{"id":58431,"date":"2015-11-26T10:14:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=58431"},"modified":"2015-11-26T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:15:09","slug":"west-point-military-academy-bans-pillow-fights-after-exercise-left-30-cadets-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/west-point-military-academy-bans-pillow-fights-after-exercise-left-30-cadets-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"West Point Military Academy Bans Pillow Fights After Exercise Left 30 Cadets Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"
WATCH: (Scroll Down For Video) West Point military academy has now banned a traditional annual pillow fight after this years event left a number of students with broken bones.<\/p>\n
Up to 30 cadets were wounded on August 20 as the traditional end-of-training brawl got out of hand, with one suffering a broken leg and dozens sustaining concussions and even dislocated shoulders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n One had to be taken away in an ambulance during the brawl, which prompted a full investigation leading Lieutenant General Robert Caslen to announce and end to the tradition yesterday.<\/p>\n He said: ‘While never officially sanctioned, it is now officially banned, and we will take appropriate action to ensure that all faculty, staff, leaders, the Corps of Cadets and everyone at West Point knows that it will not be tolerated,’ reports The Telegraph<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n