On November 17, Ana Clara Benevides Machado, a 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan, tragically succumbed to cardiac arrest in excessive warmth earlier than the singer’s Rio de Janeiro live performance.
Swift reportedly invited Machado’s household and pals to her Sao Paulo efficiency, the place they have been seen carrying T-shirts with Ana’s face.
Late Ana Clara Benevides Machado’s Household Attends Taylor Swift’s Period’s Live performance In Sao Paulo
Taylor Swift with Ana Benevides’ household 🤍 tonight! #TStheErasTour pic.twitter.com/ZlFLUQs0vq
— The Eras Tour (@TSTheErasTour) November 27, 2023
The late Swiftie suffered a cardiac arrest amid extreme warmth, with temperatures reaching 59.3 levels Celsius or 138.7 levels Fahrenheit, earlier than the singer’s Period Tour live performance in Rio de Janeiro.
Following the premature passing of the 23-year-old, the “Clean House” singer prolonged an invite to Machado’s household and pals to attend her Sao Paulo efficiency.
Footage shared on the X account @swifferupdates captured Machado’s household and pals attending the live performance, gathered in a VIP space beneath a tent on the Allianz Parque stadium, every donning white T-shirts adorned with Ana’s face.
Following the present, that they had the chance to satisfy with Swift, posing for a bunch {photograph} with the singer.
Taylor Swift Pays Tribute To Late Fan, Says She Is ‘Shattered’
After the tragic passing of Machado, Swift expressed her grief in a heartfelt hand-written notice shared on her Instagram story. The “Merciless Summer season” hitmaker started, “I can’t consider I’m writing these phrases, however it’s with a shattered coronary heart that I say we misplaced a fan earlier tonight earlier than my present.”
Overwhelmed by grief, she talked about the restricted info obtainable in regards to the younger and delightful fan, noting: “I can’t even inform you how devastated I’m by this. There’s little or no info I’ve aside from the actual fact she was so extremely lovely and much too younger.”
She emphasised her deep sorrow and prolonged condolences to the household and pals, including: “I’m not going to have the ability to discuss this from the stage as a result of I really feel overwhelmed by grief once I even attempt to speak about it. I need to say now I really feel this loss deeply and my coronary heart goes out to her household and pals.”
Swift concluded, “That is the very last thing I ever thought would occur after we determined to deliver this tour to Brazil.” The singer later postponed one other Rio present, and organizers introduced changes in subsequent performances.
Late Taylor Swift Fan’s Father Requests Investigation Into Live performance Organizers
The choice to ban followers from bringing water bottles to the live performance, made by organizers T4F, had extreme penalties as over 1,000 attendees out of the 60,000 within the viewers fainted earlier than and in the course of the present.
Machado, feeling unwell, sought paramedic help and fainted simply earlier than the efficiency commenced. She was initially taken to a primary assist middle and later transferred to Salgado Filho Hospital however arrived with no pulse. Regardless of greater than an hour of resuscitation makes an attempt, she was pronounced lifeless.
Weiny Machado, Ana’s father, expressing grief over shedding his daughter, spoke to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, stating: “I need it to be discovered whether or not they have been actually prohibited from bringing water, whether or not there was negligence in aiding. I misplaced my solely daughter, a cheerful and clever woman.”
He added: “She was about to graduate in psychology subsequent April, saving cash. I’ve no phrases to specific my ache. She left dwelling to meet a dream and got here again lifeless.”
Live performance Organizer, Time4Fun Declares Their ‘Particular Motion Plan’
The household of Ana Clara Benevides, a fan who handed away on the primary night time of Taylor Swift’s concert events in Brazil, is current on the third and ultimate night time of #SaoPauloTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/wFQAWHQkyQ
— @21metgala (@21metgala) November 26, 2023
Per the Mirror, Time4Fun, the live performance organizer carried out a “particular motion plan” to deal with the town’s forecasted heatwave.
The plan learn: “Given the forecast of a rise within the warmth wave within the metropolis, we inform you that we’re reinforcing the particular motion plan carried out for the primary day of the present, particularly the supply of free water within the queues and in any respect accesses and entrances to the stadium and inside.”
The corporate continued, “On this approach, new free water distribution factors can be obtainable to the general public in the course of the occasion.”
Time4Fun added, “Entry into the stadium with sealed glasses of water and sealed processed meals can even be permitted, with no limitation on objects per individual. We make clear that the requirement for objects to be sealed follows security suggestions.”
The assertion concluded: “We additionally emphasize that the prohibition of bottles of water getting into stadiums is a requirement made by public our bodies and that we don’t promote drinks and meals, this being the duty of the stadium administration.”
