Text title: Travis Scott speaks out after a 'mass casualty incident' at the Astroworld concert.
Text type: Article
Text creator: Jess Cohen
Text purpose: To tell people what happened at the Astroworld concert.
Date: 8/11/21
Text type: Article
Text creator: Jess Cohen
Text purpose: To tell people what happened at the Astroworld concert.
Date: 8/11/21
The article, I read talked about how there were multiple incidents that happened at the Astroworld concert. Officials say that there were 8 confirmed deaths from the "mass casualty incident" that happened. Authorities said that around 9pm the crowd started to compress towards the front of the stage. As this happened more people started to get injured and get scared. More people began to get unconscious as they fell to the ground, making people even more panic. There were around 300 people treated on-site for minor injuries while some were rushed to area hospitals, including 17 people and 12 of them were taken to HFD units. Out of all of them, 11 of the patients went into cardiac arrest. The two-day festival was cancelled after the incidents.
Critical literacy question: Who is most likely to read this and why?
People who are fans of Travis Scott are likely to read this as well as people who want to know more about the incidents that happened during the concert.