And it’s a shame that these promoters, venues and artists have not learned those lessons that were clear from Dec. We had to rely on landlines, the news and the radio… It’s a pain that never goes away. We are taken back to a time where we waited, wandered and hoped that our friends were safe in an era of no internet and no cell phones. "We’re reliving that night," said Wittenbaum. The name pays tribute to the last names of the classmates who were lost. Three scholarships are awarded annually to eligible Finneytown High School seniors who are pursuing higher education in the arts or music. Memorial Scholarship Fund was founded by those who knew and loved the three students lost on Dec. Eleven persons were trampled to death and at least eight others were seriously injured last night as thousands of rock music fans tried to stampede their way into the Riverfront Coliseum for a. Rapper Travis Scott was performing on stage when what authorities are calling a "mass casualty incident" occurred. Without cell phones it was such a different time. It's so weird to think about now that the band and thousands of people didn't even know it happened. But, he said he could see how it happened with all of those people waiting outside so long and then trying to be up front to get a good seat. He knew nothing about what had happened until he heard it on the news after he got home that night. And of course they were trying to be in the front of the line so they could get a good seat with the general admission seating. By the time the doors opened, all those freezing people outside were really ready to get in there as you can imagine. It was FREEZING cold that day and they lit a fire, drank, smoked and tried to keep warm all day. They basically camped out on the concrete mezzanine that surrounded the Coliseum all day. He had skipped school that day so they could get down to the Coliseum at basically noon or 1:00 to be there in a good position when the doors opened at 5 or 6 or whatever it was. One of the "tricks " of that time was if you didn't have tickets to be at the head of the lines and just push in with the initial crush because it happened at every big show since all the seats were fair game and first come first served actually very surprising that fatal crowd crushes were not more common.
The deaths in Cincinnati were a result of the doors only being opened on one side of the lobby and the crowd pushing their way in to get the best seats. General Admission became a thing of the past and for good reasons. The show was amazing however I still have panic attacks when I am in a crowd that gets too tight. It was panic inducing and I kinda freaked out badly and pushed my way out of the crowd with my hand extended at face height shouting that I was going to throw up. Curbishley was the one who had to make the unimaginably hard call to continue the 1979 show after learning that there were injuries and likely a number of fatalities among fans who had been. There was a surge in the crowd and in the crush I was picked up off the ground and moved at least 20 feet without touching the ground. The Who stopped the show several times and had everyone take a few steps back and people who had passed out were being handed out like crowd surfing before crowd surfing was a thing. The kicker was all the people who were in front of me when I was on the 30 yard line were still in front of me just packed solid. I started out on about the 30 yard line and by the time the Who took the stage I was in the end zone center field. Both Joan Jet and the B52s were booed off the stage. I was not but I was at the Who concert at the tangerine bowl in Orlando that was just after the Cincinnati show. Anyway, I was just curious about other people's experiences if they were there, or knew anyone who was.
Anytime I went to a concession stand, to buy a T-shirt, or use the bathroom, he went with me. I used to wonder why we couldn't ever get there on time, but it wasn't a big deal so I never said anything. It was nearly 33 years ago that The Who played Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati on Decemand eleven people were killed in a stampede for festival seating. I remember always being a half hour late every time we went. When I was 12 or 13, I was allowed to start going to concerts if he took me. I didn't know until years later that my uncle had been at that concert, but looking back, I think the effects really stuck with him. It took him until midnight to find a payphone he could use. My mom said it was really scary because they (mom and grandparents) were watching it on the news, and hadn't heard from my uncle yet. I was two years old when it happened, and actually had an uncle who was there, but luckily he didn't get hurt. I mean the concert where people unfortunately got trampled and killed.
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