Newsflare Exclusive: On April 19, 2025, many families went to a church in Chesapeake, United States, for an Easter egg drop. Everyone was excited, waiting for the eggs to drop from a helicopter. When it started, people rushed to grab eggs, creating a chaotic scene that was over in minutes.

The filmer says:"We decided to drive 30 minutes to take our kids to a helicopter Easter egg drop at a church."

"As soon as we pulled up there were cops directing traffic and we had to park across the street."

"As we walked up there were 100s of people all gathered around."

"There was a big field where 1000s of eggs were laying and people all around the edge standing and waiting."

"We got in line and the count down begin."

"People just kept coming up behind us and the crown grew bigger."

Once they said go it was a mad house! Kids, adults all running to group eggs."

"I followed my son like a hawk. It was the shortest egg hunt, over in less then a minute l.

"My kids got a basket of eggs but as we were walking away a mother of of 1 year old mentioned to me her son didn’t get any and he was upset crying."

"It was his first egg hunt so I gave her some of my son’s eggs."

"My husband saw a lot of kids with empty buckets so he gave some of our eggs to those children."

Once done we wanted to stay for the petting zoo and other activities but it was so packed you couldn’t do any of the activities without stepping all over each other."

"Even leaving was crazy! Police stopping traffic and waiting in long lines to exit."

"I don’t think the church was aware of how busy it was going to be!"

We decided to drive 30 minutes to take our kids to a helicopter Easter egg drop at a church. As soon as we pulled up there were cops directing traffic and we had to park across the street. As we walked up there were 100s of people all gathered around. There was a big field where 1000s of eggs were laying and people all around the edge standing and waiting. We got in line and the count down begin. People just kept coming up behind us and the crown grew bigger. Once they said go it was a mad house! Kids, adults all running to group eggs. I followed my son like a hawk. It was the shortest egg hunt, over in less then a minute l. My kids got a basket of eggs but as we were walking away a mother of of 1 year old mentioned to me her son didn’t get any and he was upset crying. It was his first egg hunt so I gave her some of my son’s eggs. My husband saw a lot of kids with empty buckets so he gave some of our eggs to those children. Once done we wanted to stay for the petting zoo and other activities but it was so packed you couldn’t do any of the activities without stepping all over each other. Even leaving was crazy! Police stopping traffic and waiting in long lines to exit. I don’t think the church was aware of how busy it was going to be!