Oasis, the witnesses of the tragedy speak. Storm on security

The story of the man who last Saturday lost his life during the Oasis concert at the Wembley stadium, falling from the balcony of the upper floor of the London Arena, continues to keep the bench in the UK pages on the newspapers. The Guardian collected the testimonies of some spectators who say they were eye witnesses of the tragedy and told their experience, sharing their concern on the safety standards and on the consumption of alcoholic beverages in the stadium (every evening at Wembley 250 thousand beers were consumed, an average of 3 glasses to the spectator).

One of the witnesses asked by the Guardian said he saw fans leaning from the balcony of the upper level and commented: “A guy was stopped, but afterwards no guard went down. The security was very negligent. There is a railing and a small guard, but he made me think that someone could be easily thrown down from there”. “It seemed dangerous. If they had actually put a security guard at the bottom of those steps, where people were continuously, this would have prevented the fall,” he added.

A couple who was close to the point where the man fell underlined the alcohol consumption levels during the show: “A lot of beer was launched throughout the concert. I was surprised that people allowed people to bring drinks to the stands. The floor had really slipped”.

A spokesperson for the Wembley stadium told the New Musical Express: “The Wembley Stadium Opera according to very high health and safety standards, fully satisfying the law requirements for the safety of spectators and staff, and is certified and in accordance with ISO 45001 standard. We work closely and in close collaboration with all the actors involved in the organization of the event, including the owners of the events, the local authorities, the local authorities, the local authorities. Ground Safety Authority and the police, to ensure that events respect high standards of safety and service for all those who participate or work inside the plant “.

And it is a storm on the security hired by the organizers. After the spread of the news of the tragedy in Wembley, the story of a man who in Heaton Park, during one of the five Oasis concerts in their Manchester, was hit by a security agent and lost his senses, before being transported urgently to the hospital, emerged in the United Kingdom. The story took place on July 16th. The man, whose name was also revealed, Joel Garner, 34, had regularly purchased the ticket for the show. He was with his sister and three friends and was heading to the bar when a security officer who was chasing a man who had entered Heaton Park through an open passage on the net, without regular ticket, plus him, according to what was reported by the tabloid metro. Intercepted by the head, the unfortunate said he had spent all night in the hospital, not consequently witnessing the show for which he had purchased a ticket: “I spent 700 pounds and we didn’t even manage to see the band”.