you know, a nine year old boy injured at the Astro
World Festival is now in a medically induced coma. The
boy's grandfather tells CNN tha he went to see his
favorite artist Travis scott with his father, you're
looking at an image of Ezra Blount from the Go Fund Me.
His family created Edward was on his father's shoulders
when the crowds surge began, his father ended up
passing out and as rafael off his shoulders into the
crowd. By the time the boy's father came to, Azra had
already been transported to a hospital. His grandpa
says the boy suffered cardiac arrest because he alrea
has a damaged heart and he also suffered damage to his
brain and liver. More than a dozen people still
hospitalized after the friday concert where eight
people were killed. Rap star Travis scott says that he
will pay for those funerals of the victims and will pay
for mental health treatment for anyone who was at that
show. He also says that he will offer refunds to
everyone who was there, 50,000 people packed his Astral
World Festival friday night in Houston and officials
say a crowd search towards the stage, making it hard to
breathe, causing people to pass out and for the first
time since the desk drake is now speaking out, he was a
surprise guest during the concert and witnesses say
that's when things got especial rowdy drake said in a
statement, quote, my heart is broken for the families
and friends of those who lost their lives and he says
he'll be of service in any way that he can. The artist
has been named in at least one lawsuit filed by conc
goers. Our national correspondent, Tammy Westbrook
live this morning with new details. Good morning. Good
morning guys. Look, this investigation is still in the
beginning stages right now. We do know that
investigators are going to want to look closely at the
crowd, what was going on over there, going on over
there with possible drug use and other things of course,
that crowd search surge include in all of that. And
they also want to know what Travis scott and promoters
may have seen from their vantage point on stage. A
makeshift memorial is slowly growing outside the
Houston concert venue where eight people died just
breathing the same air that I knew people were taking
their last breaths is just wild. Like that's just it
doesn't feel right, doesn't feel real whatsoever. This
morning as the probe into the concert grows. So do
questions about what performers and organizers knew if
staffing was adequate and what caused that crowd surge.
The city's fire chief talked about that aspect of the
investigation. It seems like at some point the crowd
started to surge towards the front of the stage and
that's what resulted in the injuries and the fatalities
It seems like they're trying to get as close to the
stage as they could. This as concert goers go into
detail about enduring long periods where they were
stuck in place. You could feel like everybody pushi
up behind you, like you couldn't move your arms, you
couldn't breathe, there was lik 15, 20 minutes or like
we weren't in control of our bodies like we were like
literally moving with the wave of like the people and
like it was very claustrophobic Like I was elbowed in
the chest and the neck officials have not released the
cause of death of those eight people but medical expert
dr timothy Quinn says that type of force can injure
bones. What this could do is cause crush injuries to
the body. It could restrict the person so that they
can't breathe, scott maintains he didn't know what was
happening at any time. I can make out, you know,
anything that's going on, you know, you know, I stopped
the show and you know, help them get the help they need.
You know, I could just never imagine the severity of
the situation. Nonetheless, several lawsuits have
already been filed and of course the fire chief that
you saw right there in that story says that everyone
from the performers on down are accountable for safety
at these events. But he does admit that if they would
have stopped the concert, they feared a riot could have
happened. Nonetheless, we still a long way to go
in this investigation. And did we do in at least 18
lawsuits have now been filed, can be s book reporting
live for us. Thanks