John Hilgert, 14, a ninth-grader at Houston’s Memorial High Schoolīrianna Rodriguez, 16, a junior at Houston’s Heights High SchoolĪxel Acosta, 21, a computer science student at Western Washington Universityĭanish Baig, 27, the oldest among the victims who died while trying to protect his fiance She wrote: “I want to make it clear we weren’t aware of any fatalities until the news came out after the show and in no world would have continued filming or performing.” Scott’s girlfriend, Kylie Jenner who was also present during the concert with their three-year-old daughter, also said they were not aware of the gravity of the situation. Later, responding to the criticisms, he uploaded a video on Instagram where he said he was not aware of ‘the severity of the situation.’ If known he would have surely stopped the event and helped people, he said. Houston PD has my total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life.” Just the day after the tragedy, Scott tweeted: “I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night.My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival. The crowd responded positively and he reportedly resumed singing. In another video which went viral, the rapper was seen asking fans to raise their fingers only to see if they are fine when he spotted an ambulance in the crowd. Some blame the rapper as he did not stop the concert even after observing the panic situation. Netizens say one proved that the authorities could have controlled the situation but chose to ignore it, whereas the other showed an unconcerned crowd not ready to choose a life over fun. The second video that went viral was of a crowd that was unbothered about the emergency panic-they chose to dance over the ambulance and block the rescue operation. In the first clip, a girl goes up to the camera man who was livestreaming the event and yells at him to stop the show but the staff was seen driving her away. Two videos that surfaced online showed two different crowd reactions. He said during a press briefing: “It is a very very active investigation, we will probably be at it for quite some time to determine what exactly happened.” It is still unclear what prompted the crowd to surge forward but Houston mayor-Sylvester Turner has vowed to uncover this. But it soon became fierce when Scott started performing his first song.Īnother concert-goer Alexis Guavin told CNN: “Luckily, I have mosh pit experience and am six feet tall so I could at least put my head up to breathe, but others not so fortunate.” Madeline Eskins, an ICU nurse who was present at the festival said it started getting packed half an hour before the rapper's entry. “The crowd for whatever reason began to push and surge towards the front of the stage, which caused the people in the front to be compressed - they were unable to escape that situation,” Houston fire chief Sam Pena told CNN.

It is considered one of the deadliest crowd-control disasters at a concert in the United States after the 1979 Who concert stampede that took 11 lives.Īccording to witnesses and public safety authorities, the crowd began to surge towards the front of the stage, crushing people in the front.

Twenty five people were hospitalised and eight were confirmed dead on the spot. Almost 50,000 people were present at the venue when the incident happened. Scott and the organisers of Astroworld are now being sued in hundreds of lawsuits by families of victims and injured concert-goers.Īccording to reports, cries for help were heard around 9:30pm when exuberant concert-goers began pushing to move forward during Scott's performance. Hundreds were injured at the tragedy that struck the sold-out concert headlined by rapper Travis Scott, on November 5 in Houston. The death toll now stands at 10, with several others hospitalised.

A 9-year-old boy, who was in a medically-induced coma after suffering serious injuries during the crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival, died on Sunday.

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