Crush (2021)
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On November 5, 2021, a fatal crowd crush occurred during the first night of the 2021 Astroworld Festival, a music event founded by American rapper Travis Scott that was held at NRG Park in Houston, Texas. Eight people died on the night of the concert, and two more died in the hospital over the following days. The cause of death for all ten was ruled to be accidental compressive asphyxiation, with one of the ten affected by the additional influence of a toxic combination of drugs and alcohol. Twenty-five people were hospitalized, and more than 300 people were treated for injuries at the festival's field hospital. Multiple concertgoers documented the incident, posting videos and recounting their experiences on social media.
An EMT told The Washington Post he had heard on his radio from other staff that people were being trampled as early as 9:00 p.m., having overheard discussions to shut down the concert early. He did not know why the show continued, deciding with several colleagues that it was too dangerous to enter the crush and attempt to help the injured.[26] While event organizers had estimated that HPD had logged 5,000 non-ticket holders streaming in after the various breaches, with an approximate 55,000 total in attendance at 9:02 p.m. that night, NRG Park Manager Miller later told HCSCC Chairman of the Board Edgar Colón in a meeting on November 17 that Live Nation's scanner report indicated only 37,858 attendees with scanned tickets on the property, throwing those totals into doubt.[8][14][47] By approximately 8:52 p.m. HPD logs indicated nearly 300 people had already been treated, which ParaDocs CEO Pollak said subsequently was not unusual in his practice for a crowd that size, detailing only two transports to hospitals prior to the crush which he also described as a minimal total by comparison to his past work.[17][22][52][54][56]
Scott was scheduled to start his set at 8:45 p.m., but did not take the stage until approximately 9:02 p.m., starting at approximately 9:06 p.m. with the opening song \"Escape Plan\".[43][46][55][52] His appearance on the stage resulted in people pushing toward it, leading to a human crush.[39] According to HFD Chief Sam Peña, at about 9:00 p.m. members of the crowd pressed forward and also surged from the sides, causing a crush near the stage; he added that the crush was not caused by obstructed exits but by issues close to the stage, where the crowd was tightly packed. As people struggled to stay on their feet, several began to fall, and many were injured. Panic grew as Scott started his second song of his set, the remaining escape routes shrank, and several attempted to climb over barricades.[6][5][39][48][52][57]
At 9:13 p.m. an officer reported multiple fans scaling a gate. At 9:16 p.m. multiple reports of breathing problems and people being trampled were heard sporadically on radio traffic but with no clear location. At 9:18 p.m. HPD logs and radio traffic indicated at least one crush injury and at 9:21 p.m. crowd compression, then at 9:23 p.m. some fans began climbing a speaker tower to escape the crush.[21] During Scott's song \"Butterfly Effect\", a security guard recalled over a dozen terrified attendees screaming at him for help to pull them over the barricades, including one woman whose screams were ignored by two men on either side of her repeatedly elbowing her face as they jumped around.[6]
An ICU nurse attending the concert who passed out twice from the pressure on her chest and back described her shock to CNN at the \"feral\" atmosphere, describing how people continued to trample those on the ground to get to the front despite their screams.[64] Two guests in the rear disabled-accessible section told the Houston Chronicle they saw 50 to 60 people climbing two stories up onto the concert's projection screens with exposed wiring to escape the crush or for better views that were not stopped by authorities.[14] A couple searching for missing shoes and a phone amid the chaos told The Washington Post they eventually found six phones, learning later that two belonged to those who had died.[15] Some medical personnel, including former combat medics, recalled to USA Today that their colleagues wept while working on 11 young concertgoers in cardiac arrest at once in both an over-capacity medical tent and an unforgiving crowd.[22]
At 9:18 p.m. was HFD's first log of an injury related to breathing issues and a perceived crush.[6] At 9:21 p.m. staff among the event's private medical contractors were dispatched to the front of the crowd, confirming multiple injuries to the concert's Unified Command, but the concert continued. Concertgoers recorded staff performing CPR on unconscious attendees as early as 9:28 p.m.[52][70] As medical personnel were overwhelmed in triage, audience members attempted to help perform CPR as well.[39] Several people were administered naloxone.[71][67]
Eight victims, aged 14 to 27, died on the night of the concert.[77] One of the injured, a 22-year-old woman, was declared brain dead on November 9[78] and died the next day.[45] A 9-year-old boy was placed in a medically induced coma after being crushed and trampled at the concert, becoming the tenth fatality of the event when he died on November 14.[79] It was the most accidental deaths at a U.S. concert since the Station nightclub fire which killed 100 people in West Warwick, Rhode Island in 2003.[80]
Two days after the crush, a makeshift memorial for the victims was created on a chain link fence outside the festival area, with prayer candles, flowers, pictures of the deceased, and stuffed animals among the items left. A non-profit group from San Antonio provided therapy dogs at the scene.[60][25] On November 21, the family of one of the ten dead victims had photos of the other nine that died printed and posted at the memorial as a gesture in support of the other families.[87]
Moon Crush is all about being together under the stars and connecting or as we like to say \"crushing\" on friends and family. With music scheduled during the afternoons and early evenings, there will be plenty of time to enjoy the beach, prepare meals with friends or just sit around a bonfire as the sun sets on the new memories you will make together.
