- A fan at
Astroworld said the pile-up of bodies in the crowd was like a battle scene from "Game of Thrones." - He also said "the disregard for human life was next level" as he and others faced the crowd surge.
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Justin Pourat, a 21-year-old college student at The University of Texas Austin, was trapped by the surging crowds between two masses of concertgoers at Friday's show.
"We could not move, but we were not getting trampled," Pourat told Insider.
But at one point, he was pushed to the ground and felt people standing on his chest. A stranger helped the 21-year-old up and out of the chaos; Pourat told Insider that he isn't sure how he would have made it out if the stranger wasn't there.
"The disregard for human life was next level," he said. "I saw people step on people's faces, on their chests. They would walk over the pile to get to the other side."
At least 8 people have died and hundreds were injured in the crowd during Travis Scott's set at Astroworld in Houston Friday when the packed crowd surged forward, crushing people at the music festival.
A 14-year-old student, two best friends, and a man who saved his fiancée from the chaos are among those killed.
Pourat said the piles of attendees were anywhere from two- to five-people high, with at least 15 people in each group. He said he is sure the same scenes were happening elsewhere in the crowd, too.
Pourat told Insider that he heard "cries for help" that went ignored and described panic in the crowd.
"When I was down on the floor, I saw some big dudes, who unfortunately were trampled earlier," Pourat said. "They were lifeless. It was pretty scary to see."