Josie Grabel
The 2021 Travis AstroWorld Festival was held on November 5th. Thousands of people were crowded together and paid good amounts of money to come to this show. Although it was supposed to be an exciting thing , people were left with much more devastation. Especially those who were there and had to witness this go down.
The crowd was filled with around 50,000 people. With people excited to see artist Travis Scott especially, people were rushing towards the front. Causing thousands of people to be pushed and crushed around each other. Even before the show started people were pushing down the gates egear to get to the front. This left many people to collapse with no room or air to breathe. Eight people died from ages 14 to 27. Hundreds were also left to be treated for severe injuries.
Through all the chaos, Scott continued to go on with the show. Even with many people screaming and yelling for help. At some point Scott paused for a moment , acknowledging something was off with all the ambulances having to enter the crowd. Thousands of fans in the crowd were shouting that the show needed to be stopped. Officials were worried that would have caused more issues. With 50,000 fans pushing to get even closer , stopping the show even earlier could have resulted in rioting officials. The show still ended about 30 minutes earlier than planned.
Social media is taking over this event. There have been multiple different videos from all types of angles of these crowds. Even people yelling the show needed to stop. You can see people collapsed , and being taken care of by paramedics. Insider has made tributes to all the young victims on Twitter. Scott made a video on his Instagram talking about the event. He mentioned how devastated he was and how they are working on finding all the families to assist them during the hard times of their losses. His wife Kylie Jenner , also stated how Scott was unaware of what was going on until after the show, due to all the noise and lighting from where he was standing. Many other influencers have made tribute to these young lives lost , like Kayne West. Investigators are still looking into this event while lawsuits are up in the air trying to get some peace and justice for those lives lost and the hundreds who were severely injured.