On 30 April 2021, at about 00:50 IDT (UTC+3), a deadly crowd crush occurred in Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at which it was estimated that 100,000 people were in attendance. Forty-five men and boys at the event were killed, and about 150 were injured, dozens of them critically, making it the deadliest civil disaster in the history of the State of Israel.[1][2] The crush occurred after celebrants poured out of one section of the mountainside compound, down a passageway with a sloping metal floor wet with spilled drinks, leading to a staircase continuing down. Witnesses say that people tripped and slipped near the top of the stairs. Those behind, unaware of the blockage ahead, continued. The people further down were trampled over, crushed, and asphyxiated by compression,[3] calling out that they could not breathe.
The crush was not the first time pilgrims at Mount Meron had been killed in an accident. On 15 May 1911, eleven people were killed when a crowd of about 10,000 filled the compound and a railing of a nearby balcony collapsed. About 100 people fell from a height of roughly 25 feet (8 m) to the ground below;[10] the deaths of seven were determined at the scene and those of four others in the days following the incident. There were 40 injured.[15]
In 2018, a journalist reported that the \"exit passageway creates a bottleneck and causes risk of people being crushed\" [21] and recommended that a larger exit way be constructed for safety after overcrowding at a funeral in Bnei Brak had led to one death and dozens injured.[22]
In addition to the disastrous crush, the executive director at the National Coronavirus Taskforce expressed concerns about the possible spread of COVID-19 due to the huge, closely-packed crowds at the event. However, many restrictions were lifted in mid-February 2021 after most of the population had been vaccinated, and since then \"things have gone amazingly well, even after events with very dense gatherings. ... we have to wait to see what happens\".[25]
Four religious groups oversee different parts of the compound,[24] with the Toldot Aharon running the part where the incident occurred.[24][26] According to witness accounts, the event was held in a fenced area that was overly confining.[27] At the time, the restricted area was filled with as many as 20,000 people.[24] After the lighting ceremony, and as dancing began, hundreds of people left. The exit path was a narrow, steep slope with a smooth metal floor.[28] There were no police or rescue services managing the flow into the walkway.[26] With nothing to hold onto, the crowd leaned on each other. The path then leads to steps before a narrow tunnel.[28][29] Close to 01:00, some participants began to slip and fall, either on the metal slope or the stone steps,[7][12][27][28][29][30] and were trampled over and asphyxiated by those behind.[29][31][32] As the crowd moved to the gates, a crush started.[1][27] The crowd broke open side barriers of the path, creating rigged up exits for some to break free.[26]
According to one witness, security blocked the passageway and kept people from exiting. As people were starting to lose consciousness as the crush prevented them from breathing, police finally opened the gates to allow people through. The crush ensued as a large number of people tried to exit at the same time through the narrow passageway.[33] Other witnesses said the path was slippery from spilled water and juice.[27][7] Another witness recalled \"hundreds of people screaming 'I can't breathe'\".[7]
In the crush, 45 people were killed and about 150 more were injured.[1][29][38] The dead included six Americans, two Canadians, an Argentine and a Briton,[39] and ranged in age from 13 to 65 years old.[40] 59ce067264
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