Abidjan, 17 Aug-(ANA)-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Jesse Jackson, has escaped a near-fatal incident when a podium collapsed as he spokeat a youth gathering in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Jackson was speaking at a stadium in Yopougon, south of the city, when the wooden platform from which he spoke, caved in and swallowed him, his wife, and other dignitaries.
Later, Jackson said on state media that he and his wife were doing fine. (ANA)
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