students tried to prevent Geelani from attending: stones were thrown at his car, and Geelani himself was manhandled. He was able to attend the event due to JNU students forming a human chain to protect him. Geelani and the organizers stated that the disruptive students were members of the ABVP: the ABVP denied this.
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The Coalition opposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage in Nebraska. After the amendment passed in 2000, the Coalition protested the victory party of the Nebraska Family Council, the organization that had spearheaded the amendment. The Coalition staged a protest for marriage equality in 2002, forming a human chain of supporters around the Nebraska State Capitol. It was the first time since World War II that a human chain was formed around the building.
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BJP holds rally supporting CAA in Jaipur, Outlook India (20 December 2019) On 20 December 2019, scores of people held demonstrations in Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi in support of the Act. Hundreds of people gathered in Pune, forming a human chain, in support of CAA, on 22 December. ABVP members held a rally in support of CAA and NRC in Kerala. Hundreds of citizens were out on the streets in support of the citizenship law in Bangalore.
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Protesters at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. On 25 September the junta threatened demonstrators with military force and placed army trucks at Shwedagon Pagoda, the assembly point for monks leading the protests. Witnesses said 5,000 monks and laypeople marched into the Shwedagon. Civilians were forming a human shield around the monks; Reuters quotes one eyewitness: "They are marching down the streets, with the monks in the middle and ordinary people either side – they are shielding them, forming a human chain.".
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Protesters at Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. On September 25, the junta threatened demonstrators with military force and placed army trucks at Shwedagon Pagoda, the assembly point for monks leading the protests. Witnesses said 5,000 monks and laypeople still marched into the Shwedagon. Civilians were forming a human shield around the monks; Reuters quotes one eyewitness: "They are marching down the streets, with the monks in the middle and ordinary people either side - they are shielding them, forming a human chain.".
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Marking Israel's 60th anniversary in Tbilisi There are 120,000 Georgian Jews living in Israel, as well as 13,000 in Georgia. During the 2008 South Ossetia war, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Israel "recognized the territorial integrity of Georgia and called for a peaceful solution." On 15 August 2008, Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv in support of Georgia by forming a human chain and demanding that the Israeli government increase its support for Georgia. In 2012, Archil (Abesalom) Kekelia was appointed Georgian ambassador to Israel.
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The music video shows a group of people forming a human chain near a railroad station, while at the same time, some railroad cars are shown in motion. Throughout the video, more people join in the chain, which they call the "Love Train". It was most likely filmed around the Northeast Corridor, as Long Island Rail Road MP75 railcars appear throughout the music video (in which the words "LONG ISLAND" are clearly visible), as well as Amtrak railcars, Penn Central railcars, and other railcars. Not much is known about the music video, although it was recorded in 1973.
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Since 23 October 2018, over 500 residents have been protesting at Tansa pipeline, near Vidyavihar to demand rehabilitation out of Mahul. On Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, the residents 'celebrated Black Diwali' highlighting their plight. On 11 November 2018, more than 1000 people marched forming a human chain of approximately 3 km from Sindhuwadi Signal, Ghatkopar which ended at Prakash Mehta's home, the housing minister, demanding action for rehabilitation. The minister did not come out to meet the protesters but after the protesters refused to move, he spoke to activist Medha Patkar on the phone and fixed a meeting for 12 Nov 2018.
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Once the robbers had entered the carriage, the staff could put up no effective resistance and there was no police officer or security guard on board to assist them. The staff were made to lie face down on the floor in a corner of the carriage. Mills and Whitby were then brought into the carriage, handcuffed together and put down beside the staff.The Great Train Robbery (2008) – Crime Archive Series by Peter Gutteridge The robbers removed all but eight of the 128 sacks from the HVP carriage, which they transferred in about 15–20 minutes to the waiting truck by forming a human chain.
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