Whereas the reason for dying for Ana Clara Benevides Machado has not been introduced, media reported that followers weren’t allowed to take water into the stadium regardless of hovering temperatures, and the town’s mayor has demanded modifications earlier than Swift’s closing two exhibits.
In a handwritten notice shared on her social media, Swift mentioned she had a “shattered heart.”
“There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too young,” the singer wrote.
The present’s organizers, Time4Fun, mentioned on Instagram that Benevides was attended by paramedics after feeling unwell. She was taken to the stadium’s first assist middle, then to a hospital, the place she died an hour later, the assertion learn.
A number of native media reported that water bottles weren’t allowed contained in the Nilton Santos Olympic stadium, although Rio and most of Brazil have had record-breaking temperatures this week, amid a dangerous and lasting heat wave, and followers had been queuing for a number of hours within the solar.
Justice Minister Flávio Dino mentioned on X that the ministry will implement “emergency rules” relating to entry to water at exhibits and different public occasions.”
On-line information website G1 reported that one in every of Benevides’ associates, who attended the live performance together with her, mentioned her good friend handed out firstly of the live performance, as Swift carried out her second tune, “Cruel Summer.”
A photograph of the 2 associates present them carrying Taylor Swift T-shirts contained in the stadium.
“We always said that when (Taylor Swift) came to Brazil we would find a way to go. The ticket was very expensive, but we still found a way”, she informed G1 shortly after her good friend’s dying.
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes mentioned on X the “loss of a young woman’s life … is unacceptable.”
Whereas authorities are investigating the circumstances of the dying, Paes wrote, the municipality will demand Saturday that the present’s manufacturing firm present new water distribution factors, extra brigades and ambulances and advance entrance to the present by one hour.
Swift has two extra exhibits in Rio on Saturday and Sunday.
“I’m not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it,” she wrote. “I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends.”
