2023-11-18 23:15:00
This Friday, November 18, Taylor Swift he performed his show in Brazil, but The extreme heat caused thousands of people to faint and even a young woman died. For this reason he decided that his recital scheduled for this Saturday be rescheduled. In Argentina they had also had to modify their schedule due to the rain.
The creator of The Eras Tour decided to postpone her show in Rio de Janeiro due to the dangerous temperature, which reached 59° wind chill on Friday, when a 23-year-old fan among a crowd of 60,000 died during the first show.
“I’m writing this from my dressing room at the stadium,” the American artist shared on Instagram on Saturday. “The decision was made to postpone tonight’s show due to the extreme temperatures in Rio,” she detailed to her followers.
“The safety and well-being of my fans, fellow artists and team must and always will come first.“, he stressed. In videos that were shared on social networks Swift could be seen the night before trying to help the crowd by sending assistants to hand out water bottles and even throwing one into the audience.
“With a broken heart I say we lost a fan tonight“Swift had written in an Instagram post to her millions of followers on Saturday. “I can’t even express how devastated I am by this.”
The Rio Health Secretariat reported that Ana Benevides died Friday night after suffering cardiorespiratory arrest at the Nilton Santos stadium during Swift’s concert. “At this time, the cause of death cannot be determined,” the agency said.
Taylor fans’ anger with the organization
For their part, many fans questioned the organization in this context of extreme temperature. “Yesterday’s lack of organization was absurd. What happened to the young woman was a crime due to poor organization. Nobody is simply denied water.“said Yasmín Monteiro, 24 years old. Caio Wesley, 25 years old, who tried to enter with four liters of water, described the organizers’ attitude in prohibiting the entry of liquids as “selfish.”
Hell in Rio: a Taylor Swift fan died due to the heat, days before Argentina-Brazil and with a temperature of 59 degrees
“I brought all this water to see how much I can last,” he confessed to the AFP.
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice published a resolution on Saturday in which required event organizers to ensure that the public has access to drinking water. “It is unacceptable that people suffer, faint and even die due to lack of access to water,” said Justice Minister Flavio Dino.
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