One attendee witnessed "people fainting around us." Outdoor graduation ceremony becomes 'mass casualty incident' as over 150 people fall ill to extreme heat: 'I couldn't breathe' first appeared on The Cool Down.

People at Paterson's Hinchliffe Stadium for high school graduations fainted as temperatures reached dangerously high levels, the city's public safety director said.

Seven graduations that were also supposed to be held at Hinchliffe Stadium were rescheduled due to the sweltering heat.