The family of Danish Baig, 27, said he died trying to save his fiancée from being crushed at last week's Travis Scott show in Houston that left eight people dead.
Mourners gathered on Sunday for the funeral of Danish Baig, who died at the show on Nov. 5 after a packed crowd estimated at 50,000 suddenly surged forward at the Astroworld music festival.told NBC Dallas Forth WorthThe family of Danish Baig, 27, said he was killed while trying to save his fiancée from being trampled at a Travis Scott show in Houston at which eight people died last week.on Nov. 6 that"people were trampled, walked, and stomped on" at the concert.
Baig told NBCDFW that shortly before Scott took the stage at 9 p.m. local time, the crowd surged forward, crushing people. Baig wrote on Facebook that his family"will got to the full extent to make sure he is brought to justice" in reference to Scott. The rapper and the festival organizers are now facing multiple civil lawsuits.Police have opened a criminal investigation into the concert after eight people died, all of them under 30 and one as young as 14. No one has been charged.
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