"Screams of agony" Heard in California...at Tony Robbins appearance

Awaken The Giant Within...with screams of agony. For upwards of $2500, some 21 people were injured at an Anthony Robbins 'Unleash The Power Within' retreat this weekend in San Jose California -- at least three were hospitalized. Go ahead, guess what event caused the trouble.

You got it. The coal walk.

After the event, which ended about 11 p.m., the crowd walked across the street to the park, where 12 lanes of hot coals measuring 10 feet long and 2½-feet wide rested on the grass.

Jonathan Correll, 25, decided to check out what was going on when "I heard wails of pain, screams of agony." He said one young woman appeared to be in so much pain "it was horrific."

"It was people seriously hurting, like they were being tortured," he said. "First one person, then a couple minutes later another one, and there was just a line of people walking on that fire. It was just bizarre, man."

A statement released Friday from Robbins Research International, said, "We have been safely providing this experience for more than three decades, and always under the supervision of medical personnel ... We continue to work with local fire and emergency personnel to ensure this event is always done in the safest way possible."

Because, sometimes, the coal illusion just doesn't contain enough ash insulation.

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