Twenty-one people were treated for moderate to severe burns on their feet after walking on hot coals as part of a self-help seminar conducted by famous motivational speaker Tony Robbins, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
A San Jose fire captain told the newspaper that the people walked across the coals as part of a Robbins seminar titled “Unleash the Power Within” that was attended by 6,000.
“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,” 25-year-old Jonathan Correll was quoted as saying.
However, 19-year-old Henry Guasch said he crossed the coals, which are heated to 1,200 and 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, calling it “a breakthrough” in “overcoming something like that.”
Fire officials said that emergency personnel were on standby at the behest of the event planners.
Tony Robbins’s website says that fire-walking is a self-help motivational tool and is not a requirement for the seminar.
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