AGI – American pop superstar Taylor Swift is “devastated” by the death of a 23-year-old fan during a concert in Rio, where organizers were heavily criticized for banning people from bringing bottles of water despite the heat torrid. The tragedy occurred on Friday during the first of six concerts that the singer was supposed to hold in Brazil.
Videos posted on social networks show how the star tried to come to the aid of her thirsty followers, sending assistants to hand out bottles of water and even throwing water bottles into the audience herself.
“It is with a broken heart that I say we lost a fan of ours tonight,” Taylor Swift wrote on her Instagram account. “I can’t even tell you how devastated I am.” Rio health authorities have announced that Ana Benevides died on Friday evening after suffering a cardio-respiratory arrest in the Nilton Santos stadium during the concert attended by 60,000 spectators. Efforts to resuscitate her failed and an investigation was launched.
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Suffocating heat
Much of central and southeastern Brazil has been suffering for several days from stifling temperatures that are far from normal for a southern spring. Brazil’s justice minister asked all event organizers on Saturday to ensure visitors have access to drinking water.
“It is unacceptable that people suffer, faint and even die because they do not have access to water,” he said, adding that the cause of death had not yet been formally established. Time For Fun, producer of the event, said in a statement that the young woman was “assisted quickly” and that the medical team “chose to transfer her to Salgado Filho hospital after almost an hour of emergency treatment “.
In her post, Taylor Swift said she will not talk about the young woman’s death on stage. “I feel overwhelmed by grief even when I try to talk about it,” she said. “I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends,” she added.
A postponed concert
Taylor Swift then postponed her scheduled show on Saturday due to the extreme heat. Saturday’s postponement came after the heat index in the city rose to 59 degrees Celsius (138 Fahrenheit). “I’m writing from my dressing room inside the stadium,” she wrote on Instagram. “The decision has been made to postpone tonight’s show due to the extreme temperatures in Rio.” “The safety and well-being of my fans, colleagues and crew must and will always come first,” she added.
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2023-11-19 05:44:00
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