'Pure fear': Canadian teen describes chaos at deadly Astroworld festival
CTV
A Canadian teen who attended the deadly Astroworld Festival says he had an 'unsettling' feeling about the venue's security protocols before he was nearly trampled in the chaos.
Evan Pond, a 16-year-old from Simcoe, Ont., said from the very start of the festival, he had an "unsettling" feeling about the venue's security protocols.
"I got to the venue at 4 a.m. on Friday when the festival started. From the very get-go, I had weird feeling to begin with," he told CTV News Channel Tuesday.
Pond said there were only around a dozen security guards while the fans were waiting for the NRG Park to open. When the venue opened at 9 a.m., the crowd rushed the gates. Video footage taken at the venue gates show crowds of people stampeding past the metal detectors and the fences.
"It was at that point where I noticed... I felt like (the security guards) stopped trying," he said.
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