{"id":1010657,"date":"2021-11-14T10:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1010657"},"modified":"2021-11-14T10:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T15:13:45","slug":"report-chaos-from-travis-scotts-astroworld-has-9-year-old-on-life-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chaos-from-travis-scotts-astroworld-has-9-year-old-on-life-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Chaos from Travis Scott&#039;s Astroworld Has 9-Year-Old on Life Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-chaos-from-travis-scotts-astroworld-has-9-year-old-on-life-support%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1010657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP_21310170680119-inset-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A nine-year-old boy who attended rapper Travis Scott\u2019s Astroworld&nbsp;Music Festival in Houston, Texas, is reportedly fighting for his life after he was gravely injured during the event\u2019s fatal stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Ezra Blount\u2019s father spoke to ABC 13 Houston about his son who he said is&nbsp;on life support and in a medically induced coma.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ezra was sitting on his father Treston\u2019s shoulders when the stampede hit.&nbsp;Treston reportedly passed out from the chaos of the event, causing Ezra to fall off his shoulders. The boy was then apparently trampled by the crowd, sustaining injuries to major organs and causing brain swelling.<\/p>\n<p>Treston Blount said that when he regained consciousness, Ezra had already been taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2410423452769\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">9YO Ezra Blount remains on life support today. I sat down with his father last night for a tough conversation. He explains why he brought his young child to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AstroWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AstroWorld<\/a> \u2013 a festival that NO ONE SHOULD HAVE DIED AT. Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IjhAYzVKnN\">pic.twitter.com\/IjhAYzVKnN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stefania Okolie (@StefaniaOnABC13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefaniaOnABC13\/status\/1459258671951753225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not ready to lose my boy at all. We still got a bunch of living to do\u2026 That\u2019s my boy,\u201d Blount told the ABC News affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>There are so far nine reported fatalities from the Astroworld stampede.&nbsp;A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/11\/texas-am-student-hurt-at-travis-scott-astroworld-festival-dies-now-9-fatalities-total\/\">died<\/a> on Wednesday, making her the ninth death.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Travis Scott\u2019s lawyers have maintained Scott&nbsp;\u201cdid not know what was going on\u201d at Astroworld Music Festival. \u201cHe\u2019s up there trying to perform. He does not have any ability to know what\u2019s going on down below,\u201d&nbsp;Scott\u2019s lawyer, Edwin McPherson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/12\/travis-scott-lawyer-says-rapper-did-not-know-what-was-going-on-at-astroworld\/\">told<\/a> ABC\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Good Morning America<\/em>&nbsp;on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravis didn\u2019t really understand the full effect of everything until the next morning. Truly, he did not know what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nine-year-old boy who attended rapper Travis Scott\u2019s Astroworld\u00a0Music Festival in Houston, Texas, is reportedly fighting for his life after he was gravely injured during the event\u2019s fatal stampede. 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