2023-11-18 16:17:00
Ana Clara Benevides, 23, died Friday night after feeling unwell during a concert by singer Taylor Swift, who debuted her tour in Brazil at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro, before an audience of more than 60. a thousand people.
The information was confirmed to Sheet by Estela Benevides, Benevides’ cousin, who received the news from the doctor who tried to revive her by phone. The young woman is originally from Pedro Gomes, in Mato Grosso do Sul, but she grew up in Sonora, in the same state. She was taken to the Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital after fainting and receiving treatment at the stadium. The cause of her death was cardiorespiratory arrest.
In a press release, Tickets For Fun, the company responsible for the singer’s concerts in the country, mourned the death, but did not comment on the issue of the temperature in the stadium. Benevides was on the fence and ended up passing out on the spot. According to nurse Thiago Fernandes, 22, a friend of Benevides, she was resuscitated in the stadium for about 40 minutes. On the way to the hospital, she had a second stop. Benevides arrived around 8 p.m., she was treated, but she did not resist and died shortly after in the hospital near Engenhão, in Méier, northern area of the Fluminense capital.
The thermal sensation recorded in the place reached 60º C and the firefighters unofficially counted a thousand faintings during the event. On social media, fans complained about the ban on entering the stadium with water bottles, considering the intense heat.
Fernandes wrote to Sheet: “I want Ana to appear on the screens at Taylor’s concert.”
On his Instagram, he mourned the death of the young woman. “I just can’t believe you’re not here anymore. I can’t accept it,” she wrote. “We talked about this concert so many times and how I wanted to be with you. I’m so sad I don’t know what to do. You were one of my oldest friends. For so long, and now just in memories! I hope you’re okay now. Rest easy !”
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