Truly, the age of innocence has passed. Two students at South El Monte High School in California were participating in a seemingly harmless game of tug of war with about 40 of their peers when the rope snapped and . Edith Rodriguez and Pablo Ocegueda, both seniors, were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors attempted to reattach the fingers. There has been no update on their condition.
Other incidents of tug of war severings include a game in Minnesota in 2008 where a girl lost four fingers to a rope wrapped around her hand, and a 1,600-person tug of war in Taiwan in 1997 that .
The , which has not released a statement, has a rigid set of rules and safety regulations .