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On November 5, 2021, the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, a rap fest, went horribly wrong when a crowd fueled by drugs and alcohol overwhelmed insufficient concert security and created a “crowd crush” that cost eight lives and injured over 300 people.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On November 5, 2021, the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, a rap fest, went horribly wrong when a crowd fueled by drugs and alcohol overwhelmed insufficient concert security and created a “crowd crush” that cost eight lives and injured over 300 people.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-music-concerts-that-went-horribly-wrong
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astroworld_Festival_crowd_crush_memorial_04.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mike_Pence_and_Karen_Pence,_Las_Vegas_Memorial.jpg
The images by Rhododendrites available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Station_Fire_Memorial_Park_(71985).jpg and by Tomasz "odder" Kozlowski available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Ann%27s_Square_floral_tribute_panorama_(02).jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
The image by Edurs34 available at pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-education-5585922 is licensed under the Pixabay License: pixabay.com/service/license
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