TRAGEDY AT ASTROWORLD & HAND SIGNALS SAVING LIVES
I’m going to be honest, it’s been a week since the tragedy that happened at Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I know I’m not alone, with tons of TikToks (which have garnered billions of views), tweets, and traditional news coverage coming out on the topic. What’s been most disturbing, in my opinion, is the first-hand accounts from individuals in the crowd, sharing their own clearly traumatizing experiences inside the crowd surge. In the days since the concert, which was in Houston last Friday, more and more disturbing information has come out about the event’s poor planning, from security guards being hired day-of with little previous experience, medics overwhelmed with not enough equipment, and the concert continuing for 40 minutes after city officials declared it a “mass casualty event”. The Houston police are still investigating the event that ultimately caused the death of nine people and injured hundreds.
In some positive news, a hand signal popularized by the Canadian Women’s Foundation on TikTok just potentially saved a life. A sixteen-year-old girl went missing from North Carolina, but was rescued after a driver in Kentucky saw her signaling for help in the passenger seat of a car, and called 911.
Britney is free! Today, a judge ruled that “the conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required.” This comes after almost 14 years of Britney’s father and his team legally controlling her finances and personal affairs. She posted on Instagram, thanking her fans and declaring today “the best day ever”. Highly recommend checking out this performance from her Dream Within a Dream tour in 2001 to celebrate.
The two best videos I saw this week are this throwback video with the energy to project you into a good weekend, and this video of two girls who were surprised by the-one-and-only Snoop Dogg serving them at the drive-through.
—Darlene Kenney, Digital Strategist
