In November, Taylor Swift visited Latin America for the first time with his The Eras Tour. After a successful round of concerts in Argentina, the American singer debuted on the stages of Brazil; However, what should have been a night of celebration turned into a tragedy: a fan who was in the audience died.
This is Ana Clara Benevides, 23 years old.who was in the audience when he fainted during Swift’s second song at the concert she gave on November 17 in Rio de Janeiro.
Although The young woman received cardiorespiratory resuscitation (CPR) for 40 minuteswithin hours of the incident it was learned that he had died in a hospital in the Brazilian city.
At that time, it was said that Benevides had died as a result of the high temperatures, which that day were around 40 degrees Celsius. Now, a report from the Forensic Medical Institute of Rio de Janeiro to which The Associated Press had access confirmed The cause of death: cardiorespiratory arrest.
According to the report, Exposure to heat caused Benevides to go into cardiorespiratory arrest.. The document also indicated that, due to the heat, the young woman’s lungs were “severely compromised.”
According to the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, An initial autopsy report revealed pulmonary hemorrhage and three cardiac arrests.
The day of Taylor Swift’s first concert in Brazil, Swifties lined up for hours before the show and many accused organizers of not offering enough water to the more than 60,000 attendees at the concert, in which water was not allowed to enter.
The Rio de Janeiro prosecutor’s office opened a criminal investigation. In a statement, the local police reported that after the forensic report is analyzed they will call the representatives of the company that organized the event to testify.
What did the production company say about the concert?
After the death of the young woman, the head of Time For Fun (T4F), production company of Taylor Swift’s concert in Brazil, apologized for the problems in the organization of the show.
“We recognize that we could have taken additional measures, such as creating shaded areas in the external area (to the stadium where the concert was held) or changing the schedule of the show,” said Serafim Abreu, general director of Time For Fun (T4F). in a video published on the company’s social networks.
In the video, The director of T4F also regretted “not having been more emphatic that attendees could bring disposable water glasses.”after many people complained on social media that they were not allowed to enter with water.
For its part, Taylor Swift mourned the tragic death of Ana Clara Benevides on social media and dedicated a heartfelt tribute to him at his next concert.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but, with a broken heart, I tell you that we lost a fan tonight before my show. I can’t even express how devastated I am by this. There is very little information that I have, other than the fact, that she was incredibly beautiful and very young. I want to say that I am so sorry for this loss and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. “This is the last thing I thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil,” the singer wrote after learning of the unfortunate event.
Upon returning to the stage for his second show in Brazil, The singer dedicated a heartfelt tribute to Ana Benevides that was accompanied by the entire public. At one point in the show, fans indicated that Swift modified the lyrics of her song “Bigger Than The Whole Sky” and adapted it to a story she sang in honor of the young woman.
“Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye / You were bigger than all the sky / You were more than a short time / I’ll never know what you could have been / What you should have been,” Swift sang in a heartbroken tone.
Who was Ana Clara Benevides?
In addition to being a Taylor Swift fan, Ana Clara Benevides was a young athlete and student of the Psychology degree at the Federal University of Rondonópolis (UFR).
Benavides first traveled by plane from the central-western region of the country to see Taylor Swift, who was his favorite singer.
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