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The South Carolina State fair is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Fairgoers rushed towards exits and climbed fences to flee the grounds.<\/p>\n Richland County Sheriff Department tweeted out that there had not been a shooting at the state fair, but the fair closed early that night.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Sunday, the day after the incident, 33,000 people attended the State Fair. \u00a0This was 14,657 fewer attendees than the first Sunday of the fair last year, fair public relations coordinator Bertram Rantin said. There were thunderstorms and rain throughout the day on Sunday, which could have tamped down attendance, he said.<\/p>\n Monday, known as College Day, was sunny with temperatures in the 70s and attendances soared.<\/p>\n S<\/span>tudents got in for free with their valid student IDs.\u00a0There were 41,739 people in attendance, 5,903 more than\u00a02018.<\/p>\n It seemed\u00a0students weren\u2019t going to let the scare at the fair Saturday night ruin their annual free admission to one of Columbia\u2019s biggest events of the year.<\/p>\n This included University of South Carolina senior Zach Koval, who attended the fair Monday night with his girlfriend and two friends.Koval said he wasn\u2019t worried about anything happening while he was there.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw that Richland County [Police Department] tweeted that there wasn\u2019t an active shooter,\u201d Koval said. \u201cAnd there\u2019s metal detectors and police present.\u201d<\/p>\n However, not everyone felt comfortable attending, especially in the wake of past U.S. mass shootings in schools and other public places. \u201cSince all the mass shootings in the past, it seems like a good opportunity for it (a shooting) to occur,\u201d USC senior Olivia Gandy said. \u201cThe thought of a shooting happening there gives me so much anxiety. 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