Mirza Danish Baig, 27, was killed Friday night in the deadly stampede at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, when he did "everything possible" to allow his fiancée, Olivia Swingle, 25, to escape. the human avalanche that caused eight deaths during the concert of the rapper Travis Scott.
His younger brother, Ammar Baig, who was also at the event, told People magazine what those nightmarish moments were like, surrounded by a crowd of 50,000 people.
"People started beating his fiancée, doing a lot of things to her, and he was trying to save her, she was hurt and he was trying to save her,"
said Ammar Baig, who regretted that "there was no one there to help" in the middle of the chaos.
An ambulance in the middle of the crowd during the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas.TWITTER @ONACASELLA / via REUTERS
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"Somehow, the ambulance managed to get to her and then when they reached my brother, they tried to revive him," he explained, but he died before he could get to a hospital.
The couple worked at the AT&T phone company, where he was a district manager in Dallas, and they had planned to attend the concert months in advance.
The woman said on the social network Facebook after the tragedy that she had no words to express her pain.
“My heart is destroyed, my soul has been taken from me.
I was genuinely loved, I had someone who loved me more than anything in this world and not everyone gets to experience that kind of love.
I'm in hell, ”he wrote.
In his publication he also assures that he will seek justice for the circumstances that took Baig's life.
“I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for him
, he's a hero and the world has to know his story.
It has been an absolute tragedy, I don't know how I'm going to survive ”, he added.
The young man's brother joined this request for justice and also used social networks to denounce the poor conditions in which the concert took place.
“
My brother died in this horrendous event,
Astroworld, which was poorly managed and supervised by horrible people.
People were trampled on, ”he posted on Facebook.
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Ammar recalled that his brother had a big heart and was the one who "brought the whole family together."
"Take care of everyone," he explained.
Danish was originally from Karachi, a city in Pakistan, and migrated with his family to Texas when he was a baby.
The young man had plans to buy a house for his parents later this month.
More victims identified
Although the authorities have not officially revealed the names of the victims - they have only said that they are between 14 and 27 years old - family and friends have published their identities online.
There are three Latinos among the deceased: Brianna Rodriguez, 16, Rodolfo Peña;
and Frank Patino, 21. In addition, they lost their lives:
Jacob Jurinek
, 20, attended the concert with Patino and other friends.
Known as
Big Jake
by his younger cousins, he was someone very close to his family, according to The Associated Press news agency.
Axel Acosta
, 21, was studying computer science at Western Washington University.
His father confirmed to KOMO-TV station that his son was among the victims and that his family has filed a lawsuit against several of the event organizers.
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The school in Bellingham, Washington, issued a statement Sunday: “Acosta was a young man with a vibrant future.
We send our condolences to his family on this sad day ”.
In addition to the eight dead, 25 people were hospitalized, of whom 13 are still receiving medical care, including five under the age of 18.