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WWU Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services In times of tragedy, supporting each other helps get us through difficult experiences. Unexpected losses like this can be hard to understand. Our Counseling & Wellness Center is ready to talk to any students who might wish their support and guidance by calling (360) 650-3164 the state’s Employee Assistance Program is always available to WWU staff and faculty, and can be accessed here. We join with Axel’s family in grieving the loss of someone with such a bright future and so much life to live ahead of him, taken far too soon.Īs a community, we are working together to process our sadness and pain at this loss, and we want to make sure that you know that you are supported. Yesterday we learned that one of our students, Axel Acosta, was among the eight people killed in the Astroworld concert tragedy in Houston on Friday night. It is with heavy hearts that we relay some sad news to you today. On Monday WWU released an official university statement: I ask our nation to join our city in remembrance and to uplift their families," Turner said on Monday. I extend my condolences to the families of the eight individuals who died. "Many attended expecting to enjoy a music concert and return home safely. RELATED: PHOTOS: The names, faces of lives lost in the Astroworld tragedy Houston mayor Sylvester Turner called the disaster "a tragedy on many different levels." Rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld was a sold-out, two-day event in NRG Park with an estimated 50,000 people in attendance.
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"When he collapsed, concert-goers trying to escape their own suffocation caused by the crowd rush trampled over his body like a piece of trash."Ī GoFundMe campaign was created for the family to cover travel and funeral expenses. "The air was literally, slowly squeezed out of him sending his heart into cardiac arrest," said lawyer Tony Buzbee. The lawyer representing Acosta's family said Axel died due to the crowd rush that created pressure on his body that was so significant he couldn't breathe. He was trying to be an engineer or a computer programmer because he wanted to provide for his family." It could be you when you send your kid to have some fun," said father Edgar Acosta. "We’re trying to make things change in these type of events, because today it’s me, I lost my son. His family held a news conference on Monday with their lawyer demanding change in security at future events.