Astroworld is again within the information, and social media has some ideas.
In November 2021, a lethal crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld music pageant claimed the lives of 10 folks. The then-annual occasion, held within the rapper’s hometown of Houston, grew to become one of many worst live performance tragedies in U.S. historical past. Now it’s the topic of the brand new Netflix documentary Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy.
With renewed curiosity within the incident, survivors have taken to social media to share their very own footage from the occasion.
“Provided that I knew bro,” one attendee posted on TikTok over footage of himself within the crowd. The audio accompanying the clip is taken from the documentary: “It began getting fairly hectic,” one survivor says. “I’m like, ‘Oh my god, I can’t take a deep breath,’” provides one other.
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“Since everybody else is sharing their Astroworld expertise,” one other TikTok person wrote within the caption of a clip, which reveals him tightly packed within the crowd as Scott performs. “Not too lengthy after this I acquired ran into because of the crowd swaying and ended up falling on high of somebody within the fetal place,” he wrote. “We ended up getting out however man it was a battle.”
In different horrifying footage, the panicked viewers might be heard calling for assist. “I’ve by no means posted this video earlier than, relaxation in peace to all harmless lives misplaced,” the caption reads over the video.
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Within the second I didn’t know what else to do, so I simply acquired out of that spot for the remainder of the live performance. After watching the documentary I’m very grateful to nonetheless be right here at this time. #travisscott #astroworld #fyp #live shows
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Even earlier than Scott took the stage, the gang appeared to sense one thing was fallacious. “We’re gonna die,” one attendee filming the unsafe circumstances “jokes” in a clip that now has 10.3 million views. “Saying this as a joke however on the within this was an actual feeling,” she wrote within the closed captions. “This about to be dangerous when it begins,” one other might be heard saying. “Bro actually known as it,” the captions add.
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@Joe Geesbreght This documentary is about to be wild. #astroworld #travisscott
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“I consider Astroworld 2021 was not an accident,” crowd security skilled Scott Davidson says within the new documentary. “It was an inevitability because of the lack of foresight and the abandonment of fundamental security protocols.” Practically 5,000 folks had been injured on account of the crush. The Netflix documentary, which premiered on June 10, options interviews with a number of survivors.
In whole, 10 folks died: Axel Acosta, Danish Baig, Rudy Peña, Madison Dubiski, Franco Patiño, Jacob Jurinek, John Hilgert, Bharti Shahani, Brianna Rodriguez, and Ezra Blount. Blount was simply 9 years previous.
The reason for demise for all 10 victims was compression asphyxiation.
