Taylor Swift fan collapses on railing and dies before concert in Rio de Janeiro

Taylor Swift fan collapses on railing and dies before concert in Rio de Janeiro


The thermal sensation in the place was 60º C; the event organizers prohibited the entry of water bottles

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One Taylor Swift fan he died on Friday the 17th, shortly before the start of the singer’s show at the Nilson Santos stadium, in Rio de Janeiro.

Ana Clara Benevides, 23, was on the show program and fainted on the spot. She was initially treated by the stadium’s medical team. According to Thiago Fernandes, 22, a nurse and friend, she had a cardiorespiratory arrest and was revived at the scene for approximately 40 minutes. On the way to the Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital, he made another stop. When he arrived at the hospital, around 8pm, the Taylor Swift fan he was treated, but did not survive.

According to the fire brigade, the temperature at the concert venue was 60º C. Around a thousand fainting spells were unofficially recorded during the event. On social media, but above all on Twittercustomers complained about the protocol of the organizing company, T4Fwhich does not allow bottles of water to enter the stadium given the intense heat.

According to the firefighters present at the event, people were also saved who were vomiting due to the high temperature, which caused severe dehydration among the American singer’s fans.

Taylor Swift talks about the case

Around 3 am on Saturday 18th, the singer confirmed the death of the fan and complained about what had happened.

“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it is with a broken heart that I say we lost a fan tonight before my show. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am about this. I have little information, plus she was incredibly beautiful and very young .”



Taylor Swift, singer

The singer stressed that she will not talk about Ana Clara’s death during her next show, scheduled for this Saturday, the 18th, and stated that this was the last thing she imagined happening during her tour in the country.

“I won’t be able to talk about it from the stage because I feel overwhelmed with grief when I try to talk about it. I want to say that I feel this loss deeply now and my broken heart goes out to his family and friends. This is the last thing I thought would happen when we decided to take the tour to Brazil.”

Taylor Swift is in Brazil for a series of six shows The Turn of the Ages. This Friday’s presentation in Rio was the first. The singer will perform two more times in Rio, on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th. Between November 24th and 26th, the artist will perform three shows in Sao Paulo. All shows are sold out.

The report of Earth contacted the T4F, organizer of the event, but had not received a response until this publication. The space remains open for future placements. This text contains information about Estadao AND Newspaper.

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