‘Estadão’ spoke to fans queuing for the second day of shows. A 23-year-old young man died after feeling ill on the first day; The organization talked about “free water supply” in the queues this Saturday 18. Watch the video
RIVER – Taylor Swift performs his second show Tour of the Ages in Brazil this Saturday the 18th, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which is experiencing a heat wave. Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died during the show on Friday evening, the 17th.
OR Estadao was in line in Engenhão this Saturday afternoon and spoke to fans about their concerns and the conditions of the event. Many brought several glasses of water, and also numerous “umbrellas” to protect themselves from the sun.
Cedae [Companhia Estadual de Água e Esgotos] he is handing out water to people in line and the firefighters are spraying water on the fans. There are no bars along the entire queue, only at the entrance, which caused many people to skip the wait. Others end up giving up on going in early and lie down on the grass waiting for the movement to slow down.
“The heat wave is nothing new. It was necessary to prepare for this situation, it’s not a joke. Yesterday a fan died! What else do they expect to happen? I’m here to try to recover, I started feeling sick in this “I have already seen one person fainted today and another even convulsing in front of me”, asked Júlia, who was not feeling well while queuing.
Beatriz, her friend, was also indignant: “There is no organisation. The queue is for decoration. We arrived here at 2am and gave up being in the sun when they started cutting our queue. It’s a lack of respect for the fans, for those who paid to be here.”
Another member of the trio, Luiz, echoed his friends: “I’ve been to several shows and I’ve never seen anything like this. There’s no organization, there’s no support. We bought VIP tickets, paid extra for comfort and priority at the entrance. , and we are getting what you see. Negligence”.
Previously, T4F, the organiser, had released a statement saying that “staffing has been reinforced”, would provide “free supply of water in queues and at all entrances and entrances to the stadium and inside” and would allowed “entry into the stadium with sealed glasses of water.”
Another couple of friends also commented on the queuing situation. “We put a sarong on the body, but it didn’t help anything. What helped was the firefighters throwing water on us, which helped a lot, but we’re already warm again. Even the Cedae who distribute the water are helping a lot,” said Ana Luiza.
Her colleague Mitalli reported: “We brought water, but you can’t stay inside without hydrating. Let’s see if they will follow the court order and allow the claws in. I don’t know how to resist staying inside without drinking water. “
Additionally, some residents of the surrounding area could be seen lending hoses to fans and street vendors to cool off on the sidewalk.
A fan identified as Isabella, from Belo Horizonte-MG, commented: “Very scared. Today I woke up with my phone full of messages, people telling me to be very careful.”
“It’s a hard blow for all the fans. We feel a lot of solidarity and we’re scared. It was only the first day and today it’s hotter than yesterday. If the organization no longer takes care of the fans, this will happen” I repeat, it can’t happen “, has continued.
Anika, who came from Pelotas-RS, stressed that she was “very sad”, but initially she had not thought about not going to Taylor Swift’s concert: “We prepared ourselves, we came with 3, 4 liters of water each. We woke up early to get a seat up ahead.”
He also reported that, depending on the situation encountered, he could have surrendered, which he did not. “If we saw that there was really some risk, we would even think about not going in.”
Another fan spoke about the water provided by the production in the queue: “A little water came through a little while ago, but very little.”
Source: Terra
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