Taylor Swift spectator details the "alarming" conditions at the show where Fan is dead
The fan says that he suffered a heat stroke and was accused of water during the crisis.
After the spectator Ana Clara Benevides Machado deceased after attending Taylor Swift concert In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, another fan spoke of a medical emergency he knew during the same show. As indicated by Daily Dot, Derick Rilea shared a long of almost 10 minutes Tiktok Video after hearing that Benevids' family sought to investigate his death. The fan, who says he suffered from heat stroke in the crowd, says in the video: "I share my story to shed light on how the place was dealing with medical emergencies that day."
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Rilea claims that as soon as he arrived at the scene, Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, for the concert of November 17, he could say "chaos" that "[the organizers] were not prepared for what they did there ". He said that it took a long time to find an entry where his ticket would work, and that he is almost gone, thinking that he may have bought a scam ticket. He says he had the same type of ticket as the beneficent.
Rilea continues by explaining that he brought two bottles of water with him because Rio lived a heat wave, but security told him that he could not bring the unprecedented bottles inside. According to Reuters, The heat index in Rio reached 138.7 degrees Fahrenheit on November 17. Rilea drank as much water as possible before entering the stadium and ran on the stage to "get closer" as he could. He says: "I think it is important to mention that I think that I was also right or very close to Ana Benevids, which means that we are dealing with the same security there, I think."
Rilea explains that during the show, he started to "sweat intensely" and that his clothes were quickly soaked. He said he has tried several times to ask the neighboring safety of water but was ignored. He realized that he was "very close to fainting" and wanted to review the Barricade to leave, but says that security told him that he had to come back by the crowd. Knowing that it would be very difficult, other fans still helped him on the barricade. He explains that a security person "dragged his stadium essentially". [A] And I said to myself: "OK, he will bring me to a doctor". No, he brings me to a drinks supplier, "" continues Rilea.
Rilea says he then begged water and could not communicate much else. The people who took care of him put ice on his wrists, seated him and attracted him, but he said that he was told that he had to pay for water. He also says that someone checked his pulse and said he couldn't feel one. "In my mind, I think:" Ok, I'm dying. This is what it would die "", he recalls. He said he was asked to pay 40 Brazilian reais for water ($ 8 USD), which he calls a "crazy amount of price price, especially for someone of medical emergency". He also says that he was suggested to buy a soda to get sugar in his system. "No, I gave you enough money, I don't buy a coke," he replied.
Riles continues: "The goal of this story is really that my life was not sure there at the concert. I was undergoing a medical emergency and that their only concern was to make me price for water." He adds benefits: "It kills me to know that the same people who manipulated me were responsible for his life ... I sincerely hope that his family is able to obtain justice for his life ... and I hope That this video will reach the right people. "
During the concert, Swift stopped to announce that there were fans who were to receive water, as indicated by USA today . Fans could have been heard to sing "water" during the show. Swift also threw a bottle of water into the public itself. His program on Saturday November 18 in the same place was then postponed to Monday, November 20 due to the heat wave.
As indicated by the Associated Press, The beneficials have been looking for medical care During his stay on the site and was taken to the hospital. His cause of death has not been announced. NBC News reports that Time for Fun (T4F), the concert organizer, is the subject of an investigation by the authorities . In A declaration on social networks , T4F said Benevids was initially treated by paramedical paramedics and taken to a first aid center, then taken to the hospital where she died an hour later. Will be abreu , the CEO of the company, also said in An Instagram video Let them apologize to "all those who have not had the best possible experience" in the midst of the reports according to which others fell badly on the show.
On November 18, T4F published that Water bottles in sealed plastic And food would now be authorized inside the stages for the two additional Rio concerts. The PA reported that the federal authorities began to demand that free water be available in concerts and other major events after Benevids' death.
SWIFT spoke of beneficent on Instagram. US Weekly report that She wrote on her Instagram story , "I cannot believe that I write these words but it is with a broken heart that I say that we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. I can't even tell you how much I am Devastated by that. It is very little information that I have apart from the fact that it was so incredibly beautiful and far too young. "The members of the Benevids family were invited to Attend one of Swift's shows in São Paulo, Brazil, where they met the pop star, People reports.
Better life contacted T4F and Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos to comment.
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