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A teen who loved dancing. An aspiring Border Patrol agent. An engineering pupil moving connected a aesculapian instrumentality to assistance his ailing mother. And his person and precocious schoolhouse shot teammate.
Clearer pictures began to look Sunday of immoderate of the 8 radical who died aft fans astatine the Astroworld euphony festival successful Houston abruptly surged toward the signifier during a show by rapper Travis Scott.
Authorities said Sunday they wouldn’t merchandise the names of the dead, but household members and friends shared accounts of their loved ones with journalists and done societal media. Mary Benton, a spokeswoman successful Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office, said identities were expected to beryllium made nationalist connected Monday.
The dormant ranged from 14 to 27 years old, according to Houston officials. As of Sunday, 13 radical remained hospitalized.
City officials said they were successful the aboriginal stages of investigating what caused the pandemonium astatine the sold-out lawsuit founded by Scott. About 50,000 radical were there.
Experts who person studied deaths caused by assemblage surges accidental they are often a effect of density — excessively galore radical packed into a tiny space. The assemblage is often either moving distant from a perceived menace oregon toward something, specified arsenic a performer, earlier hitting a barrier.
‘Loved his mom’
Franco Patino, 21, was moving toward a mechanical engineering exertion grade astatine the University of Dayton, with a insignificant successful quality question biomechanics, his father, Julio Patino, said successful an interview. He was a subordinate of Alpha Psi Lambda, a Hispanic involvement fraternity, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and was moving successful an engineering co-op program.
Patino described his lad arsenic a charismatic, energetic person who was progressive successful his assemblage and intent connected helping radical with disabilities.
He said his lad was moving with a squad connected a caller aesculapian device, and that helium wanted to find a mode to assistance his parent locomotion again aft she was severely injured successful an automobile mishap successful Mexico 2 years ago.
Through tears, Patino described however his lad — who enjoyed value lifting, shot and rugby — utilized his spot to interruption a doorway and escaped his ma from the wreckage.
“He loved his mom,” Patino said. “He said everything that helium was doing, it was trying to assistance his mom. The full goal.”
Julio Patino, of Naperville, Illinois, was successful London connected concern erstwhile the telephone rang astir 3 a.m. He answered it and heard his wife, Teresita, crying. She said idiosyncratic had called from a infirmary astir their 21-year-old son, Franco, and that a doc would beryllium calling her soon. About 30 minutes, she called backmost with the doc connected the line.
“The doc was giving america the quality that our lad had passed away,” Patino said.
Patino said helium had past spoken with his lad astir 2 p.m. Friday. Franco told his dada that determination weren’t a batch a radical astatine the festival tract yet
“Don’t worry, I’m fine,” Patino recalled his lad saying. “I conscionable said, ‘Ok, conscionable beryllium careful.’”
‘Huge spread successful our lives’
Jacob “Jake” Jurinek, 20, was a inferior astatine Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, wherever helium was “pursuing his passionateness for creation and media,” his household said successful a connection Sunday. He was conscionable a implicit 2 weeks abbreviated of his 21st birthday.
He was attending the performance with Patino, his person and erstwhile precocious schoolhouse shot teammate, according to Patino’s begetter Julio Patino. He was profoundly committed to his household and was known arsenic “Big Jake” by his younger cousins.
He volition beryllium missed by his father, Ron Jurinek, with whom Jake became particularly adjacent aft Jake’s parent died successful 2011.
“In the decennary since, Jake and Ron were inseparable — attending White Sox and Blackhawks games, sharing their emotion of nonrecreational wrestling, and spending weekends with extended household and friends astatine Jake’s favourite place, the household cottage successful Southwestern Michigan,” the family’s connection said.
“We are each devastated and are near with a immense spread successful our lives,” his father, Ron Jurinek, added successful an emailed statement.
‘Hard-working man’
Danish Baig, who identified himself connected Facebook arsenic a territory manager for AT&T, and appeared to beryllium a devoted Dallas Cowboys fan, was among those who died astatine the the concert, his member Basil Baig said connected Facebook.
“He was (an) guiltless young psyche who would ever enactment others earlier him. He was a hard-working antheral who loved his household and took attraction of us. He was determination successful a heartbeat for anything. He ever had a solution to everything,” Basil Baig told ABC News.
A ceremonial for Danish Baig is expected to beryllium held connected Sunday successful Colleyville successful the Dallas-Forth Worth area, his member said. Messages near with Basil Baig were not returned.
Loved to dance
Brianna Rodriguez’s household told People mag that she was among those who perished astatine the concert. She was 16, a pupil astatine Heights High School and loved dancing, according to the household the mag spoke with. A connection near with the household was not instantly answered.
Aspiring borderline agent
Rudy pena, of laredo, texas, was a pupil astatine laredo assemblage and wanted to beryllium borderline patrol agent, his person stacey sarmiento said. she described him arsenic a radical person.
“Rudy was a adjacent person of mine,” she said. “We met successful precocious school. He was an athlete… He brought happiness anyplace helium went. He was casual to get on with. It was similar affirmative vibes from him astatine each times.”
“We each came to person a bully clip … it was conscionable horrible successful there,” she added.
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