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At least 8 dead in ‘mass casualty event’
at Travis Scott Astroworld concert

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Posted By: FlyRight, 11/6/2021 6:19:54 AM

At least eight people died and scores more were injured when chaos, including a crowd crush, broke out during opening night of rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Texas Friday, authorities said. A mass of concertgoers at Houston’s NRG Park “began to compress” to the front of the stage at around 9:15 p.m., causing mayhem and some people to get hurt, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters early Saturday. “People started to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic,” Peña said during a press conference. At around 9:38 p.m. Peña said a “mass casualty incident” was triggered as the number of victims

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 11/6/2021 6:35:47 AM (No. 968918)
Left out of the excerpt... Also, hundreds knocked down a part of the fence around the venue after the gates closed, and charged the building where the concert was held.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 11/6/2021 6:37:23 AM (No. 968921)
Ever notice that this kind of thing didn't happen at Woodstock... I wonder why... Hmmm...
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Venturer 11/6/2021 7:08:42 AM (No. 968930)
I think I know #2
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Ruhn 11/6/2021 8:04:55 AM (No. 968959)
Not much "peace and love" at Altamont--four months after Woodstock--either.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 11/6/2021 8:05:51 AM (No. 968961)
I guess you can't legally restrict ticket sales to "Civilized People Only."
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Reply 6 - Posted by: ROLFNader 11/6/2021 8:20:52 AM (No. 968983)
One of last photos in this article shows a person with a white hoodie with "FWGKT" emblazoned on it. The last four letters must stand for "Will Get Killed Tonight". The first letter stands for ........ well, you know...........
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Toby Ten Bears 11/6/2021 8:32:54 AM (No. 968999)
#5,,, There are exceptions to every rule... You sited one exception. The rule at rap concerts is someone gets shot or stabbed, the exception to the rule being nobody was injured... So, what's your point again?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: KayJayMac 11/6/2021 8:44:44 AM (No. 969016)
Fentanyl is my guess.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: AltaD 11/6/2021 10:36:18 AM (No. 969163)
Promoters have learned nothing or conveniently forgotten that 11 people died 40+ years ago due to festival seating at The Who concert.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Strike3 11/6/2021 10:42:30 AM (No. 969173)
Jimi Hendrix was never one of THEM. Plus, he had actual musical talent. I do remember a Rolling Stones concert where they hired the Hells Angels for security and people got stabbed. They weren't much smarter in those days but at least the music was great.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Strike3 11/6/2021 10:44:47 AM (No. 969179)
Cincinnati was an Ozzy Osbourne concert where the Oz could not perform due to a sore throat so the druggies burned the fence down.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 11/6/2021 11:15:09 AM (No. 969219)
Eight more Wuhan Flu deaths. Will this Chinese pandemic never end?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 11/6/2021 11:36:04 AM (No. 969239)
When I was in college, I attended one concert with festival seating. Never again after watching the stampede to the front after the doors opened. If you don't do assigned seating, you're asking for a riot.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 11/6/2021 12:06:50 PM (No. 969273)
Word is that this Travis Scott likes to create mayhem at his events by calling people to come to the stage. He has a history of doing this and causing injury, but the venues he did it at were smaller. I hope he gets what he deserves.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: DVC 11/6/2021 12:53:56 PM (No. 969332)
What's the lesson from this? Don't got to crazy events like this.
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