30 injured during West Point pillow fight
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An annual pillow fight among freshman at the United States Military Academy turned violent and left 30 cadets injured, the school鈥檚 superintendent said on Saturday.
The event, part of a tradition for first-year students at the service academy in West Point, New York, is intended as a way to help them relax and build team spirit after a summer spent preparing for a grueling program, according to a statement released by Lieutenant General Robert L Caslen, Jr, superintendent at the academy.
鈥淚 take full responsibility for all actions that occur here at West Point to include the event on August 20, 2015,鈥 Caslen said. 鈥淲e remain committed to the development of leaders of character.鈥
The brawl turned bloody after many cadets stuffed helmets and other hard objects into the pillow cases resulting in injuries that included concussions, a broken nose, a dislocated shoulder, broken bones and a cheekbone fracture, said Caslen.
The injured are back on campus and 鈥渁ppropriate action鈥 will be taken, Caslen said.
鈥淲e never condone any activity that results in intentional harm to a teammate,鈥 he said.
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Kasker, an academy spokesman, told the New York Times there were no plans to cancel the tradition.
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