He said his son was working with a team on a new medical device, and that he wanted to find a way to help his mother walk again after she was severely injured in an automobile accident in Mexico two years ago.

Patino described his son as a charismatic, energetic leader who was active in his community and intent on helping people with disabilities. He was a member of Alpha Psi Lambda, a Hispanic interest fraternity, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and was working in an engineering co-op program. The crowd is often either running away from a perceived threat or toward something, such as a performer, before hitting a barrier.įranco Patino, 21, was working toward a mechanical engineering technology degree at the University of Dayton, with a minor in human movement biomechanics, his father, Julio Patino, said in an interview. About 50,000 people were there.Įxperts who have studied deaths caused by crowd surges say they are often a result of density - too many people packed into a small space. As of Sunday, 13 people remained hospitalized.Ĭity officials said they were in the early stages of investigating what caused the pandemonium at the sold-out event founded by Scott. The dead ranged from 14 to 27 years old, according to Houston officials. Mary Benton, a spokeswoman in Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office, said identities were expected to be made public on Monday.

And his friend and high school football teammate.Ĭlearer pictures began to emerge Sunday of some of the eight people who died after fans at the Astroworld music festival in Houston suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott.Īuthorities said Sunday they wouldn’t release the names of the dead, but family members and friends shared accounts of their loved ones with journalists and through social media. An engineering student working on a medical device to help his ailing mother.

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