One of the witnesses that attended to the motivational event being hosted by Tony Robbins said that some people walking across the hot coals were distracted while taking selfies and videos.
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Dallas Fire-Rescue and ambulances assisted over 30 injured attendees as they left the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center just after 11 p.m. Five had to be taken to the Parkland Hospital Burn Center.
The walk is a signature event of the Robbins seminar called “Unleash the Power Within”. “As a result, a large number of these people sustained burn injuries to their feet and lower extremities”. “Only five of 7,000 participants requested any examination”. “Storm across a hot bed of coals”, the web site encourages. It appears that the massive response by Dallas police was in part because someone who saw what was going on at the Robbins seminar was afraid more people had been injured than actually were.
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The “Firewalk” exercise is the first event in Robbins’ weekend seminar, “Unleash the Power Within”, which his website says tries to help people “break through any limit and create the quality of life you desire”. According to a statement from Robbins’s company as per CBS Dallas, the reason for the abundance of medical services was that someone not familiar with the event had called 911 after seeing so many people with burnt feet. “I’ve been doing events with Tony for 23 years, and while it may not look like that way, this was a successful event”, the head trainer tells CBS DFW. One of these kinds of events back in 2012 saw more than 20 people hurt. A fire official said, according to The New York Times, that many received second- or third-degree burns. The walk typically causes “fewer than 1% of participants [to] experience “hot spots” which is similar to a sunburn which can be treated with aloe”. It’s not clear where Robbins tells these people they will be safe from the injuries or that the injuries are part of their growth.
