Balcony of theatre collapses in London - the power of Twitter

[Skater]

Tonight a balcony at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue has collapsed, people are hurt.
BBC News - London's Apollo Theatre's roof collapses

Someone who was there tweeted about the incident and as you can see from the replies was set upon by the media looking for eyewitness reports of the story: https://twitter.com/MartinBostock/status/413768123591180289

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Yeah just seen this on the news, sounds terrible.