Billy Nasser, who was at the show, said there was an area formed by one of these stage barricades that was like a closet. Someone pulled me over a fence, and then I passed out again.”Īccording to the Associated Press, some concertgoers said that barricades near the stage, meant to divide different types of ticket holders, kept attendees from escaping. “I didn’t see anything, but I could kind of feel what was going on. Eskins recalled that she and her boyfriend couldn’t quickly leave the area. “I just remember looking up, passing out, and then I was in and out for a little while,” she remarked. Some people in the audience said concertgoers couldn’t get out of the packed crowd when things started to go awry. He said that there were two mosh pits “directly in front of the stage.” “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.”ĭuring a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Finner provided a few more details. All of what is to be 50,000 people ran to the front, compressing everyone together with the little air available,” another concertgoer, Alexis Guavin, told CNN.
As the timer got closer,” Eskins told CNN, “it got worse and worse.” Eskins added, “I had constant pressure on my chest … I was being squeezed … Right when he started performing his first song, I looked at my boyfriend and said, ‘We have to get out of here.’” About 30 minutes before Scott took the stage, the crowd got more and more packed. “All of a sudden, people come pressed up against each other, pushed forward and backward. She and her boyfriend arrived at the stage around 6:03 p.m. Madeline Eskins, an ICU nurse who was at the festival, said the situation escalated as a countdown clock neared the moment when Scott would appear. “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 Peña told CNN. Public-safety authorities’ statements and witness accounts provide some information about what happened. Authorities have pointed to both the chaotic situation Friday and alleged safety issues at Scott’s previous performances and prior issues at this venue and with the event’s promoter. Here is what we know about the devastating Astroworld incident so far.Īt this point, it’s unclear if any single event triggered the chaos or if it was a combination of factors at the sold-out venue. Some are wondering whether this could have been prevented.
Houston Police Department chief Troy Finner added, “This is now a criminal investigation that’s going to involve our homicide division, as well as narcotics, and we’re going to get down to the bottom of it.” “This is a very, very active investigation, and we will probably be at it for quite some time to determine what exactly happened,” Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said at a press briefing Saturday afternoon. Houston officials have vowed to provide answers to how this tragic event unfolded. About 50,000 people were attending the show. Some people appear to have been trampled, authorities said. The tenth victim, a 9-year-old who had been in a medically-induced coma, died November 14. A ninth victim died on November 10, according to her family’s attorney, after previously being declared brain-dead. Ten people were killed and hundreds injured at Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas, at NRG Park on Friday, November 5, after concertgoers surged toward the stage around 9:30 p.m. And the many questions that still remain.
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