The Nation - News from Aug. 5, 1987
Hundreds of people could die from heat exhaustion and lack of water at an outdoor papal Mass in San Antonio in September because organizers aren’t prepared, said the city’s health director, who resigned in protest. Dr. Katharine Rathbun, director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, said a 144-acre site is inadequate to accommodate a crowd expected to be more than 500,000 at the Sept. 13 Mass by Pope John Paul II. She said the crowd should be limited to 125,000.
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