I saw a tug-of-war disaster happen once. I was working at a summer camp, and we had a giant tug-of-war with around 50 kids / side at the end of every two week s

I saw a tug-of-war disaster happen once. I was working at a summer camp, and we had a giant tug-of-war with around 50 kids / side at the end of every two week session. I was refereeing and the rope snapped right in front of me. Sounded like a gunshot. There was one serious injury: the first kid on the left side had his arm broken -- it was bent to a 45 degree angle, but luckily didn't break the skin. Nothing else, though, which was extremely lucky. Someone could easily have lost an eye. Heck, I could have seeing as I was standing right where it snapped. I remember that the kid was from Mexico and didn't speak English at all. I think he was eight or nine. He was freaking out, and I figured out that he was asking if they would have to remove his arm. His older brother was refusing to translate anything for me, so I had to reassure him in my non-existent Spanish. (I'm Canadian so we learn French, not Spanish) That was over 20 years ago, but that post sure brought back the memories.